Today I wanted to talk about Kyle Bassinga. Kyle was a 21 year old man from Georgia, whose family described him as "a kind, thoughtful, and smart young man who loved nature, music, and the people around him". Kyle Bassinga was killed on February 18th 2026, just ten days after his birthday. He was found hanging from a tree in a park.
The police ruled it a suicide. The family and local community demanded an investigation. The police refused to change their ruling.
I know this website it too white for this to really go anywhere, but an understanding of the present reality of white supremacy in the United States is just so important to transfeminism here. Lynchings never stopped, white supremacy never went away, you just stopped looking.
Juliana Nzita, A 16 year old Black girl, was just found hanging from a tree on church grounds in Charlotte, NC. Police have ruled it a suicide, despite hanging ourselves from trees being like the one communally agreed way Black folks ain’t killing ourselves.
Every time I go on Twitter or Facebook I learn about another recent lynching or missing Black person going mostly unreported. Half the reason I keep an active account on either of those sites is because they’re the only place I can find out about the violence happening to Black and Trans people reasonably quickly.
But I do need y’all to know that Black folks are currently, actively, being disappeared and lynched—if they even find our bodies. Black girls are and have been more often stolen into human trafficking, especially if they’re immigrants, but I’ve been seeing new news of probable lynchings every other day. Shit is worse than you think it is right now, tumblr just too white of a site to care lol
I want to point out that both of these murders are still being covered up by the police, neither of their cases have even been reopened, despite a petition for Nzita with over 11,000 signatures. Kyle Bassinga in particular has almost completely dropped off of the news cycle too, partly because they've both been replaced with even more murders in just the months since they took place.
To’Nea Nicole Miller, Justice Kai James, and Jerard “Jay” Jackson have all been found hanging from trees this year alone, and have all had their cases ruled a suicide by the police. Just a few days ago another (currently unidentified) Black woman was found hanging from a tree in Jackson Mississippi, although the police havent ruled it a suicide yet.
These aren't even all of the anti-black murders being covered up either. Since Trey Reed was murdered a little over a year ago, at least 14 Black people have been murdered and had their cases ruled a suicide. If this information doesn't make you want to abolish the police I think you're just too racist to be reached.
