[VIDEO] Many of you might be familiar with Emmet Till, this young man in his teenaged years who should've been enjoying his summer in Mississippi during the 1950s made one innocent mistake and whistled at a white woman. That minor act sadly cost him his life in a very segregated and racist environment of that time.
At 14, he experienced far more than I would expect anyone of that age to go through. This young man was lynched - and reportedly went through far more extreme torture. When his body was found he was badly disfigured and his mother wanting the world to see what those men who took her boy had done wanted an open casket funeral. If you want to see Till's remains just Google it, I won't show that here.
I think I did a post about this in May 2021 where YouTubers visit the sites of Money, Miss. where most of the story of Till demise happened. They go to the grocery store where he whistled at the white woman. The home where he resided and he was taken from that home. And then where he was tortured, and where his body was disposed of.
Recently it was in the news that an arrest warrant for Carolyn Bryant - that's whom Till was whistling at - was found in a Mississippi court house. According this report from the Mississippi Free Press it is possible to serve that arrest warrant to Ms. Carolyn Bryant Donham who's last known address is in North Carolina and yes still alive an elderly woman at this point. Her then husband Roy Bryant was served with the warrant and he was one of the people who murdered Till.
Him and an accomplice J.W. Milam after they were acquitted in Till's murder they sold their story to Look magazine admitting their crime. And of course double jeopardy, they can't be charged and tried again for a crime that they were already acquitted of in court.
According to wikipedia Till is expected to be released on October 7, 2022
So anyway I hope to see this movie when it's released. Perhaps you'll check it out as well.
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