Back in 1956, a negro teenager named Emmett Till, Jr., was lynched in Mississippi, for groping a White woman. The story has been reported periodically ever since, the last time a few weeks ago. Over FIFTY years of whining about "Poor little Emmett Till" and not a single mention of the fact that his father, Emmett Till, Sr., was HANGED by Eisenhower for killing/raping three White women while in the Army in Italy during WWII.
With all due respect to you, does Emmett's father's actions entitle him to being senselessly murdered? He was brutally tortured for whistling. The guys that killed him sold their stories and made money off of their horrendous acts! Every human being in the world should be outraged by their actions. To take away the importance of this case to society due to your hatred for Emmett's father is disturbing.
"I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the father but through me." John 14:6
It is not racist to point out the discrepancy in coverage. Emmett Jr. was a victim but his father was a victimizer. Yet people go on and on about Emmett Jr. but no one has any sympathy for the victims of his father. How come their stories aren't continuously in the news and media? Why is Emmett Jr's suffering worthy of more remembrance and sympathy?
shareI don't think it's lack of sympathy. I'd feel equally bad for his father's victims, but to me the issue here is the fact that Emmett Jr got heinously delayed, and arguably nonexistent, justice for what happened to him. If his father was hanged as you say, then obviously his victims got some justice. Does it really seem so odd that victims who haven't gotten justice would get more attention than those who were done right by the justice system and whose victimizers got what they deserved? Also, I'm pretty sure Emmett Jr. whistled at the woman or made a comment...have not heard that he groped the woman until you mentioned it. Doesn't really matter, neither action justifies brutally murdering someone, but just thought I'd point that out. What his father did doesn't make what happened to him any less tragic.
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Back in 1956, a negro teenager named Emmett Till, Jr., was lynched in Mississippi, for groping a White woman. The story has been reported periodically ever since, the last time a few weeks ago. Over FIFTY years of whining about "Poor little Emmett Till" and not a single mention of the fact that his father, Emmett Till, Sr., was HANGED by Eisenhower for killing/raping three White women while in the Army in Italy during WWII.
To be truthful honest the only ones that know what really happened that day are Emmett, Mrs. Bryant, and God.
Was what Louis Till did wrong? Yes of course. I’m sorry for his victims but Emmett’s father paid for his crimes that is the difference he did not get away with it. The men that killed Emmett got away with it simply because they were white. Those people knew that those men had killed that boy. Once they were acquitted they tell their story to a magazine on how they did indeed kill him.(its sick). Neither ever showed remorse in fact one complained that they had not profit enough off of his death. If someone can truly not see the difference I find that very very sad.
Also Emmett Tills death jump started the civil rights movement another reasons it’s big
This was back in the 1940's. We know how they brought false charges on blacks. They probably blamed him for anything.
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According to Mrs. Till's book, her husband was probably identified in a line up by one of the women who accused him, which I think happened in the middle of the night and I think she said something about the woman who I'D'd him not being sure that it's him or something. Implying the woman could of identifed the wrong guy.
shareYea it most likely was BS. There was some much raping during WW2 and little prosecution. But a black guy in 1940's US military being accused of raping a white women was death.Even if they ignored all the other raping being done by white soldiers.Hell there is raping in the US military today in high numbers. You can only imagine back then.
- Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
Sadly, that's true---back in the 1940's, especially in the South, a black man being remotely accused of doing anything to a white woman---even merely walking by her---was pretty much a death sentence,even if he was innocent. Also, from what I remember--or I could be wrong--young Till never really knew his dad. And why the OP didn't provide any real evidence or links to show if his father actually committed the crime to begin with. Also, apparently Emmett Till never groped Carolyn Bryant---she says in this rare interview, which was actually done in 2007, but is only just now seeing the light:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/27/emmett-till-book-carolyn-bryant-confession
Here's a story about the son of one of Till's murderers getting caught for committing major fraud on his clients:
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2016/may/10/emmett-till-murder-harvey-milam-panama-papers-leak