Judith Levine: Use the word — lynched

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Judith Levine, a writer and activist from Hardwick.
On Aug. 28, a child was lynched in Claremont, New Hampshire.
Let me repeat that. A child was lynched in Claremont, New Hampshire.
The boy is 8. He is biracial. His assailants were four white teenagers.
No adults witnessed the event but the kids at the scene and the child’s mother, who was nearby, described it this way:
The victim and his 11-year-old sister were playing in the yard. The teens were