Emmett Till Murder Case
Emmett Louis “Bobo” Till, a 14 year old African-American boy was murdered after potentially flirting with a white store clerk in Money, Mississippi. Mamie Bradlie, his mother gave birth to Emmett on July 25, 1941. Louis Till, Emmett's father, was executed by the U.S Army after committing two accounts of rape and one of murder in Italy. Life was hard dealing with being a single mother, Mamie and “Bo” lived at Mamie’s mothers house in downtown Chicago. Despite the tough times with her husband, Mamie described life with Emmett as being “as close to perfect as you could get”. On August 20, 1955 Emmett was sent by his mother to visit relatives in a nearby town close to Money, Mississippi. A train took Emmett to Money, starting his supposed two
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The county sheriff, H.C Strider made a surprising statement saying that he highly doubted that the body found in the river was that of Emmett Till’s, which now had the support of the sheriff that the men did not kill Emmett. On September 19th, 12 white male individuals were selected onto the jury for the trial, leaving the decisions clearly biased. Before the trial had begun the men admitted to kidnapping Till, they were charged for that but the murder trial was awaiting. Once the murder trial had begun, Mamie wanted to eliminate the question of whether or not the body was Till’s, she then testified that "I positively identified the body in the casket, and later on when it was on the slab, as being that of my son, Emmett Louis Till.", Bradlie also testified that the ring from Till’s father sent to her from Europe was on his finger when she saw his body. Witnesses then testified and Willie Green reported hearing “licks and hollering” from inside of the barn that morning. Carolyn Bryant then told the jury what had happened the night that Till had touched and grabbed her, reporting that she was scared to
The county sheriff, H.C Strider made a surprising statement saying that he highly doubted that the body found in the river was that of Emmett Till’s, which now had the support of the sheriff that the men did not kill Emmett. On September 19th, 12 white male individuals were selected onto the jury for the trial, leaving the decisions clearly biased. Before the trial had begun the men admitted to kidnapping Till, they were charged for that but the murder trial was awaiting. Once the murder trial had begun, Mamie wanted to eliminate the question of whether or not the body was Till’s, she then testified that "I positively identified the body in the casket, and later on when it was on the slab, as being that of my son, Emmett Louis Till.", Bradlie also testified that the ring from Till’s father sent to her from Europe was on his finger when she saw his body. Witnesses then testified and Willie Green reported hearing “licks and hollering” from inside of the barn that morning. Carolyn Bryant then told the jury what had happened the night that Till had touched and grabbed her, reporting that she was scared to