How did the white public justify the existence of lynch mobs?

A) Lynch mobs were not seen as justifiable by the general public.
B) Lynch mobs were justifiable because they supposedly did not kill many people.
C) Black lynch mobs attacked whites in equal numbers to those blacks attacked by white lynch mobs.
D) Lynch mobs supposedly kept white women safe from black male rapists.

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Final Answer : D, Explanation :  The most common justification for the existence of lynch mobs among the white public was that they were necessary to protect white women from black male rapists. This belief was based on racial stereotypes and fears of miscegenation, and was often used to justify extrajudicial violence against black men, even if they were innocent of any crime.

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