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Family want answers after Black man found hanging in California
Local officials and protesters call for an independent investigation into the death of Robert Fuller, 24, in Palmdale.
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People gather around a tree where the body of Robert Fuller was found on Wednesday
Amid protests against racial mistreatment and injustice across the United States, the family of a 24-year-old Black man found hanging from a tree in Palmdale, California have called for answers over his death.
On Saturday, hundreds of people marched in Palmdale following the death of Robert Fuller, who was found hanging from a tree near City Hall early on Wednesday. During the demonstration, Los Angeles Supervisor Kathryn Barger formally called for an investigation into the death by the state's attorney general.
Authorities initially said Fuller's death appeared to be a suicide, but are awaiting the results of an autopsy. Community members have questioned how they came to that determination so quickly.
"Everything that they've been telling us has not been right," Fuller's sister, Diamond Alexander, who was among the protesters, said, the New York Times reported. "We've been hearing one thing. Then we hear another. And we just want to know the truth."
"My brother was not suicidal. He wasn't," she added.
Protesters have taken to the streets regularly in small and major cities across the US since the May 25 death of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man who died after an officer in Minneapolis kneeled on his neck for nearly nine minutes. The four officers involved in the death have since been terminated and criminally charged.
Local officials and protesters call for an independent investigation into the death of Robert Fuller, 24, in Palmdale.
Family want answers after Black man found hanging in California
Local officials and protesters call for an independent investigation into the death of Robert Fuller, 24, in Palmdale.
People gather around a tree where the body of Robert Fuller was found on Wednesday
Amid protests against racial mistreatment and injustice across the United States, the family of a 24-year-old Black man found hanging from a tree in Palmdale, California have called for answers over his death.
On Saturday, hundreds of people marched in Palmdale following the death of Robert Fuller, who was found hanging from a tree near City Hall early on Wednesday. During the demonstration, Los Angeles Supervisor Kathryn Barger formally called for an investigation into the death by the state's attorney general.
Authorities initially said Fuller's death appeared to be a suicide, but are awaiting the results of an autopsy. Community members have questioned how they came to that determination so quickly.
"Everything that they've been telling us has not been right," Fuller's sister, Diamond Alexander, who was among the protesters, said, the New York Times reported. "We've been hearing one thing. Then we hear another. And we just want to know the truth."
"My brother was not suicidal. He wasn't," she added.
Protesters have taken to the streets regularly in small and major cities across the US since the May 25 death of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man who died after an officer in Minneapolis kneeled on his neck for nearly nine minutes. The four officers involved in the death have since been terminated and criminally charged.
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