On June 15, 1920, three African-Americans were lynched in Duluth, Minnesota, accused without proof of raping a white woman.
One hundred years later, the northern US state on Friday pardoned another black man convicted of the crime, which he repeatedly denied committing.
The pardon request was filed well before the May 25 death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who died when a white Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee against Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes.“100 years late, overdue justice has been done,” Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said on Twitter.
On June 14 of 1920, young white woman Irene Tusken and a male friend attended the circus in Duluth. The next day, the man told his father they had been attacked by black circus troupe members and that Tusken was raped.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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