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by nszceta 1842 days ago
> Next thing he knew, the crowd had put tires over the alleged thief and set him on fire.

Ah, yes. Necklacing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necklacing
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brailsafe 1842 days ago
This is some liveleak shit I'm maybe glad I didn't see.
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nszceta 1842 days ago
Too graphic for LiveLeak. It would be on documentingreality instead.

Also, from the wiki, in 1986, Winnie Mandela, then-wife of the imprisoned Nelson Mandela, stated, "With our boxes of matches, and our necklaces, we shall liberate this country", which was widely seen as an explicit endorsement of necklacing. Lovely.

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brailsafe 1842 days ago
It definitely wouldn't have been too graphic for liveleak a few years ago. There was plenty of cartel videos for example.
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