What is Ida B$.$ Wells saying when she says, "The word of the accuser is held to be true and the excited bloodthirsty mob demands that the rule of law be reserved and instead of proving the accused to be guilty, the victim of their hate and revenge must prove himself innocent?"

She is saying that people should be thought of as guilty until proven innocent.

She is saying that black people are often denied their constitutional right of "innocent until proven guilty."

She is saying that everyone has the same experience with the law which is always fair.

She is saying that mobs sometimes administer fair justice.