Mother demands answers, weeks after black woman found hanging from Mississippi tree

Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old Black woman, was found hanging from a tree at an abandoned property in Jackson, Mississippi on August 3rd, yet her mother and community members are still awaiting answers over a month later. Police only recently confirmed they are treating the case as a potential homicide, though no official cause of death has been determined by the medical examiner. The case has intensified concerns about racial violence in Mississippi, particularly since two other hanging deaths occurred in the state the previous year, both ruled suicides.