Mississippi Black Man Who Mysteriously Died Was Decapitated, Lawyer Says

Rasheem Carter—a Black man from Mississippi who was found dead last year, allegedly after telling cops he was worried about being harmed—was decapitated, his family and their lawyers said Monday.

“What this tells us is that this was a nefarious act, this was an evil act. Somebody murdered Rasheem Carter,” famed civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump alleged. “And we cannot let them get away with this. I mean when you look at these pictures taken at the autopsy, it tells you that there’s nothing natural about this. It screams out for justice.”

Hours before the 25-year-old’s mysterious disappearance in early October, Carter had gone to the Taylorsville Police Department for help after he expressed to his mother over the phone that he was being followed by white men, his mom, Tiffany Carter, previously said.

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