An all-white jury acquitted all 5 men despite one of them having confessed.
An all-white jury acquitted all 5 men despite one of them having confessed.
Leon McAtee: A Black tenant farmer in Sunflower Co, accused of stealing a saddle, was arrested and then released. McAtee was then beaten and whipped by 5 white men. His body was found in a bayou 2 days later.
Leon McAtee: A Black tenant farmer in Sunflower Co, accused of stealing a saddle, was arrested and then released. McAtee was then beaten and whipped by 5 white men. His body was found in a bayou 2 days later.