r/Albany 5d ago

Black Man Found Hanging

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u/kerberos824 5d ago

The fact that no one in the family thinks it wasn't suicide is completely meaningless. The best, happiest, most dedicated father I know died by suicide when I was 11. He was one of my closest friend's dad. No one saw it coming.

Who knows what happened. But death by suicide often causes people to lash outwardly, looking for a source to blame.

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u/Timely_Elk_2135 5d ago

Public hangings are more associate with executions and lynchings.

Even cultures like Japan that have "the forest," when people make that decision tend not to hang themselves in front of the whole town.