Wednesday June 10, Palmdale, CA... Young black man hanged from a tree, ruled suicide.

[Alex4Martinez]

Robert Fuller is his name.

http://theavtimes.com/2020/06/11/suspected-suicide-body-found-hanging-from-tree-in-poncitlan-square-palmdale-issues-statement/#

Link to tweet

[2naSalit]

1. Woah! That's fucked up!

And needs to be heard about far and wide.

[soothsayer]

2. Was just coming to post this

https://newsone.com/3958409/black-man-is-found-hanging-near-city-hall/

Could of course be a suicide but I understand the family wanting answers.

[Alex4Martinez]

5. Thanks for that additional local link.

I found out about it on Twitter.

Terribly sad, Palmdale is a very depressing sort of place north of LA but in the lower central valley, dry and oily. (oil wells)

[tinrobot]

9. Palmdale isn't in the Central Valley

Palmdale is high desert, but yes, it is rather desolate and depressing.

The oil is in Bakersfield, on the other side of the mountains.

[BamaRefugee]

11. Palmdale is in Los Angeles County, sadly. My county also.

[MagickMuffin]

3. How scared Robert must've felt

I'm sorry this happened to you, YOU didn't deserve this.

And WOW California.

[SWBTATTReg]

4. Oh my god! How horrible. I hope that there are some answers coming soon, and ...

certainly not the answers from the city itself since they seem to be wanting to cover it up. How does one rule this a suicide? That's what gets me ???!!!

[soothsayer]

6. Well, suicides do happen

But I understand wanting some certainty, especially in this racially charged atmosphere.

[stillcool]

7. They jumped right to the mental health aspect...

of covid-19? Not one mention about facts. Not one mention of race?

“Sadly, it is not the first such incident since the COVID-19 pandemic began,” city officials said in the statement.

[C Moon]

8. Investigators said there are no cameras in this public area. :/

[Lonestarblue]

10. Near City Hall and there are no cameras!

[C Moon]

17. That's what they say. And when asked about what looked liked cameras,

they said those were crow deterrents.
Then, conveniently perhaps, there are traffic cameras but they don't record anything.
From what I read, the city has a some bad history with the neo Nazi movement.
https://laist.com/2020/06/12/robert-fuller-justice-suicide-investigation-palmdale.php

[uponit7771]

12. Suicide my ass, no struggle couldve been he was put asleep

[smirkymonkey]

13. Noooo!

This is too sad.

[Ford_Prefect]

14. I wonder how they arrived at that conclusion? "All indicators" my ass.

If they have indicators that will stand a coroner's review they haven't mentioned a single one.

This is a damn odd place to do it. Suicides are typically a very personal and private event. A tree in front of the city hall is anything but private. Suicide is also the last attempt of someone to control their life and so it is not typically done casually or without some distinct order to the event. If it was Suicide where is the note or last message, or his cell phone? Have they spoken with anyone who knew him?

I don't believe in coincidence especially in situations like this.

[Hortensis]

15. Poor, poor boy and family. I don't know if I should

hope it was suicide or not. It takes a lot of misery to come to this.

[Demovictory9]

16. kick