Teddy Roosevelt: “The mob which lynches a negro charged with rape will in a little while…”

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The mob which lynches a negro charged with rape will in a little while lynch a white man suspected of crime.

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Republican · New York

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He warns that mob violence can escalate beyond its initial targets, affecting all races.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “The mob which lynches a negro charged with rape will in a little while lynch a white man suspected of crime.”