Emmett Till protesters STORM senior living facility in search of woman accused of setting lynch mob on him after 1955 warrant for her arrest is unearthed in Mississippi courthouse

dailymail ^ | 7/7/2022 | GUZMAN

[RummyChick]

Emmett Till protesters stormed a senior living facility in search of the woman who has been accused of setting a lynch mob on him after a 1955 arrest warrant was unearthed in a Mississippi courthouse.

Carolyn Bryant Donham, now in her 80s, of Raleigh, North Carolina, reportedly accused Till of whistling at her in a grocery store in Money, Mississippi, in 1955.

A week later, the 14-year-old Till was abducted, tortured, fatally shot and dumped into the Tallahatchie River, where his body was found swollen and mutilated three days later. His open casket shocked the nation.

Donham's husband, Roy Bryant, and half-brother, JW Milam, were arrested for his lynching, but later acquitted. The pair eventually admitted guilt, but couldn't be prosecuted due to double-jeopardy laws.

Last week, the unserved arrest warrant for Donham was found in the basement of a Mississippi courthouse, causing Till's family and activists to once again call for justice.

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We need to repeat this a thousand times: Emmitt Till sexually assaulted a white woman—he did not just “whistle” at her. He grabbed her arm, then he followed her and grabbed her around the waist “spooning style” and told asked her if she wanted to f***. He deserved an ass-whipping, but not death.

I’m so sick and tired of these historical revisions, like Tulsa, the Scottsboro 5, etc.