Nearly a century later, an Indianapolis man has a new headstone and a new cause of death.
George Tompkins, 19, was found hanging in a park in Indianapolis, Indiana, with his hands tied behind his back, on March 16, 1922.
"Some 100 years ago, someone in the coroner's office made a decision that put history behind us in such a negative way," Marion County Chief Deputy Coroner Alfie McGinty said. “We will remember, we will bring justice to something that was unconscionable to me that 100 years ago something like this could have happened.”Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett said the recognition came 100 years too late.
Karrah Herring, who is the chief officer of equity Indiana's governor, said the day was a"true moment of justice."
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