Mickey Mcclinton's Conflict In South Carolina

For a long time racism has been present in our lives, be it in the United States or along with every other country in the world. Racism is evident in many communities across the world and many nations exhibit this notion race superiority. In the current case study, “ Conflict in South Carolina” we see how the death of a young black, African American stirred up an entire community on allegations of a racially motivated murder. We see how a community was torn apart and riled up over the death of Mickey McClinton. They felt that he was murdered and his body was mutilated because of his interracial relationship. In the light of these racist allegations, many questions arises throughout the case. Was McClinton intentionally murdered/lynched, and was his body mutilated? Or was it in fact a mere automobile accident with a runaway driver that took this young man’s life? In cases as such, there will always be many questions, especially when we take into consideration the existence of racism during this time period and to add ever more a clear motive on the possible murderers because McClinton was dating
Prior to the second autopsy Riley and his staff “examined pictures from the first autopsy and stated… you couldn’t tell that anything was wrong… you could be certain the body wasn’t terribly mutilated… I looked with SLED at the file and couldn’t find anything wrong”. Riley also stated that he couldn’t be positive that a second autopsy would find all the rumors false, “there was a possibility they would find mutilation…. And if they did, the state would end up conducting an investigation of the coroner, the doctor, the sheriff and everyone else involved”. Riley was aware that ordering a second autopsy involved a lot of risk , but also on the other hand not ordering one was also