N.C. teen's hanging death ruled a suicide; mother says it was a lynching By, Harrison Epstein

http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/15/justice/north-carolina-lennon-lacy/index.html?hpt=us_c2

In short a young man went out walking one night and was found the next morning, hanging from a swing set and covered in fire ants. His mother immediately assumed there was foul play involved and insisted that the authorities investigate further even though they thought that it was a suicide. The particular part is that no one is quite sure who suggested suicide in the first place and after inspection found that it had been almost implied as opposed to actually being recorded. Naturally this raised suspicion and the mother of the man continues to fight for answers in this awful case.  

I don't like this case at all. It is depressing and unbelievable, but the main reason I am writing about this article is because of the mother's choice of words. She very specifically used the word "lynching" which is a very historical word. Why she chose to use a word with a racial connotation I have no clue, but the use of that word is almost sickening because it brings back memories of civil rights and police hanging African Americans from trees just because they could. I think word choice is very important and one must be careful with how you word something...