Officials in Southern California initially suggested Robert Fuller and Malcolm Harsch died by suicide. Their families believe they may have been murdered
Robert Fuller’s body was found hanging from a tree near Palmdale City Hall last week. Photo: David McNew/Getty Images Protesters gathered in Palmdale, California, over the weekend, to call for renewed investigation into the death of Robert Fuller, a 24-year-old black man whose body was found hanging from a tree outside City Hall last week.
“[We] feel that our brother’s death will be waved off as a suicide to avoid any further media attention,” they continued. “Malcolm had very recent conversations with his children about seeing them soon. He didn’t seem to be depressed to anyone who truly knew him.
Fuller’s sister, Diamond Alexander, said she did not believe that Fuller — who had attended a Black Lives Matter protest a few days before he died — hanged himself. “My brother was a survivor,” she told the Times. “We want to find out the truth of what really happened. Everything that they’ve been telling us has not been right.”
That Fuller and Harsch’s deaths came amid weeks of national protests in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, combined with the location of the bodies — both in front of municipal buildings — has led many to believe that both men were lynched. On Saturday, thousands gathered in Palmdale to demand a full investigation into Fuller’s death.
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