BTW the land in question is the farm my grandfather grew up on and Roy Veal is related to me. This happened a few weeks ago.
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Black Man Found Hung In MS
by billy Thursday May 06, 2004 at 06:40 PM
Black Man, fighting for his land, found hung from tree in Mississippi. WOODVILLE, Miss. - Family members say a man found Friday hanging from a tree in rural Mississippi had returned home to fight for his family's land. The body of 52-year-old Roy Veal was discovered in Wilkinson County, relatives said. [...]
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WOODVILLE, Miss. - Family members say a man found Friday hanging from a tree in rural Mississippi had returned home to fight for his family's land.
The body of 52-year-old Roy Veal was discovered in Wilkinson County, relatives said.
Warren Strain, spokesman of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, said the body was discovered about midday in a wooded area of the county near Woodville. Authorities declined to identify the man pending notification of relatives.
But Doris Gordon, a Woodville native now living in San Francisco, said the victim was her brother, Roy Veal of Washington state. Thelma Veal, the man's mother, also confirmed the identity.
"They found my brother hanging from a tree with a hood over his head and some papers burned at his feet," Gordon said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press from San Francisco. "It's awful. We don't know who did it."
A few more articles on this can be found at: http://www.bmorenews.com/news/042904news_lynching_roy_veal_mississippi_over_property_april_23_2004.htm
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/aplocal_story.asp?category=6420&slug=MS%20Body%20Found
This local story from the cops disputes the lynching allegation: http://www.mississippilink.com/pv/pageview.pl?section=hotstories&newsfile=n200405047.txt
Source: http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/8502677.htm
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