Suspicions of foul play and potential attempts at a coverup by law enforcement shroud the alleged incident.
Key Takeaways
- Javion McGee, a 21-year-old truck driver from Chicago, was found hanging from a tree in Henderson, North Carolina.
- His family, backed by widespread online support, doubts the police’s claim of sui*ide and suspect foul play.
- The viral hashtag #JusticeForJavion has gained traction on Twitter, with many drawing parallels to historic racial viole*ce and demanding justice for Javion.
Javion McGee, a Chicago-based 21-year-old truck driver, was allegedly found de*d hanging from a tree in Henderson, North Carolina, on September 11, 2024.
In a TikTok video posted by @scottieprimpin on Sep. 12 (Thursday), the user who claims to be Javion’s cousin stated that the police claim the incident to be su*cide; however, the family does not believe this and suspect foul play.
@scottieprimpin Please help my family in getting Justice for my little cousin #JavionMagee #Henderson #HendersonNC #Chicago #NAACP @ABC News @ABC11 @WGN9Chicago #JUSTICEFORJAVION #SAYHISNAME ♬ original sound – StormiNyte 🌪🖤
The video has gained over 2 million views on TikTok and over 190K views on Instagram. Netizens were quick to show solidarity for demanding the proper investigation and justice.
“#JusticeForJavion” is currently trending on Twitter, where many are trying to get the story to media outlets since there has been no coverage.
Why is nobody talking about him this young man a truck driver from Chicago was found dead hanging from a Tree in North Carolina send Prayers for his family 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 #JusticeForJavion 🕊️ #CheckComments pic.twitter.com/9lQRHEGt1R
— Officially4Money (@4MoneyCGB) September 13, 2024
In the original TikTok video, the user explained that Javion was on one of his hauls, which is why he was in North Carolina.
She further revealed that the police claimed that Javion bought the rope at Walmart himself before hanging himself.
This made little sense to his family, who recall Javion as a happy young man from the suburbs with no involvement in gang violence whatsoever.
Also, the public setting of the location at which the body was found is suspicious.
Many users immediately drew parallels between the case and the numerous lynchings of African Americans during the Jim Crow era.
Some mentioned that Henderson, North Carolina, is a sundown town.
For the uninitiated, a sundown town or neighborhood in the US historically excluded non-white people, particularly African Americans, from remaining in the area after sunset.
This was enforced through discriminatory laws, intimidation, or violence.
Most of these towns were eradicated by the end of segregation in 1968, and the last of them are said to have been abolished in the 1980s.
A 21-year-old truck driver from my hometown Chicago was found LYNCHED in North Carolina. And per usual authorities are trying to cover it up—going as far as blocking loved ones from seeing the body?! Spread the word. Wtf.#JusticeForJavion #JavionMagee
— ✨ (@protvg) September 13, 2024
21 YEAR OLD, BLACK MALE LYNCHED‼️
— misslashtech. 🫧 (@KionnahW) September 12, 2024
This is Javion Magee. He is from Bellwood, IL and was working as a truck driver when he was found hung from a tree in Henderson, NC without his phone or wallet. They are ruling his death as a suicide but the information given isn’t adding up. pic.twitter.com/7f99JTyrES
In the TikTok video, Scottieprimpin also claimed that the coroner’s office is giving the family a hard time by not letting them see and identify the body by citing inconsistent and nonsensical reasons.
She said,
At one point they [police] told her [Javion’s mother] she can’t identify the body due to Covid. And the next day, today they told her the father has to give her permission for that, which he said that he would.
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Another cousin of Javion, Jaylan Glanville JaylanJabre, took to Facebook to express concern over the suspicious behavior of law enforcement and the coroner’s office and asked for help from fellow community members.
The tragic and untimely demise of Javion McGee has ignited public outcry, with family, friends, and concerned citizens calling for transparency and justice.
The case remains shrouded in mystery, and the bizarre nature of the incident has led many to confront the unsettling possibility that acts as horrific as public lynchings could still be occurring today.
