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批评者将这位俄亥俄州女议员的发帖与朱西·斯莫利特骗局相提并论，因为被多数提及的上吊死亡事件均被判定为自杀
作者：彼得·达布罗斯卡 福克斯新闻
发布于2026年9月14日美国东部时间下午4:40
‘“国会进步议员团”因称美国如今常见“现代私刑”遭 backlash’
进步派议员有关“现代私刑”的争议性言论引发激烈辩论——《周末大型秀》节目中，在众议员艾安娜·普雷斯利和50名民主党人要求对上吊死亡事件展开联邦调查后，嘉宾团队分析了相关言论。尽管活动人士煽动恐慌，但官员们已将所提及的10起案件中的多数判定为自杀，目前仅有密西西比州一起死亡事件被作为凶杀案调查。
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尽管这一说法上周已被广泛驳斥，俄亥俄州一名女议员仍因暗示美国私刑事件有所增加而在网上遭遇强烈反对。
“过去一年里，被发现吊死在树上的美国黑人数量惊人增加。我们清楚这在我们的历史上意味着什么，”俄亥俄州民主党众议员尚特尔·布朗在X平台上写道。“正因如此，我已与马萨诸塞州民主党众议员艾安娜·普雷斯利联手，要求对可能存在的私刑事件展开联邦调查。”
普雷斯利致函司法部，要求“对全美范围内每一名黑人个体的上吊死亡事件开展彻底、透明且全面的联邦调查”。福克斯新闻数字频道在普雷斯利发布该信件后，对部分备受关注的案件进行了核查。上周，普雷斯利和纽约州民主党众议员亚历山德里亚·奥卡西奥-科特兹在各自的X账号上转发了这封信，随即引发反对声浪，有关私刑事件有所上升的说法也遭到广泛驳斥。
州长指责诺兰·威尔斯案中的活动人士“煽动分裂”，官员称联邦调查局正在调查威胁
奥卡西奥-科特兹称这些事件是“种族恐怖主义”，并将其比作“广泛存在的现代私刑”。
对3月在佐治亚州科布县一棵树上发现的一名21岁男子死亡事件的调查结论显示，该男子当时独自一人，未发现任何谋杀嫌疑。
北卡罗来纳州夏洛特市警方认定，5月被发现吊死在树上的一名16岁青少年系自杀身亡。佛罗里达州迈阿密-戴德县警长办公室在对6月一名27岁男子的类似死亡事件中得出了相同结论。至少另有三起类似案件被判定为自杀。
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仅有一起案件仍在调查中。塔西亚·福琼的备受关注的案件——同样是被发现吊死在树上——目前被当作凶杀案处理。一名黑人男性嫌疑人雅克·拉特利夫已被逮捕。
即便事实如此，布朗仍在持续宣扬大规模上吊事件的说法。
黑人民主党官员呼吁选民抛弃埃尔-赛义德：“社会主义政客比三K党更种族主义”
“几个世纪以来，树木一直被用作针对美国黑人的恐怖工具，”布朗在附带该帖的视频中说道。“私刑曾被用来恐吓整个社区，那些死亡事件几乎从未得到正义和追责。因此，如今当美国黑人在陌生地点、在引发严重疑问的情况下被发现吊死在树上时，我们不能视而不见。”
布朗的这条帖子遭到了网上的广泛谴责。
“编造种族主义。故意误导且居心叵测，”出演过《超人》的演员迪恩·凯恩说道。
卡梅尔·安东尼判决引发激进民主党女议员的反白人愤怒和谎言，愤怒的活动人士反应激烈
“不行不行，绝对不行，”一名拥有超过25万粉丝的热门X用户说道。“我明白，民主党几十年来一直在编造根本不存在的种族主义，尤其是在选举前夕。但没人会相信这套说辞，尤其是当我们知道大多数都是自杀，而且哦对了，因凶杀案被捕的嫌疑人也是黑人。别再这么做了。”
“这就是民主党在根本不存在种族分歧的时候煽动种族对立的手段，”播客主播唐·基思说道，他补充称布朗正试图“将黑人自杀和凶杀案归咎于白人”。
“看来又回到2019年了，朱西·斯莫利特正走向赛百味……”播客主播玛戈·查廷说道，她提到了这名演员臭名昭著的仇恨犯罪骗局——他声称自己遭到了白人特朗普支持者的袭击，最终调查发现是他自导自演了袭击。
作家丹·弗里德曼严厉批评了这位女议员。
“你明明知道这些全都是自杀，除了一起是家庭暴力凶杀案，而凶手也是黑人。其中一些人甚至被监控摄像头拍到自己上吊，”他说道。
“你不可能蠢到真的相信有成群的白人种族主义者无缘无故地随机绑架黑人男性，把他们吊死在树上，然后不留痕迹地消失，而且通常是黑人的执法官员还会包庇。所以如果你不是蠢，那你就是在撒谎、不诚实。问题是，为什么？”
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Yet another Dem ripped online for ‘inventing racism’ as lawmakers peddle debunked ‘lynching’ claims
2026-09-14T16:40:00-04:00 / Fox News
Critics compared the Ohio congresswoman’s post to the Jussie Smollett hoax as most cited hanging deaths were ruled suicides
By Peter D’Abrosca Fox News
Published September 14, 2026 4:40pm EDT
‘The Squad’ faces backlash over claims ‘modern-day lynchings’ are now common in America
Controversial claims of ‘modern-day lynchings’ by progressive lawmakers spark intense debate on ‘The Big Weekend Show.’ After Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley and 50 Democrats demanded a federal probe into hanging deaths, the panel analyzes the rhetoric. While activists stoke fear, officials have ruled most of the 10 cited cases as suicides, with only one Mississippi death currently investigated as a homicide.
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An Ohio congresswoman is facing major blowback online after suggesting that lynchings are on the rise in the United States, despite that claim being widely debunked last week.
“In the last year, there’s been an alarming increase in Black Americans found dead hanging from trees. We know what that has meant throughout our history,” said Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, on X. “That’s why I’ve joined Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass. to demand a federal investigation into possible lynchings.”
Fox News Digital reviewed some high-profile cases after Pressley’s letter to the DOJ demanding “thorough, transparent, and comprehensive federal investigation into every hanging death of a Black individual across the United States.” Last week, Pressley and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., posted about the letter on their X accounts, drawing blowback and widespread debunking of the suggestion that there has been an uptick in lynchings.
Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, takes her seat for the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing with “Sanctuary State Governors” in the Capitol Visitor Center on Thursday, June 12, 2025.(Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
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Ocasio-Cortez called the incidents “racial terror” and likened them to “widespread modern-day lynchings.”
An investigation into the March death of a 21-year-old man found hanging from a tree in Cobb County, Georgia, concluded that the man was alone at the time, and no foul play is suspected.
Police in Charlotte, North Carolina determined that a 16-year-old found hanging from a tree in May died by suicide. The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Department in Florida came to the same conclusion in the similar death of a 27-year-old in June. At least three more similar cases were ruled suicides.
If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).
One is still under investigation. The high-profile case of Tasia Fortune, also found hanging from a tree, is being treated as a homicide. A Black male suspect, Jarques Ratliff, has been arrested.
The facts didn’t stop Brown from perpetuating the claim of prolific hangings.
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Tasia Fortune is seen in a portrait displayed Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, in Marion, Kentucky. Inset: Jarques Ratliff, who was arrested in connection to Fortune’s death.(AP Photo/George Walker IV | Jackson Police Department)
“For generations, trees were used as instruments of terror against Black Americans,” Brown said in a video attached to the post. “Lynching was used to intimidate entire communities, and those deaths almost always went without justice and without accountability. So, when Black Americans are found hanging from trees today, in unfamiliar places and under circumstances that raise serious questions, we cannot look the other way.”
For the post, Brown was widely condemned online.
“Inventing racism. Purposely misleading and pernicious,” said actor Dean Cain of “Superman” fame.
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“No no and no,” said a popular X user with more than 250,000 followers. “I get it, Democrats have spent decades creating racism where none exists, especially right before an election. But nobody is buying this, especially when we know the majority were suicides and oh yeah, the man arrested for the homicide is a black guy. Stop.”
“This is how Democrats stir up racial divide when there isn’t one,” said podcaster Don Keith, adding that Brown was trying to “blame black suicides and homicides on white people now.”
“Apparently it’s 2019 again and Jussie Smollett is walking to a Subway…,” said podcaster Margo Chatting, referencing the actor’s infamous hate crime hoax wherein he claimed he was attacked by White Trump supporters, only for an investigation to find that he faked the attack.
Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, speaks as Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., listens during a news conference in front of the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 14, 2021, in Washington, D.C. Bowman held the news conference to discuss the “African American History Act.”(Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Author Dan Friedman laid into the congresswoman.
“You know these were all suicides, except one domestic violence murder in which the perpetrator was a black man. Some of these people were literally seen hanging themselves on security cameras,” he said.
“You cannot possibly be stupid enough to believe that mobs of white racists are abducting black men at random for no reason, hanging them from trees, disappearing without a trace and that law enforcement officials who are often black are covering it up. So, if you are not stupid, you are lying and being disingenuous. The question is, why?”
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Brown’s office did not return Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Peter D’Abrosca is a politics reporter at Fox News Digital.
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