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Post by Olan on Mar 26, 2017 2:59:47 GMT
I searched and didn't see this discussed. Do you think she should be prosecuted? If you are ever in D.C. visiting Till's casket at the Smithsonian is a must see.
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Post by pierkiss on Mar 26, 2017 3:37:38 GMT
I think she should be prosecuted. But she won't be because of the statute of limitations.  I wonder what made her confess to this now? I remember studying this case in high school. It made me physically ill. |
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Post by trollie on Mar 26, 2017 3:39:02 GMT
Her part in this man's murder was reprehensible, but her husband and his half brother are responsible and should have been convicted. Sounds like the statute of limitations for perjury have long since run out.Tragic, tragic story. I cannot imagine what
Emmett's family had to endure.
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Post by librarylady on Mar 26, 2017 19:22:06 GMT
Disgusting woman to have lied and caused the death of that young man in a most horrible, brutal way.
How she could sleep at night during that time is beyond my comprehension. However, it is also beyond my comprehension to hate someone based upon skin color--and hate so much as to cause death.
IMO, she is confessing now because she cannot be prosecuted.
I hope her neighbors have the gumption to shun or avoid her.
I hope her family is disgusted by her lies and steps back from a relationship with her.
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Post by freecharlie on Mar 26, 2017 20:12:11 GMT
She may be confessing now because she knows her time on earth is short and she wants to meet her maker with a clean heart or that she knows the truth dies with her.
But I wonder what she actually said, since the interview focused only on the grabbing
Was she saying that Emmett didn't grab her or was she including touching her hand or whistling or making a comment to her as well.
That case, and many like it, are horrific. She can't be prosecuted because even if she had committed a crime, the statue of limitations would be up. If it wasn't, would she have been indicted for accessory to murder? They would have to prove that she knew what would happen (and she probably did).
The story also said that she says she didn't tell her husband, but confirmed when he asked. Who told him originally?
Personally, I hope karma bit everyone of them involved in the ass for their entire lives. I'm sure it didn't happen, but I wish it would have. From the murdering pieces of shit, to the jury who acquitted them and the society that not only allowed it to happen, but welcomed the murders back as friends and sometimes heroes. It is disgusting.
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Post by esperanza on Mar 26, 2017 20:16:56 GMT
Disgusting lady.
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Post by pierogi on Mar 26, 2017 20:41:49 GMT
I knew it. Her story was always suspect and self-serving. She was never properly cross examined, either.
Disgusting case and an appalling travesty of justice.
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Post by terri on Mar 26, 2017 20:46:01 GMT
Yes I do.
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Post by femalebusiness on Mar 26, 2017 22:18:24 GMT
She is a disgusting human being. I'd be willing to bet she is fessin' up now because she is getting close to those pearly gates and is trying to save her own soul, not because of any concerns for the horror of what happened to Emmett Till. It may be too late to hold her accountable in a court of law but it is not too late to put her face and name out there and let it go viral on Facebook. Any decent person would shun that hateful broad as I don't think she's lost a moment's sleep over what she caused.
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Post by Olan on Mar 26, 2017 22:23:04 GMT
Who decides if something should be marked political? Why do all of my threads have so many views and so few responses? Odd.
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Post by gar on Mar 26, 2017 22:25:26 GMT
You can't tell what this is about from the title so I opened it. I read but hadn't responded because I don't know the woman or anything about the story.
And you decide if it's political and you can tag it as such yourself.
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Post by Olan on Mar 26, 2017 22:42:02 GMT
I think she should be prosecuted. But she won't be because of the statute of limitations. I wonder what made her confess to this now? I remember studying this case in high school. It made me physically ill. Cant say that I did. I actually didn't know it was viewed as the silent impetus for the March on Washington. I thought it was more of an outlying story. The lines are incredibly long to view the casket and you are standing still for an uncomfortable amount of time reading the photo captions before approaching the actual casket. Then its another long tearful wait for the line to move. To think she sent her baby for a summer vacation and he came back in a casket. A pea broke down the hierarchy as she saw it and listed black men above white women. I didn't want to be pokey but I so wanted to say....tell that to Mable Till Mobley. For reference her son was killed in 1955. She died in 2003. Her son is honored here |
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Post by Olan on Mar 26, 2017 22:44:14 GMT
You can't tell what this is about from the title so I opened it. I read but hadn't responded because I don't know the woman or anything about the story. And you decide if it's political and you can tag it as such yourself. Thanks. I didn't tag it political. I tagged one thread Political but now all of them are. I guess someone else did. Is the tag being used for non-political but still "touchy" threads? |
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Post by gar on Mar 26, 2017 22:50:27 GMT
You can't tell what this is about from the title so I opened it. I read but hadn't responded because I don't know the woman or anything about the story. And you decide if it's political and you can tag it as such yourself. Thanks. I didn't tag it political. I tagged one thread Political but now all of them are. I guess someone else did. Is the tag being used for non-political but still "touchy" threads? Hmmm, I guess the term political can be open to interpretation. |
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Post by verdepea on Mar 26, 2017 22:52:43 GMT
I opened the thread and the link. Such a sad story for a young innocent boy; brutally murdered & tortured because of his skin color. His poor parents, having to know exactly who did it and knew they murderers would never be convicted and then have them admit the murder with no remorse. I didn't grow up in that area or in the south so I have no inkling of how people could behave that way. She knew her story would result in his death before the words left her mouth. Tragic.Disgusting.
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Post by AussieMeg on Mar 26, 2017 22:57:29 GMT
I only read about the story of Emmett Till for the first time recently, and it sickened me.
I have a question about this:
If that happened today - admitting to a crime after being found not guilty - would they be able to be re-tried, or would the 'double jeopardy' laws still come into play? My basic understanding of the law is that they probably couldn't be re-tried unless new evidence came to light??
It's so revolting that the men were acquitted for a crime they committed and THEN profited from the murder by getting paid for the magazine interview!
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Post by Olan on Mar 26, 2017 22:59:00 GMT
Sadly it's still pretty common for a black man to be wrongfully accused of rape. A teenage girl said she was raped by black men this week. It was all a hoax though I can't remember what she had hoped to achieve. Usually the lie is created to hide their own actions but this girl I don't think needed an "out" if you will.
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Post by destined2bmom on Mar 27, 2017 0:00:30 GMT
What a horrible and despicable thing for her, her husband and his half-brother to do to that poor young man.
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Post by beebee on Mar 27, 2017 1:42:43 GMT
What a horrific case and a mockery of justice.
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Post by gizzy on Mar 27, 2017 2:04:41 GMT
My stomach is sick. That poor boy and his family. How are some people capable of this evil?
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Post by freecharlie on Mar 27, 2017 3:04:17 GMT
I only read about the story of Emmett Till for the first time recently, and it sickened me. I have a question about this: If that happened today - admitting to a crime after being found not guilty - would they be able to be re-tried, or would the 'double jeopardy' laws still come into play? My basic understanding of the law is that they probably couldn't be re-tried unless new evidence came to light?? It's so revolting that the men were acquitted for a crime they committed and THEN profited from the murder by getting paid for the magazine interview! we have double jeopardy which has means you can't be tried for the same crime twice. If you were acquitted you can't be tried again even if you confess. The victims can sue you in civil court or they came try and get you on different charges |
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Post by annabella on Mar 27, 2017 3:16:04 GMT
Who decides if something should be marked political? Why do all of my threads have so many views and so few responses? Odd. Nothing odd about it, you purposely write vague thread titles so people have no idea what the subject is about thus they have to click in to see, then decide if it interests them or not. Looks like she came clean years ago and her testimony wasn't technically included in the court case so there's not a legal aspect to it. I don't like how she's so flippant about not remembering it. I googled pictures of Emmett Till and found those open casket pics, shutter. He was an attractive boy, she probably smiled at him and her husband called her on it. |
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Post by freecharlie on Mar 27, 2017 3:45:25 GMT
Who decides if something should be marked political? Why do all of my threads have so many views and so few responses? Odd. because your titles are vague and people click to see what they are and them decide they don't want to post. Or they've already posted and are checking back in to see the responses that follow. It may have been tagged political without having been open since many may have thought you were talking about clinton. If you wanted an actual discussion rather than whatever is motivating you today, put more into the title and perhaps you'll get more responses. |
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Post by Olan on Mar 27, 2017 11:26:23 GMT
Who decides if something should be marked political? Why do all of my threads have so many views and so few responses? Odd. because your titles are vague and people click to see what they are and them decide they don't want to post. Or they've already posted and are checking back in to see the responses that follow. It may have been tagged political without having been open since many may have thought you were talking about clinton. If you wanted an actual discussion rather than whatever is motivating you today, put more into the title and perhaps you'll get more responses. I've been having actual discussions and they don't involve people policing my usage of the board. Thanks for the tip though. Full titles you say? |
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Post by pjaye on Mar 27, 2017 12:24:24 GMT
Why do all of my threads have so many views and so few responses? Odd Not odd at all, you link to something and make a one liner comment, never explaining what you think and why....and then you are surprised that no-one responds? Really?? You see connections where there are none, and if someone asks you to clarify what you mean, you tell them they are too stupid to get it and you're not going to make the connection for them, then you use some ridiculous slang phrase that no-one else has ever heard of (again refusing to explain what it means) and then you crack it and tell those who do attempt to discuss something with you that they are wrong. Yeah, I think most of us have already learned that there's no point trying to discuss anything with you - assuming we can even work out what the hell you are on about this time. |
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Post by scrappyesq on Mar 27, 2017 14:00:30 GMT
I didn't know I was Black until I saw the story of Emmett Till on the PBS documentary "Eyes on the Prize" when I was a kid. The documentary was my introduction to the civil rights movement and I had no idea that anyone was capable of murdering Emmett the way that they did simply because he was Black. The fact that she lied changes nothing about the horror of his death for me. His case garnered national attention but the reality is that thousands of Black people have been tortured and lynched simply for being who they are. Up until the late 1990's there have been atrocities like this. |
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Post by tduby1 on Mar 27, 2017 14:28:27 GMT
I didn't know I was Black until I saw the story of Emmett Till on the PBS documentary "Eyes on the Prize" when I was a kid. The documentary was my introduction to the civil rights movement and I had no idea that anyone was capable of murdering Emmett the way that they did simply because he was Black. The fact that she lied changes nothing about the horror of his death for me. His case garnered national attention but the reality is that thousands of Black people have been tortured and lynched simply for being who they are. Up until the late 1990's there have been atrocities like this. This. You summed up exactly what I have been thinking but been unable to put into words. |
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Post by Olan on Mar 27, 2017 15:08:03 GMT
I didn't know I was Black until I saw the story of Emmett Till on the PBS documentary "Eyes on the Prize" when I was a kid. The documentary was my introduction to the civil rights movement and I had no idea that anyone was capable of murdering Emmett the way that they did simply because he was Black. The fact that she lied changes nothing about the horror of his death for me. His case garnered national attention but the reality is that thousands of Black people have been tortured and lynched simply for being who they are. Up until the late 1990's there have been atrocities like this. This. You summed up exactly what I have been thinking but been unable to put into words. It doesn't change the horror of his death for me either because dead is dead. However it does add an additional level of horror since but for her accusations he'd still be alive. She knew the power of those accusations. Even in the spirit of atonement she equated the loss of her child years later to the pain Emmett Till's mother must have felt in one interview. Sad. Till's death set the precedent that black boys are dangerous and should be killed and it didnt stop in the late 1990's |
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Post by freecharlie on Mar 27, 2017 15:34:05 GMT
I don't think he set the precedence. I think that was in place long before.
I do think the case opened people's eyes to the horror and made it so most people couldn't ignore what easy going on.
I do believe his murder and the open casket picture helped the civil rights movement. The brutality of his murder highlighted the horrors of that time period, Jim Crowe laws, and the miscarriage of justice.
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Post by pierogi on Mar 27, 2017 17:29:04 GMT
I didn't know I was Black until I saw the story of Emmett Till on the PBS documentary "Eyes on the Prize" when I was a kid. The documentary was my introduction to the civil rights movement and I had no idea that anyone was capable of murdering Emmett the way that they did simply because he was Black. The fact that she lied changes nothing about the horror of his death for me. His case garnered national attention but the reality is that thousands of Black people have been tortured and lynched simply for being who they are. Up until the late 1990's there have been atrocities like this. "Eyes on the Prize" was a phenomenal documentary. It should be required viewing in every school. |
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I wonder what made her confess to this now? 
