She said he offended her
She said he abused her
She said he grabbed her waist
She said he called her names.
They abducted him
They beat him
They mutilated him
They shot him
They lynched him.
His pleas washed up in the Tallahatchie river
His innocence dispersed in the jury
His frame mangled in the open casket
But they weren't guilty.
They couldn't be guilty,
They still can't be.
She lied,
He died.
He was right.
But she was white.
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