Of course the article can point out all the people lynched for essentially being "other". As an expression of hate, or fear. There was a lot of that (and may

Of course the article can point out all the people lynched for essentially being "other". As an expression of hate, or fear. There was a lot of that (and may still be some to be honest). There were also lynchings where the mob simply believed the victim to be guilty but unprovably so. Or where the punishment would not be sufficient to the crime in their eyes. Those are the ones which the GP seems to refer to, and it's not necessarily trolling to bring up the relationship between those and a justice system that is seen to work.