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Emmet Till Case

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Emmet till was murdered by Roy Bryant and his half-brother J. W. Milam. While visiting relatives in Mississippi Emmet supposedly flirted with a store cashier. This cashier was a white woman, and in the 1950’s African Americans where looked down on by white people. Emmet was kidnapped and took far away where he was beat then shot by Roy Bryant and his half-brother. They were put on trial but it was an all-white jury so no one was convicted. Roy and his brother were put on trial again but wasn’t convicted because of the double-jeopardy law. Fourteen-year-old Emmett Till was visiting relatives in Money, Mississippi, on August 24, 1955, when he reportedly flirted with a white cashier at a grocery store. A few days later, two white men kidnapped till, beat him and shot him in the head. The men were tried for murder, but an all-white jury acquitted them. …show more content…

They even explained the whole whole murder to magazines. I think it’s cruel for a little boy to be murdered like that. Emmet wasn’t even old enough to know he was flirting. Roy should have been tried again by a fair jury and actually been imprisoned. Even though there is a double jeopardy law it shouldn’t matter because it wasn’t a fair jury.
When put on trial Roy Bryant had an all-white jury and wasn’t trialed fairly. Roy admitted to kidnapping Emmett but claims he let him go. No African Americans in Money, Mississippi where registered to vote, so it was an all-white men jury. No one appointed Roy guilty because in this time no one stood up for African Americans.
Roy was never trailed again because the murder of little Emmet was basically pushed to the side. A lot of African American where in an up rore but it wouldn’t ever matter because no one could do anything about it. African Americans had no power or say so in the 1950’s. Roy should have been trialed fairly and sentenced to life in prison. He killed a little boy for no apparent

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