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Lynching Dynamics

Black people generally don’t commit suicide by hanging and lynching is reserved for mob justice.
Statistics from NIH has imperial data on this topic.
Even in movies it is difficult to lynch someone so if faking it requires at least two people not including the victim.
It is difficult or nearly impossible for someone to climb up a tree, step out on a limb, wrap the rope and jump to their death
What type of noose was fashioned? slip knot, overhand or hangman’s noose. The hangman’s is best for lynching as the other ones are easier to be undone.
Based on the knot in the noose, positions should be a typical or atypical …( see diagram below)
Whether the person was left or right handed could have bearing on whether the hanging was self inflicted or assisted aka forced.
When a hangman's noose is used for execution, the knot is typically positioned on the left side of the neck, underneath the left ear. This specific placement was intended to break the person's neck upon the drop, leading to a quicker and more "humane" death, rather than strangulation.
The site of the noose opposing the knot is where the greatest force is applied on suspension, and the thyrohyoid injury pattern may reflect its position
If the noose applies enough pressure on the neck for some time after death (e.g., > 20 – 30 min), a ligature mark, a furrow, is formed that can clearly indicate the highest suspension points and knot position [7]. However, if the ligature is removed shortly after death (suspicious ‘hanging’ deaths in custody, for example), if it is unavailable, the furrow is subtle and faded, or the body is found severely decomposed (even skeletonized and detached from the noose), the other means to assess where the knot was (and, therefore, where the greatest pressure was applied) in the noose would be of significant assistance to reconstruct the event

Point of Reference: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0379073824000549