MSNBC The Rachel Maddow Show November 25, 2021 02:02:00
One cornell law professor put it bluntly. and it remained the state's law during jim crow when it was used to justify the lynchings of four black people in january of 1912. it was used again to justify the killing of two black couples in july of 1946. black couples who were dragged from their cars and shot dozens of times by white men. the naacp documented more than 530 acts of lynching in georgia alone between 1882 and 1968. the violence was second only to that of mississippi. the law helped excuse that violence. what a terrible old law. the problem is, that law was still on the books in 2021...