100 Years On, US State Pardons Black Man Accused Of Rape Tied To Lynching
People raise their fists during a rally as part of the ‘Black Lives Matter’ worldwide protests against racism and police brutality, on Place de la Republique in Paris on June 13, 2020. – A wave of global protests in the wake of US George Floyd’s fatal arrest magnified attention on the 2016 death in French police custody of Adama Traore, a 24-year-old black man, and renewed controversy over claims of racism and brutality within the force.
Max Mason, who died in 1942, has become the first person to benefit from a posthumous pardon in Minnesota, a potent symbolic action at a time when Americans are confronting the roots of a racism that still taints substantial portions of society. “The last weeks in MN have shown us we have a need for a better quality of justice. A pardon for Max Mason is another long-delayed step toward it.”
Police rounded up and interrogated several black men including Mason, but the couple was unable to identify anyone as one of the attackers.Mason was released, and he rejoined the traveling circus as it departed Duluth. But police re-arrested him along with several other men.
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