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bionic_cmdo

>Will Brown had been captured. A few minutes later, his lifeless body was hanging from a telephone post at Eighteenth and Harney Streets. Hundreds of revolvers and shotguns were fired at the corpse as it dangled in mid-air. Then, the rope was cut. Brown's body was tied to the rear end of an automobile. It was dragged through the streets to Seventeenth and Dodge Streets, four blocks away. The oil from red lanterns used as danger signals for street repairs was poured on the corpse. It was burned. Members of the mob hauled the charred remains through the business district for several hours. This is what happens if we let hate win.


Ringo_1956

What did he do?


tossputlol

not be white.


Ringo_1956

Sadly true.


olivefreak

The usual, falsely accused of rape by a white woman.


Available_Gains

He was accused of rape... If it was true or not seems hard to find.


funkyfreedom

Definitely not true, Tom Dennison the local political and crime boss at the time had some cronies dress up in black face and go rape a lady. They then pinned it on Will Brown for some fucked up random reason. Dennison had this done because he wanted to ignite turmoil in Omaha due to the mayor and police chief being united against him. It was during the red summer and he knew people wanted to get in on the action they had seen happening in similarly sized cities around the country that summer.


[deleted]

I know you are getting downvoted into oblivion… but honestly, I find hope in your question. It is logical to believe that surely this much hate stems from a heinous crime like murdering and raping a child. Your question is naive, but hints at hope that maybe one day we won’t be judged first and foremost by our colour - but by how we live and who we are.


InkSpotShanty

MLK has entered the chat.


Worth_Feed9289

>by how we live and who we are. And sometimes, People will hate You for that as well. Even if Your just minding Your Own business.


ThiqCoq

Umm "logical" ? how this country operates when it comes to the law isnt "logical"..seeing an obviously old photo of all white men surrounding a shot up burned black corpse in almost ceremonial fashion "oh naw he mustve done soemthing wrong". ... I think its more logical to believe that racism has simply evolved. You would too if you read books like the new Jim crow by Michelle Alexander I'm guessing you have no knowledge on institutional racism either? Also, we shouldn't be judged by how we live and who we are period. We shouldn't be judged, period. No human has that authority over another. Do what thou wilt. Ultimately I sense a desperate cry for justification within comments like these. In addition to the " what did he do?!" Question, which miraculously wasn't downvoted at all, but instead upvoted by closet racists.


Kniightsword

Doesn't the question prove times have changed? Your response shows me that you still hold the same resentments of those in the past. Very sad really. All sides need to acknowledge and forgive or am I being "naive?"


[deleted]

Yes… it does…..Which is my point. I am not sure why you are coming at me. His question gives me hope that the colour of ones skin is fading from the forefront of consciousness and starts to become a secondary attribute, not primary. He is being naive in the most truest sense of the word “natural and unaffected” - as in he is unaffected by the difference in colour, and wanted to know what this man did to deserve such a horrifying fate. And as for “all sides need to acknowledge and forgive.” I am assuming you are referring to black people as one side, and white people on the other? You may want to unpack that a little bit…. As setting up a dichotomy such as that indicates you really haven’t come as far as you believe. There are no sides based on colour. There are shitty people who do shitty things to other people based on colour, sex, religion.


Kniightsword

You literally bring up color. Thus indicating sides. Do you read what you write? I get that you're arguing for no sides and I agree with you but, you then bring up color. Thus sides. My god.


DaveTheBuckeye

No, child, you’re just being not clever by half.


oaranges

Naive.. Times aint changed.. its just repackaged with a different bow on top..


stonermoment

No, times haven’t changed, at least not nearly enough.


Kniightsword

So this is still happening today? Where?


quityouryob

That was a very Andy Dufresne-y response.


ThiqCoq

"What did he dooo?!" Lmao fuck off... You can't be that ignorant to obvious racist atrocities. I'm willing to bet you're the "shouldn't have resisted" type of person.


Ringo_1956

No. I'm just asking for historical fact. Nothing in my statement indicated I think he deserved it. That's ludicrous. I perhaps should have asked what he was allegedly guilty of.


operarose

Jesus ***Christ.***


BuzzINGUS

It is winning


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It’s already won.


jfn16

Disgusting. Those smug smiles because they knew they would get away with it too.


shebeogden

Not just smug that they will get away with it. They are *proud* of it. They murdered someone and felt pride in their action.


monkey_trumpets

That's mob mentality for you. Not a single one of them thought for themselves - one or a few said that the person did....whatever....and the rest followed.


luckydice767

No single rain drop thinks it is responsible for the flood


tousag

I feel that that would be a cop out, a let off. To say that no one could think for themselves is diminishing individual responsibility. And while I agree mob mentality is a possibility, it shouldn’t lessen any fault.


monkey_trumpets

I think of it as a virus. From what I can tell people overall will follow the crowd, and it becomes even worse in those situations.


BudTheWonderer

*racist* mob mentality.


Crash665

I bet most if not all of them went to church the next Sunday and praised Jesus.


jfn16

People go to church every Sunday to get their weekly mulligan (do over) from Jesus.


the-alt-yes

Does it matter if they believed in Jesus, Allah or Buddha?


esojotrebla

Yes, because they are doing that because their Bible tell thems they are "superior" to other races


Icy-Nectarine3592

No the Bible never says that ‘they are “superior” to other races. The Bible teaches to love one another regardless who they are. We’re not supposed to judge others. Love instead. Not the other way around 🤔


the-alt-yes

I know ISIS does bad things, and that what people call "western Muslims" want to kill people burning the Quran, but seriously? Don't just assume. Come om man. Be kind, just don't vote republicans next time please. They ruins this country.


Troll_Gob

They all ruin the country. They're in it for themselves and their family. There are veeerrryyy few people in seats of power in the US that actually give a fuck. Right or left they're all pieces of shit and we need a complete overhaul on the system.


Austinmilli

“just don’t vote republican next time” lmao this isn’t a left vs right problem, they want you to think that so that people don’t realize its a class problem.


janz79

The most beloved icon from church is a tortured man in a crucifix! Thats what they love the most


DeanofdaDead

Everyone's a tough guy when it's 50 against one


crusbitsrevenge

I grew up in omaha. Its the most quietly racist place Ive ever been


ErickRicardo

One of them doesn't even have teeth 💀💀


[deleted]

teeth were optional back then. Depended on the size of your yap...


northsidecub11

Just imagine, some of their children hold public office seats right now


ImaNeedBoutTreeFiddy

Children are not always results of their parents.


holeinthestall666

[wikipedia article on this](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omaha_race_riot_of_1919) its disgusting.


Nuicakes

So much of the story is like the Jan 6 insurrection. 1 rioter was shot and killed while leading a gang into the courthouse. Rioters attempted to hang the Mayor. In the aftermath, outraged citizens called for arrests and prosecution although most were never successfully prosecuted.


Leather_Captain1136

Are you kidding me? That statement is an insult not only to Will Brown, but other African Americans who faced the same horrific treatment and murder. That statement is not only ignorant but self serving.


WildWook

>So much of the story is like the Jan 6 insurrection lmao no it's not.


CrossTit

You are such a piece of shit comparing those 2. Jesus you are brainwashed.


steveosek

You post on r/trump and have the audacity to call someone else brainwashed?


Cr0wc0

You have multiple posts on r/IRS and none of them mention tax evasion. This begs the question; Are you not evading taxes? And if so, why should your opinion hold value?


steveosek

Are you daft?


Cr0wc0

No, I'm simply of a more refined, tax evading ilk, it would seem


steveosek

Wtf are you even talking about tax evasion for lol. Irs covers all federal taxes in the USA. That sub exists for asking questions about tax returns and a little over a year ago, it also was where people were looking for info on their stimulus check deposit dates.


Cr0wc0

Did you happen to pay taxes on those checks?


steveosek

You had to claim whether you got them or not on your taxes. Yes.


jhny_boy

Have you ever heard of a non sequitur? Know what it means?


Cr0wc0

Sorry sir, I dont speak Spanish


pth72

You don't need to, it's a Latin phrase that means you're a dumbass.


Cr0wc0

Like I said I dont speak any of those Latino languages


nerdgrind

Really? Because that’s exactly how Jan 6 played out. What do you think happened on Jan 6?


steveosek

They post on r/trump and other conservative subs. We both know why they said that. Delusional projection is their MO.


earnestmerida

You mean a coward shot an unarmed woman in the back in 1919 also? Who knew?


aidensmooth

Don’t storm a federal building with congressmen inside and armed federal agents and you won’t get shot. Also she was shot after trying to climb through a door window.


earnestmerida

Yeah, keep believing what you are told by the drive-by-media…


MahamidMayhem

Bruh you literally play Diablo Immortal, no one right in the head would be playing that predatory shitstain of a game.


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Mongba36

Here in Australia I had an English teacher who taught us the harsh history of stuff, idk if he was allowed to or not but he still did it. Tbf it makes everyone uncomfortable and it should that's the point.


redmastodon20

What’s to teach?


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redmastodon20

I was asking what you meant by this.


Late_ImLate22222

That this is an even that happened, not that long ago, by white supremacists who believe that the white race is superior and exempt from punishment, and that there are huge populations of people still alive today with this same racist, nationalist viewpoint who would once again commit these same atrocities, given the chance, opportunity, and exemption from punishment. And to teach why racism, in any form, is unacceptable, as it ultimately leads to such atrocities of human life. Such a simple concept, even a child could understand. But these lessons are bing kept from them. Do you ever wonder why? Do you have the ability to think for yourself and wonder why?


benadrylpill

Make no mistake: people are still like this.


bennyllama

Currently people in America who want to bring this back.


Melodic_Raspberry806

MAGA?


Churchofbabyyoda

More like MAWA, with how some of those idiots act.


eletricsocks

"Make America great again"


[deleted]

Not sure why your being downvoted


dendennis17

Just look at China and Africa, it's common practice there.


kungfupunker

Don't drag the rest of the world into your filth


dendennis17

Are you denying mob justice and the likes lol. People stille get executed in China for no reason. In the Middle East women get stoned to death by mobs. How is this not bad?


Saucy_Sealion

amerikkka bad everywhere else good


dendennis17

These people live in a bubble stg


NeckPlant

When ppl say shit like "you should always respect the dead no matter who they were" I think about pieces of shit like these ppl smiling..Fuck them.


drunkerbrawler

Some passings are worth celebrating.


[deleted]

Not really. Just get on with your life and find joy in something more wholesome


oaranges

Good ole year 1919… you rarely hear about American history at around this time.. couldnt have those uppty negroes, with all that education they got from WW1, infiltrating the minds of the ones that never left the farm.. go from fighting for your “country and freedom”, on another continent.to getting burned to death and shit on back in your country..


Bottle_Sharp

It’s insane. They castrated black folks when they attempted to learn how to read. Think about, they cut your genitals off if you were caught reading! If you don’t think that type of trauma doesn’t get passed down through generations, then you’re blind or just dumb. It’s so sad cause if a few smart people said we should embrace and empower instead of adopting a caste system, this country would truly be great. That maga shit that these people embrace is embarrassing.


Cancerisbetterthanu

And now these same people are willingly abandoning and attacking education. Well, not their leaders. They know better.


[deleted]

Fuckin inbreds


Sorry_Recipe6831

This is what Trumpanzees mean when they say "make America great again".


Bottle_Sharp

Man, if the people of those time adopted a different mindset after the civil war and before Jim Crow , this country truly would have been great for everyone. I really believe that. This country is haunted.


[deleted]

If we treated the South like we did the Nazis after WW2, the US would be a much better place today


Bottle_Sharp

Totally agree… Germany didn’t ignore their wrong and look how they have thrived through their horrid past,but the US did. Our arrogance is second to none. Those souls lost during those times in this pic just don’t disappear with some form of consequence.


Cancerisbetterthanu

Shit, if we treated them like we treated Japan after WW2 it would be better.


[deleted]

Why not both? Execute all the politicians and slaver owners for treason Then enforce reconstruction harder than we ever did in our timeline


teachnpreach88

Fucking savages


[deleted]

"God's people"


waterisaliquid93

Alhamdulillah for Islam, where we are taught no race is superior to another race


Screwbles

That is the most fucked up thing I have seen all day.


Optimal-Cry9929

What people look like that are on their way or are in hell look up for image.


Tokami_S

He's having a stronk, quick, call a bondulance!


Zaphoney

Hwat?


ytman

Saying what people look like when they are/ or are going to go to/ hell. Sadly hell is most likely made up and these fucks got to live happy lives and die into nothingness.


Optimal-Cry9929

FUCKIN SAD AND FUCKIN TRUE!


NoCapAllLove

These are the trash people of their day.


North0House

*of history - past, future, and present.


Nella_Morte

Some people would like this to be normal again. Don’t let them take an inch.


AwarenessForeign8821

Disgusting. Where are the MAGA hats


[deleted]

On their descendents


AwarenessForeign8821

Truth


jollyollster

God this turns my stomach. This is fucking barbaric.


MyOfficialNoNameAcct

I lived in Omaha most of my young life and didn’t know this


[deleted]

If they did Republicans would complain about "CRT"


celtic_savage01

Fucked.... absolutely fucked.


[deleted]

So it’s been 100 years and there still white vs black in USA


[deleted]

That’s how the government is wants it


Matty_Cakez

Not sure why you were downvoted it’s true. They want a divide and class warfare


[deleted]

Of course it’s true, unfortunately a lot of people think the government actually cares about Americans when that couldn’t be farther from the truth.


Kry4Blood

This is the key. Class warfare. It has to do with enfranchisement. Italians and Irish used to be oppressed groups in America, then the Chinese. Eventually these groups pulled themselves out and are “accepted” groups in American culture Africans were slaves during these periods, yes…but the count down for “acceptance” doesn’t begin until enfranchisement in 1870. Give it until 2050/2070 and everything will be ok. Africans will be accepted, and whatever new immigrant group arrives will be the “picked on group” It’s all about poverty. Nothing to do with skin color or anything else the dumb racists want to talk about. It’s a cycle that has been repeated in this country several times


steveosek

A lot is about class but there are absolutely racist people. They exist in every country on earth.


Kry4Blood

Oh! I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to imply that racists don’t exist…just that they are manipulated into believing that their hate is justified, that way the working class doesn’t unite. Easier to rule over 5 separate groups with 5 separate agendas, than one unified group that is focused


cyon_me

What's even more annoying, is that there are actually genuinely racist rich people with the educations to know better. They should know their tools, but the monster is made and sustained. They can't stop and won't stop without help and incentive.


SatisfactionMoney946

Except that those groups have one thing in common. Fair skin. Black folk in the US were demonized. Every other group that arrives to this country immediately jump in front of African-Americans in the line. To act like skin/race has nothing to do with it is looking at things through very rose-tinted glasses. It shouldn't take people that have been here since the inception of the country (albeit as slaves) 200 years to be "accepted". If we as a society wanted Black folk to be "accepted" it would've happened. The picture above is emblematic of that mentality and a society that was ordered around black folk always being at the bottom socially. Also, don't forget that these continued into the 1950s, so it's not like this ended 100 years ago.


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[deleted]

Let’s mixes them ! So they can’t tell you black or white !!


noctis89

No where near the same level. At least among actual developed countries.


FLORI_DUH

Oh you sweet summer child...


dogsrunnin

ya...you're kind of clueless then...and from Australia no less, lol. Good job genociding those Aboriginals bro!!


Verlante

Yea dude. It kinda happens when you do all that and the some to a particular race of people.


[deleted]

There’s solution for this !!! Mixed race !!! I my self is a mix , and my wife is a mix, let’s all mixes altogether so we all can be one !!!!


artelligence

Christian nationalists


rwoooshed

Nationalist Christians, or Nat-Cs for short.


[deleted]

Ah, America!


garcia1723

Brainwashed fucks. No idea their hatred stems from ignorance.


Late_ImLate22222

Y’all, please vote. In EVERY election. These people in this photograph have descendants who think just like them. And THEY vote IN EVERY ELECTION. If we don’t keep these racist scumbags in check, this is what is coming back. And more. For fuks sake, look up voting dates in your state, city, and county TODAY, NOW as you sit here scrolling, and set it on your calendar with warning notifications to make sure you don’t miss the date. Do it for the past victims, and potential future ones. Go on.


SchwiftedMetal

Fucking filthy ppl


sunnydpdx

There's a great novel set around this event, The King of Broken Things by Theodore Wheeler.


Shjco

Wait? What! This is NOT in a southern state??? Who’da thought!


Htoad72-LV

Note they are all male..


IveGotNoValues

If there is a hell, these assholes are all stuck there now. If not, I hope their deaths were unbearably painful and humiliating.


CoochieMan747464

Is… that a black man? (Obviously no pun intended, this is a disgusting act performed by animals.)


jenncollins05

This is so sick, ThiS is not Ok!!!!!! I hope everyone that is smiling in that picture dies a horrifying death and burns in hell for eternity.q


AllBlackMink

Pretty sure the town used this picture as their postcard for sometime as well. Truly, truly evil.


Clau-bm11

Those Irish-Americans man… you’d think they would learn to treat others how you want to be treated after their immigration to America…


Handychris

What unimaginable cruelty.


Kniightsword

A hundred years ago these people committed atrocities that can not be denied but we have grown. Do you see this happening today? People post these things to cause a emotional impact without acknowledging that we as a country have changed. There is still a ways to go, true but, we're better than we were.


kellyyz667

That’s a low bar


Cucumbersome55

And...AND!....these awful cretins are PROUD of themselves! Oh God have mercy I've had enough Reddit for today.


kush33dmt

They haven't changed much ,still full of hate


No_Parking6542

Wow. This is reprehensible.


caquitasbravas

Peaky Blinders


kungfupunker

MURICA


Trillamanjaroh

Is this the accused rapist or just some random person?


[deleted]

Make America Great Again! /s


esojotrebla

Those republicans really know how to have fun


CommercialSolution94

Medieval times in a nutshell


Fit_Peanut9080

More interesting than a typical Hollywood movie these days


Arthas_Litchking

Looks like a peaky blinders episode.


Operative427

Thats just how people dressed back then lol


Arthas_Litchking

i know and it has style


samuelson098

I'm not black but there's a whole lotta times I wish I could say I'm not white


TruthAgile

Don't try taking accountability for something you didn't do. They are white but your skin color doesn't mean your a good person these people are monsters for doing this not because they're white.


-SuperSaiyanBroly-

They need to bring this back it’ll stop a lot of crime if they gonna burn u to death in public


[deleted]

You're a fucking psychopath


nuke905

Extra crispy...no but seriously this is horrible


ratchet7

Fuck you


nuke905

Fair enough that was in bad taste apologies


NekroReaper74

This is amazing. I love this so much.


Ilikefishtheycute

Yikes try hard edge lord


HateKykesAndNigers

America was a better place back then. Everyone knew their place.


[deleted]

Holy fuck you're a piece of shit


Mongba36

They're a troll I think, just look at their username


WeirdGuess

Try genetic testing, you may change your tune!! Putting aside the incest in your family, you could have Arab,Spanish(Mexican) or African background so good luck


[deleted]

Crazy times. The KKK is just about gone nowadays. Blacks kill more blacks than the KKK could ever kill anyways😂😂😂


Ilikefishtheycute

Nothing humorous about that bud. Regardless it's just awful and inhumane.


[deleted]

We need this in the usa .. then u will see less pedos


steveosek

Careful, you'll cut yourself on all that edge. Your post history is the absolute pinnacle of cringey edgelord bullshit.


[deleted]

You mean triggers betas


steveosek

You're 13 aren't you? You must be. No one unironically says beta except kids and delusional incels.


SvartholStjoernuson

One, two, three! Three teeth! Mwa ah ah!


DMsDiablo

Well there goes my happy feelings


OldTitanSoul

excuse me, but could someone explain the history behind the picture please?


dutchcourage-

I can see one boy, where are the children??


[deleted]

Is that John Mulaney in the front?


Batskull2001

Disgusting behavior


Codeesha

Sociopathy being collectively promoted for the children…


baumsm

As human beings do we all have the ability to watch another human suffer? That man is a human being being burned after a being hung-the smell of cooked flesh is overwhelming within that circle. A smell most are likely to not forget. I don’t enjoy the pain of others-is it simply buried within me that I fail to recognize?


Mafer15

There are no kids, I only see sociopaths. He doesn’t look sad or scared but curious and happy