Demand the FBI and Attorney General for a more in-depth investigation for the Case of the Hanging of William Young in Lasalle County #JUSTICEFORBOO

#JUSTICEFORBOO

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My father William Young was found hanging from a tree in Lasalle County (the same county Jelani Day was found murdered) and the LaSalle County Police Department failed to do an in-depth investigation.

I know these past couple of weeks have been draining. With all the hatred being thrown at those fighting for equality in the justice system (literally thrown, i.e teargas), I hate to add yet another story of strange fruit hanging. But alas, a lynching of a black man in America happened and as you can guess, no justice was served.

Only this time, that man was my father. On September 18th, 2018, William Young (aka Boo) was found hanging from a tree in the woods and LaSalle County Police Department ruled it a suicide and lied about multiple details. So I need your help. As painful as it is, I cannot move forward without trying my absolute best to obtain justice for him.

I need your help to garner attention for this case and to demand the FBI and Attorney General to re-open my fathers case, a more in-depth investigation, and fire the officers involved in the initial handling of the case.

When someone dies, their loved ones always boast about how amazing they were, even if the person didn't really do anything that amazing. When I say my father was amazing, I truly mean it. Thousands, and I mean THOUSANDS of people showed up at his funeral because of his great impact in the community. He was a family man, and he would have never abandoned my family the way they said he did. He was an amazing soul, a man of God. He was a preacher. He later on worked with special needs children who often got in trouble. Anyone that knew him will say he was a very funny man; Always cracking jokes every chance he got. The content of his character should not really matter when talking about an injustice like this. It shouldn't matter if the black men who are lynched are great people. But I share this information about him so nobody can discount his character or vilify him like they do so many black men in the media.

Either one of two events has happened. My father was brutally murdered and the police declined to do a full investigation, out of racism or sheer laziness, I'm not sure. Or, my father was brutally murdered by the police. Either way, here are the details as of now:

• On Sept. 17th, 2018 my father signed the lease for a new house he was very excited to move into.
• The next day, Sept. 18th, I received a call from my father. He was driving for Uber at the time, and was upset that he worked late and wasn't able to pick up my little sister anymore. He said he had one last Uber ride to complete and then he was going to visit his friend. His friend was in another city and he had to pass through Lasalle County to get there.
• We hung up the phone and that was the last time I spoke to him.
• When I got off work the next day, I got a phone call telling me my father was found hanging from a tree in Lasalle County, IL.
• We were told there was surveillance footage of him stopping at a gas station, where he purchased an iPhone charger. There was footage of him pacing back and forth.
• His iPhone charger was broken at the time, so I'm guessing his phone died, he got lost, and stopped to buy a new one.
• He was found dead 30 mins away from that gas station.
• Police Department said he attempted to kill himself 4 different ways before he allegedly hung himself.
• 1. By drinking windex.
• 2. By stuffing his clothes in the tailpipes of his car. 
• 3. By taking pills. (He had a prescription for his back injuries in the car.)
• 4. Lastly, he just decided to hang himself with jumper cables that they say were in his car, a 2016 Altima.
• The Lasalle PD told my family he died at 7am, but we later found out he actually died at 4am.
• They moved his body and performed an autopsy without notifying my family first.
• They performed an autopsy on his body before my family could even identify him, they also would not let my family view his body when they arrived on the scene.
• His car had damages on the passenger side like it had been rammed by another vehicle, which they decided not to disclose.
• There was grass in the back seat, cigarette butts, and all of his belongings all over the car. All evidence that there was some kind of struggle.
• The Police Department refused to contact the corporate office of Uber to see who his last rider was.
• They would not let my family view his body and they threatened to cremate him if we didn't find a funeral home for his body ASAP. We didn't want to bury him without a full investigation but ultimately had to because we couldn't afford to keep his body not buried and also to avoid any more suspect behavior from the Lasalle County PD on my father's body.
• The Lasalle County PD were in a closed this case without an in depth investigation.
• Later on, there was one news article about my father, JUST ONE, and they somehow failed to disclose he was found with jumping cables around his neck connected TO A TREE. Instead, the article author lied and said he was found lying down on the grass in a random spot.

Obviously, something isn't adding up here. Obviously someone is lying. Knowing how racist that general area is, knowing the history of police brutality across this nation, there is more than enough information to conclude that something truly awful and illegal happened to my father and the police were apart of it or the very least, brushed it to the side. Either way, I demand justice for #williamyoung #boo

If you read all this and still try to find a way to justify what happened, I beg of you to ask yourself these questions:

• Why would a man who just bought a house the day before decide to kill himself and allegedly try 4 different ways in a random area he had never spent time in before?
• Why would a black man with a serious back injury climb a tree to hang himself?
• Why was his car suddenly damaged?
• Why wouldn't they let my family identify William Young?

Some people will wonder why I am speaking up now. And to them I say, maybe I should've took action for his justice as soon as it happened, but until you're in such a surreal situation, you will not understand how difficult it was for me to talk about this tragedy. Even to myself. I couldn't process what happened, and I honestly didn't feel anyone would have cared. Because historically, they haven't. Since before Ahmaud. Since before Breonna. Since before George. All the way back to Emmett Till. That's what trauma does to your brain. But with the uprising of the #BLM revolution taking the nation and the world by storm, I felt I couldn't stay silent anymore. And I wouldn't be alone.

THINGS YOU CAN DO TO HELP:

• SIGN AND SHARE THIS PETITION WITH EVERYONE YOU KNOW!

I love you pops! I will do everything in my power to bring awareness to your death and make it right. I ask that you take a few minutes out of your day to help me on my journey to justice.

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NEW DETAILS ON WILLIAM YOUNG'S MYSTERIOUS DEATH!

William Young was a young father who had just signed a lease on a new home and was excited to start the next chapter of his life. He was found dead under very mysterious circumstances, including having blood under his fingernails that was never tested. Police stated that he attempted suicide three different ways before hanging himself from a tree using car jumper cables, but the evidence does not add up. We want the case investigated properly.

Action items:

-Sign my family's petition to have the case reopened

The day after my father's body was found in LaSalle, a family friend went to the scene of his death as well as the police department in an attempt to get a better understanding of what happened. Some of the points below are observations he made. Here are some new things we have learned.

• His body was found at 101 FIRST STREET, LA SALLE, IL 61301
• Coroner William Wujek's and Richard Polch's name appears on the report as the one who completed the examination.
• Time of death 9:51am. Family wasn't notified until 4pm, and the article states there was a call at 9:03am reporting the body. 
• There were 2 officers in a closed room with my fathers' best friend and the Young Family. I cannot remember their names but could identify them. Their names should be on the records.
•  The 2 officers had clothing, pills and a bottle of Windex. They tried to sell us the idea that he tried to commit suicide with these 3 items. 
• They never brought up the jumper cables initially. They then told my family William used the jumper cables to hang himself from the tree.
• The 2 officers had his phone, a phone charger, a pack of Newport cigarettes, and a receipt showing the items he purchased at the Lasalle gas station. There was no evidence of a purchase for jumper cables on the receipt nor in the car.
• My Family asked to view his body. They told them "You don't want to see the body." My family pressed them to see the body. They then responded that the individual who was performing the autopsy wasn't available and was out of town. They showed them pictures of the body instead of allowing them to view it.
• The 2 officers escorted them to the crime scene and showed them the tree he allegedly hung himself on. 
• The first thing that was noticed were tire tracks in the grass. They were different sizes in width. We found that very strange because we were told his car was found on the side of the building where there isn't any grass at all, only concrete for parking spaces. 
• There was grass stuck underneath William's car in the front and middle of his car. His car had side swipe damage on the passenger side of the car. That damage was not on his car before he left Chicago. 
• There was a building across the street that had a camera directly facing the area, that was never investigated. 

There are questions that need answers. 

-Why wouldn't they allow our family to view the body?

-Why were there tire tracks in the grass near the tree AND grass stuck underneath his car that wasn't investigated?

-Where are the jumper cables?

-Where is the surveillance footage from the building right across from the crime scene?

We NEED answers! 

William deserves JUSTICE!

#JUSTICEFORBOO

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