People outside the US often wonder how the horrors of lynching could have ever happened in "the land of the free".
They don't realize that permission to lynch with impunity came - in some places in the US still comes - from the highest powers of the government and "law enforcement".
#USoriginalSin
They don't realize that permission to lynch with impunity came - in some places in the US still comes - from the highest powers of the government and "law enforcement".
#USoriginalSin
January 21, 2026 at 9:53 PM
People outside the US often wonder how the horrors of lynching could have ever happened in "the land of the free".
They don't realize that permission to lynch with impunity came - in some places in the US still comes - from the highest powers of the government and "law enforcement".
#USoriginalSin
They don't realize that permission to lynch with impunity came - in some places in the US still comes - from the highest powers of the government and "law enforcement".
#USoriginalSin
People outside the US often wonder how the horrors of lynching could have ever happened in "the land of the free".
They don't realize that permission to lynch with impunity came - in some places in the US still comes - from the highest powers of the government and "law enforcement".
#USoriginalSin
They don't realize that permission to lynch with impunity came - in some places in the US still comes - from the highest powers of the government and "law enforcement".
#USoriginalSin
Devastating.
Today Dallas County declared Tommy Lee Walker innocent of a 1953 murder for which he was wrongfully executed 70 years ago. Arrested at 19, executed within 3 years. A life stolen. Justice much delayed. Awed by the Walker family's persistence. So proud of this @innocenceproject team.
January 21, 2026 at 9:53 PM
People outside the US often wonder how the horrors of lynching could have ever happened in "the land of the free".
They don't realize that permission to lynch with impunity came - in some places in the US still comes - from the highest powers of the government and "law enforcement".
#USoriginalSin
They don't realize that permission to lynch with impunity came - in some places in the US still comes - from the highest powers of the government and "law enforcement".
#USoriginalSin
Denying indigenous rights is the #USoriginalsin. Then followed genocide/criminal exploitation/ economic opportunism/religious persecution. #UScolonialism began on the continent & quickly extended beyond, its AngloSaxon colonists following the European example it knew
December 13, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Denying indigenous rights is the #USoriginalsin. Then followed genocide/criminal exploitation/ economic opportunism/religious persecution. #UScolonialism began on the continent & quickly extended beyond, its AngloSaxon colonists following the European example it knew