King Meets With Family Over Black Man's Hanging in Belle Glade

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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Martin Luther King III investigated the hanging of a black man on Saturday by talking with family members and other residents of a rural farming community that has become divided over the death.
King said many people believe that Golden had marks on his head when he died, that his hands were tied behind his back and that he would have been unable to climb a tree on a rainy night in a drunken stupor.
The medical examiner said Golden had a blood-alcohol level more than four times the legal limit for driving and traces of cocaine in his system. Testimony showed Golden to be a troubled, unemployed father of four who was behind in his child-support payments and frequently joked about killing himself. Relatives also acknowledged the bedsheet used as a noose came from Golden's home.



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