AOC and lefty Squad pal whip up panic over modern-day lynchings despite most of recent hangings being ruled suicides

Rep.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and a “Squad” buddy whipped up a panic Thursday demanding the feds to probe “a national crisis” involving a string of “modern-day lynchings” of blacks — even though all available evidence does not point to racial animus in the tragic deaths.The far-left New York City Dem joined US Rep.

Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts and other Democrats in firing off a letter to US Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel on Tuesday urging them “to fully investigate suspicious deaths and hold individuals accountable,” citing “10 reported hangings of Black people” so far in 2026.“We are extremely alarmed by reports of Black people found hanging from trees in numerousstates throughout our country,” the letter said.“The series of deaths raise significant suspicion of foul play given the role of lynching in our nation’s history.“Therefore, we write to urgently demand a thorough, transparent, and comprehensive federal investigation into every hanging death of a Black individual across the United States.”AOC and Pressley were quick to post the letter on X — where the missive was immediately hit with fact-checks from users showing most of the 10 fatalities were ruled suicides by medical examiners or law enforcement.AOC’s press office fired back to The Post, ” At a minimum, each investigation, with permission of the decedents’ families, should include an independent autopsy, an audit of local and state law enforcement investigations, review of physical and testimonial evidence, and a final report submitted to Congress explaining the agency’s findings.”The letter also called for “robust data collection” aiming to track the hanging deaths of black people in a “transparent and systematic manner.”Only one of the cited deaths — involving a Mississippi woman named Tasia Fortune, 29 — is being investigated as a homicide.Terence Anderson, a black man, is reportedly being detained as a person ...