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For those who don't know, Robert England plays Freddy Krueger, a hideously scarred child killer who was murdered by a lynch mob.
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Simon Thompson, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
On March 9, 1892, a white lynch mob instigated by Barrett killed Moss and two of his colleagues, accusing them of plotting a war against white citizens.
—Faron Levesque, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2024
Rumors of a rape then circulated, Rowland was arrested, and White Tulsans formed a lynch mob.
—Omar Jimenez, CNN, 1 Apr. 2024
While hiding out from the angry lynch mob, Peggy and Fortune wait in terror, hoping to escape.
—EW.com, 26 Nov. 2023
And others were stalked by death, by men in white robes, the [Ku Klux] Klan and the lynch mob.
—Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 20 Dec. 2023
Legal justice is hardly assured in Libya these days, although the other, rougher kind sometimes is: Al-Islam’s lawyers have warned that their client faces the death penalty or a lynch mob, with no due process either way.
—Timothy William Waters, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2013
With the shoeshine under arrest, a Black militia gathered at a local jail to prevent a lynch mob from kidnapping and murdering him.
—Aaron Morrison, USA TODAY, 4 July 2023
But, Tyre’s lynch mob was dressed in department sweatshirts and vests, sanctioned by the entities that supplied them.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2023
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Simon Thompson, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
On March 9, 1892, a white lynch mob instigated by Barrett killed Moss and two of his colleagues, accusing them of plotting a war against white citizens.
—Faron Levesque, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2024
Rumors of a rape then circulated, Rowland was arrested, and White Tulsans formed a lynch mob.
—Omar Jimenez, CNN, 1 Apr. 2024
While hiding out from the angry lynch mob, Peggy and Fortune wait in terror, hoping to escape.
—EW.com, 26 Nov. 2023
And others were stalked by death, by men in white robes, the [Ku Klux] Klan and the lynch mob.
—Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 20 Dec. 2023
Legal justice is hardly assured in Libya these days, although the other, rougher kind sometimes is: Al-Islam’s lawyers have warned that their client faces the death penalty or a lynch mob, with no due process either way.
—Timothy William Waters, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2013
With the shoeshine under arrest, a Black militia gathered at a local jail to prevent a lynch mob from kidnapping and murdering him.
—Aaron Morrison, USA TODAY, 4 July 2023
But, Tyre’s lynch mob was dressed in department sweatshirts and vests, sanctioned by the entities that supplied them.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2023
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“Lynch mob.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lynch%20mob. Accessed 13 Nov. 2024.
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