Chloe Nixdorf
Calhoun
English 8
March 7th 2023
Emmet Till’s Death And The Moments After
How did a 14 year old get murdered for being disrespectful? Specifically, how did a black 14 year old get murdered and tortured for being disrespectful? He had a name, and that name was Emmet Till. He was on his way to get groceries and saw an older woman, who he thought was attractive, so how did this lead to his tortuous death?
Who even was Emmet Till? Emmet Till was raised in Chicago, with his parents Mamie and Louis Till. His parents soon separated after his birth in July, 1941. His dad Louis Till was in the military, he was assassinated
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In this trial the jury and judge mostly focused on kidnapping charges and not the torture, the murder, or the dispole of a body. Moses Wright was Emmet’s great uncle, he was one of the few that gave testimonies against Roy Bryant and J.W Bryant, but his was rather different. Since they were in the south and the whole jury was white, normally the white don’t get charged or accused especially by a black. In Moses' testimony he directly calls them out and points fingers at them. This was considered unthinkable. One of Emmet’s cousins Simeon Wright was a key witness and decided to testify. He confirmed the events that happen on August, 24th. He said “J.W. Milam and Roy Bryant died with Emmett Till's blood on their hands… And it looks like everyone else who was involved is going to do the same. They had a chance to come clean. They will die with Emmett Till's blood on their hands." Both Roy Bryant and J.W Milam opposed a pleadal deal on kidnapping, which doesn't make much sense since there was an eyewitness. Even with the eyewitness testimony there were still some missing parts of the timeline. For example no one saw everything that had happened. The only people in the store were Carolyn and Emmet himself and he isn't here to tell his story. Simeon claimed that Emmet Till in fact didn’t grab her but with no evidence it is just a he said she said situation. After a couple days of trial they have reached their verdict… not