What Happened To Malcolm Harsch?

Malcolm Harsch was lynched. His body was first discovered in California before Robert Fuller.

Before Robert Fuller's death, there was another Black man who was found hanging from a tree in California. His death didn't attract the attention but its generating concern among citizens in the Los Angeles area.

Is there someone out there trying to lynch Black men and women?

Malcolm Harsch is a 38-year old man was found hanging from a tree in Victorville, California.

His family is raising concerns about his death.

It draws parallels because Harsch's family doesn't believe he was suicidal. They believe it was foul play.

Two Black men were found hanging from trees in California in the last 2 weeks...
Authorities are calling them suicides.
What Black man do you know who hangs himself from a tree?
These are lynchings.
Not "modern day lynchings," old school ones.#RobertFuller#MalcolmHarsch

— #BlackLivesMatter-LA (@BLMLA) June 14, 2020

Two black men, Robert Fuller and Malcolm Harsch, found dead, hanging from trees in southern California.https://t.co/ZftxdC8Jur

— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) June 14, 2020

Malcolm Harsch, 38, was found hung from a tree in Victorville, CA.

Robert Fuller, 24, was found hung from a tree in Palmdale, CA.

Tshegofatso Pule, 28 & pregnant was found hung from a tree by a rope.

An unidentfied Black man was also found hung in Manhattan park on June, 9th. pic.twitter.com/Yu86Fhm2dU

— East Feed (@eastfeed) June 14, 2020

PLEASE DO NOT LET MALCOLM HARSCH GO UNNOTICED. HE WAS FOUND HANGING FROM A TREE IN VICTORVILLE AND THEY ARE TRYING TO WRITE IT OFF AS A SUICIDE https://t.co/YOr6UlY3wG

— seraphic • SAY THEIR NAMES (@srjs_) June 14, 2020

Authorities say they believe Fuller's death was a suicide and that they don't believe foul play was involved in Harsch's, but some are not convinced. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's department is looking into the Fuller matter.

Harsch's body was found near the Victorville City hanging from a tree. I said he was from Riverside County, but he's really from San Bernardino County.

The Victor Valley News reported that on May 31, 2020 around 7am, the Victorville City Fire Department "was dispatched to the Victorville City Library at 15011 Circle Drive where they discovered 38-year old Malcolm Harsch deceased nearby."

The family doesn't believe the county's coroner report.

Malcolm's family said he was not suicidal nor in mental distress.

"Our brother Malcolm Harsch died on May 31st. His cause of death has not been released to the family yet but we are concerned his death will be labeled as a suicide, as this is what was communicated to us upon confirmation of his death on the morning of June 1st," the family said.

The family's statement continued, "We were told that his 6 foot 3 inches long body wasn't even dangling from the tree. There was blood on his shirt but there didn't appear to be any physical implications at the scene to suggest that there was a struggle or any visible open wounds at that time. His body sat at the San Bernardino County Coroner for 12 days before an autopsy was performed...Malcolm had very recent conversations with his children about seeing them soon. He didn't seem to be depressed to anyone who truly knew him."

Harsch was from Warren, Ohio and he moved to California 14 years ago.

His family said that he "loved doing tattoos, he was very artistic."



From looking at his social media it doesn't indicate he has any mental issues or signs of depression.

San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department spokesperson Jodi Miller said a death investigation was ongoing, and that the cause and manner of death were pending. Miller said Harsch's body was found about a mile away from the library, which is accessible from Zenda Street.

The U.S. Justice Department, California State Attorney General and the state investigation board are looking into the death. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said it will be an investigation into these incidents.

People of color across the United States and all over the world have been demanding equality and justice for the Black community, with many attending protests and speaking out following the George Floyd tragedy.

Kim Kardashian West, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), Viola Davis and others have called for the U.S. Justice Department to do something about racial injustices in the country.

We have a global pandemic that is killing 140,000 Americans. The coronavirus deaths are still happening and folks are not social distancing. We have an economic recession. With the coronavirus spreading from coast to coast, many companies are closing up for good and placing Americans out of work. They are over 45 million Americans out of work. There are thousands of Americans who are being killed by gun violence. Everyday at least 95 people died from gun violence. I can't even tell you how many stories I've missed involving gun violence in the country. Now we're covering incidents where men and women of color being hanged from trees. It's like we're living in the past.

Don't get it twisted. Just because we had the first Black president, doesn't mean racism is over.