Family of black man found dismembered in Mississippi calls for probe - BBC News

The family of a black man in Mississippi whose body was found #dismembered has asked the US #government to #investigate his death.

#Rasheem #Carter, 25, called his mother last October and asked for help after he said a group of #white #men in trucks were #chasing him in Laurel, Mississippi, his mother said this week.

His body was found in the woods a month later.

👉The local county sheriff's office said it did not suspect any foul play. 👈

Police have told Mr Carter's family his body was likely torn apart by animals.

Those animals were likely the ones in the trucks.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64959800

A Black man was found dead after he told his mother he was being chased. Police said there's ‘no reason’ to suspect foul play.

The family of a Black man who was found dead in Mississippi after he warned his mother that he was being chased by white men hurling #racial #slurs demanded a #federal #investigation Monday after local authorities said they had “*no reason*” to suspect foul play in the man's death.

#Rasheem #Carter, 25, was reported missing Oct. 2 after his mother said he had sought help from police and frantically called her to say white men in three trucks were pursuing him. That was the last day Carter's family heard from him.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/black-man-was-found-dead-telling-mother-was-chased-police-said-no-reas-rcna74651

Rasheem missing, chased
White men in trucks the last seen
Family demands truth

#rasheem #mississippi #justice #blacklivesmatter #haiku #poetry

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-64959800