Georgia sheriff acknowledges law enforcement role in 1947 lynching

No one was ever held accountable for Gilbert’s murder and his family was forced to sell their 111-acre farm and leave the state.

On Saturday, Harris County Sheriff Mike Jolley acknowledged local law enforcement’s role in the lynching in a ceremony honoring Gilbert that marked another effort by a Georgia community to heal racial wounds from the past.

https://www.myajc.com/blog/investigations/georgia-sheriff-acknowledges-law-enforcement-role-1947-lynching/mxFfz8lWaLTCk3EFIlXh3M/

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