[Shelbeano ^-^]

Originally Posted by Guderian1974 ↗

He shouldn't have talked to the white lady

The wife later confessed that she made up the story of him "whistling at her."

[Shelbeano ^-^]

Originally Posted by wolfie ↗

I don't think the story and the pic are related. The body HAS to be older, much older, than fourteen years old. When a body swells and looks heavier and larger than normal the clothing also resembles that. The clothing fits too good for the transformation that would have to take place. Frankly the pic of the gentleman in the suit has not started to bloat yet.

Some will say that this is after the undertakers work and they are right. But again the pic does not match the story. This is of a man in his fifties of sixties in my opinion.

If you do the research, there's before and after pictures of Emett. I actually learned all about this in high school, and I thought the same thing, but being that he was in the river for so long, he bloated a bit. There are some relations in the before and afters, defining characteristics.

[kandystar]

Really? Some people still don't know about Emmett Till?
Good post; I've never seen pictures before.

[kandystar]

Originally Posted by Shelbeano ^-^ ↗

The wife later confessed that she made up the story of him "whistling at her."

Yep. Stupid bitch.

[chizdog]

Fuck that's brutal

[Zambini]

Good, I like looking at the dead ones

[shoottokill]

horrible and sad story. racism is and was a major problem in this country. shows how backward this country is...

[Faline]

Emmett Louis "Bobo" Till (July 25, 1941 – August 28, 1955) was an African-American boy who was murdered in Mississippi at the age of 14 after reportedly flirting with a white woman. Till was from Chicago, Illinois visiting his relatives in the Mississippi Delta region when he spoke to 21-year-old Carolyn Bryant, the married proprietor of a small grocery store. Several nights later, Bryant's husband Roy and his half-brother J. W. Milam, arrived at Till's great-uncle's house where they took Till, transported him to a barn, beat him and gouged out one of his eyes, before shooting him through the head and disposing of his body in the Tallahatchie River, weighting it with a 70-pound (32 kg) cotton gin fan tied around his neck with barbed wire. His body was discovered and retrieved from the river three days later.
Till was returned to Chicago and his mother, who had raised him mostly by herself, insisted on a public funeral service with an open casket to show the world the brutality of the killing. Tens of thousands attended his funeral or viewed his casket and images of his mutilated body were published in black magazines and newspapers, rallying popular black support and white sympathy across the U.S. Intense scrutiny was brought to bear on the condition of black civil rights in Mississippi, with newspapers around the country critical of the state. Although initially local newspapers and law enforcement officials decried the violence against Till and called for justice, they soon began responding to national criticism by defending Mississippians, which eventually transformed into support for the killers. The trial attracted a vast amount of press attention. Bryant and Milam were acquitted of Till's kidnapping and murder, but months later, protected by double jeopardy, they admitted to killing him in a magazine interview. Till's murder is noted as one of the leading events that motivated the African-American Civil Rights Movement.
Problems identifying Till affected the trial, partially leading to Bryant's and Milam's acquittals, and the case was officially reopened by the United States Department of Justice in 2004. As part of the investigation, the body was exhumed and autopsied resulting in a positive identification. He was reburied in a new casket, which is the standard practice in cases of body exhumation. His original casket was donated to the Smithsonian Institution. Events surrounding Emmett Till's life and death, according to historians, continue to resonate with people, and almost every story about Mississippi returns to Till, or the region in which he died, in "some spiritual, homing way"

[Bastet]

The first pic looks like he's been just harmlessly flirting but the next ones... Great info!

[Sharon]

Oh Kel, I posted a less-informed (I think!) thread of this case, must seek it and merge us in harmony