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Lynchers will only be punished when public sentiment demands it
Drawn from what Ida B. Wells said
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- Ida B. Wells American journalist and civil rights leader (1862 to 1931)
The strong arm of the law must be brought to bear upon lynchers in severe punishment, but this cannot and will not be done unless a healthy public sentiment demands and sustains such action.
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↗Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases (1892)gutenberg.org
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