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johnnyangel · 01-05-2007, 11:39 PM

Has there been any updates on this? I found this episode intriguing, how they claim he hanged himself with his own shoelace. Differnt autopsies showed different results, stories were different, etc.

Any opinions?

crystaldawn · 01-06-2007, 11:38 AM

I do think Andre Jones was probably beaten to death by the cops and then they staged a hanging to cover their butts. I did post a blurb I found about it on an earlier thread that gave a little further info. Here it is:

In February of 1996, Lumumba announced that he would pursue lawsuits on behalf of Charles and Esther Quinn. A few days after the Quinns’ son Andre Jones had been arrested in August of 1992, he was found hanged in a shower stall in the Simpson County jail. The case attracted national attention for three reasons: first because he was one of the last of forty-eight jailhouse hangings of young African American men in Mississippi since 1987; second, because an independent autopsy ruled the death a homicide after state’s pathologist had called it a suicide; and finally, because the hanging happened under the supervision of Simpson County Sheriff Lloyd “Goon” Jones. Jones had become infamous after being accused in the deaths of two foreign journalists covering the landmark racial integration admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi in 1962. Jones was later implicated in the murders of two Jackson State University students in 1972. Lumumba won substantial damages for the Quinn family.

baton_man · 01-06-2007, 10:30 PM

Is that the case where the police said Jones co-operated by showing the police gangs signs and they claimed to have taken pictures of him but were unable to find the pics they took. Jones stepfather I believe was a memeber of the Nation of Islam.

crystaldawn · 01-06-2007, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by baton_man

Is that the case where the police said Jones co-operated by showing the police gangs signs and they claimed to have taken pictures of him but were unable to find the pics they took. Jones stepfather I believe was a memeber of the Nation of Islam.

Yes thats the one.

01-05-2007, 11:39 PM	#1
johnnyangel Member Frequent Poster Join Date: May 08, 2002 Posts: 329	Andre Jones/Mysterious Hanging Death in that Louisiana Jail Has there been any updates on this? I found this episode intriguing, how they claim he hanged himself with his own shoelace. Differnt autopsies showed different results, stories were different, etc. Any opinions?

01-06-2007, 11:38 AM	#2
crystaldawn Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 17, 2002 Location: Illinois Posts: 4,261	I do think Andre Jones was probably beaten to death by the cops and then they staged a hanging to cover their butts. I did post a blurb I found about it on an earlier thread that gave a little further info. Here it is: In February of 1996, Lumumba announced that he would pursue lawsuits on behalf of Charles and Esther Quinn. A few days after the Quinns’ son Andre Jones had been arrested in August of 1992, he was found hanged in a shower stall in the Simpson County jail. The case attracted national attention for three reasons: first because he was one of the last of forty-eight jailhouse hangings of young African American men in Mississippi since 1987; second, because an independent autopsy ruled the death a homicide after state’s pathologist had called it a suicide; and finally, because the hanging happened under the supervision of Simpson County Sheriff Lloyd “Goon” Jones. Jones had become infamous after being accused in the deaths of two foreign journalists covering the landmark racial integration admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi in 1962. Jones was later implicated in the murders of two Jackson State University students in 1972. Lumumba won substantial damages for the Quinn family.

01-06-2007, 10:30 PM	#3
baton_man Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Oct 27, 2006 Location: maryland Posts: 68	Is that the case where the police said Jones co-operated by showing the police gangs signs and they claimed to have taken pictures of him but were unable to find the pics they took. Jones stepfather I believe was a memeber of the Nation of Islam.