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Post by glory77 on Mar 28, 2017 22:58:31 GMT
So sad what happened to that poor boy and his mother got no justice for his death.
There is another great documentary on YouTube called The Untold Story of Emmitt Till. His mother is interviewed throughout the documentary.
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Post by Olan on Mar 29, 2017 18:07:58 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. I guess I should have added an addendum. Black boy are dangerous, just as dangerous as black men, and should be killed. And before their killers are taken to trial society will generally tell us why they deserved to be shot in the back or chocked until life leaves their body etc. Lies are often told. Again these lies are sometimes used as reason to justify their murders. Killer walks. The precedence you speak of was to place so little value on the lives of the enslaved that no one was ever charged in their lynchings. Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, and Tamir Rice came to mind for me. |
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Post by Rhondito on Mar 29, 2017 18:22:07 GMT
She's a despicable human being and the only good thing I can say is she's had to live with this on her conscience all these years.
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Post by whitehat on Mar 31, 2017 14:43:26 GMT
I knew this story reminded me of something. Tawana Brawley. Thankfully nobody lost their lives in her case, but it sure did start a huge racial outcry.
Especially after Sharpton and his crew got involved.
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