'Lynch the drug dealers'- says AL mayoral candidate/special ed teacher

Michael Ray James who is currently running for the office of mayor or the town of Saycauga Alabama publicly announced his plan for how to deal with "drug dealers" to his potential constituents.... lynchings.

James is a special education teacher who describes himself as a "Christian and right-to-life conservative" and has expressed his belief that "drug users" are beyond repair. He took to social media this week in a post that has since been removed expressing the need for federal backing to re-instate lynchings, a practice that has been outlawed only as recently as 2018... yes, you read that right. Check out the history of the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill

“Yes, I’m very aware public hanging is extreme and totally not possible without Federal Approvals and not from city or state officials,” James wrote on Facebook. “Extreme yes, but definitely brings attention to this scourge on Sylacauga, Alabama and the United States of America.”

The Alabama NAACP quickly called for James to suspend his campaign citing that the people "Will NOT turn back to that dark time in OUR country... It will take ALL of us working together to combat this level of hate"

TheGrio reported that "James told AL.com that he was not a monster and the backlash over his comments was merely a difference of opinion. He acknowledged there was little chance in public hangings becoming a part of the law but still felt he was in the right.

“I am serious about, after somebody has been convicted three times, I am very serious about them losing their life, whether its to lethal injection or hanging,” James said."