The killers of Christopher Newsome and Channon Christian were all convicted (all convicted) and are serving time. One has a death sentence. Another has a life sentence without parole.
The killers of Emmett Till were acquitted by an all-white jury and promptly bragged about how they killed him. When blacks returned to the courtroom after lunch, the county sheriff would welcome them with a loud "Hello, N*ggers!" (if you believe the FBI and countless other contemporary reports).
Newsome and Christian were victims of convenience, out parking in Newsome's car. Till's murder was planned for four (?) days, and Till was the target. His murderers kidnapped other young black men until they found Till.
Till's murderers admitted they kidnapped him and drove him bound in the back of a pickup truck some 70 miles, but claimed they let him go. That was the only alibi.
Till's body was found with a .45ACP hole behind his right ear, most of his face blown off, his right eye gouged out, pistol whipped, beaten, with a broken arm, a broken leg, and a 70-pound weight tied to him with barbed wire, then thrown in the Tallahatchie River.
The defense argument? The face was so destroyed that the body could not be identified as Till.
I lament the death of Christopher Newsome and Channon Christian, but Emmett Till's death was planned and brutal, his killers were acquitted by an all-white jury, his killers bragged about it after the verdict, and nobody served any time.
I can see the difference between 1955 Mississippi justice for a 14-year old black boy and justice for Newsome and Christian's killers.
I can see the difference between 1955 Mississippi justice for a 14-year old black boy and justice for Newsome and Christian's killers.
I'm sure you can. Most black apologist can. Black on white crime is no less brutal but folks like you want to act like it is an atrocity that has no equal. This whole Brown and Treyvon circus are keen examples of this BS.
I lament the death of Christopher Newsome and Channon Christian, but Emmett Till's death was planned and brutal
Newsome and Christian were victims of convenience
Lament? - So this a 'random' crime which somehow makes it less brutal and noteworthy? Suffocation, bleach, being burned with gasoline, beaten with a table leg and raped notwithstanding.
Certain elements trot Till out like he is Mother Mary and everyone else is not worthy particularly if they are white.