Emmett Till Trial

“The kidnapping and savage lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till” (Chandler) is a title in the news that would surely catch your attention. Racism has played a major role in American history. It still plays in society today, but not in as much of a big case. Having somebody kill a boy because will cause a lot of fighting between the whites and the blacks. In the end, somebody is going to come out on top. But that takes a lot of sacrifice. That all ties into this, the death of a boy that caused major support to the civil rights of African Americans. The death of Emmett Till has a lasting effect on the Jim Crow opposition, court trials, and the failure of racism in American culture today.

The documentary, narrative "The Lynching of Emmett Till" by Christopher Metress, tells Emmett's story of death through various points of view. On August 24, 1955, Emmett Till, a fourteen-year-old African American boy from Chicago, entered a rural grocery store of Money, Mississippi. Because the young child had been gloating about his bond with white people up north, his southern cousins had dared him to go into the store and say something to the women working the register. Emmett accepted their challenge; seconds later he was at the counter, set on purchasing two items. What he did or said next will never be known for sure, but whatever passed between these two strangers from two different worlds set off a chain reaction that would forever

Emmett Till was an 14 year old African- American boy who was brutally murdered for allegedly whistling at a white women. Emmett Till was visiting relatives in Money, Mississippi, and went into a small store, but no really knows what happened. His friends may have dared him to ask her out. Carolyn said he wolf -whistled , but he had polio as a young child ,so he was taught to whistle before he’d say a hard word.His friends did hear him say ‘bye baby’ , Carolyn was insulted and told her husband. He was kidnapped, tortured, and killed by J.W. Miliam and Roy Bryant. They gouged out his eye ,threw him in the river, and they were not guilty of this crime. His body couldn’t be identified , tied his body to a cotton gin, and they kidnapped him. Emmett

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Emmett Louis Till was born on July 25, 1941, in Chicago, Illinois, the only child of Louis and Mamie Till. Till never knew his father, a private in the United States Army during World War II. Mamie and Louis till separated in 1942, and three years later they received word from the Army that the soldier had been executed for “Willful Misconduct” while serving in Italy. Emmett till who went by the nickname Bobo, grew up in a thriving, middle class black neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side. The neighborhood was a haven for black-owned businesses, and the streets he roamed as a child were lined in black-owned insurance companies, pharmacies, and beauty salons as well as nightclubs that drew the likes of Duke Ellington and Sarah Vaughan. Those

After reading the intense story of Emmett Till in the Mississippi Trial, the romantic, yet engaging Pride & Prejudice, and depressing, yet confusing story of Hamlet, have taught me that you really need to look twice before you completely understand what’s happening in the novels. Thought my essay you are going to see reasons why I’m choosing to write about the three stories I listed above and how they have influenced my life and how I gained more of a perspective on the different times throughout the centuries and how they have evolved going from Emmett Till’s segregation age to Pride and Prejudice’s romance during the renaissance age to Hamlet’s Medieval Times.

In this paper I will illustrate racial disparity in sentencing in the criminal justice system. The causes of racial disparity and the reasons it is on the rise, the research statistics, and the proposed solutions are discussed.

Emmett till was born July 25,1941 he was 14 year old boy.His mother sent him to Mississippi to see his family.While there he saw a white women go bye while he was with his friend’s he called the white women out of name.He said”hey baby” to the white women she told her half brother, husband and two of their friends.Outside the house of his uncle the four men kidnapped beat and killed Emmett Till.One month later on September 23, 1955 the body was found and the four men was put on trial for murder of Emmett Till and a all whit jury found them guilty of murder.

There are several views of the murder of Emmett Till regarding the topic of whether or not he received justice. Emmett Till, a fourteen-year-old boy, was murdered purely based on racism, because he was killed for “wolf-whistling” at a white woman in August 1955. He was brutally murdered after being nearly beaten to death and having his eyes gouged out. When Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam, two people involved in Till’s manslaughter, were placed on trial for his murder, they were pronounced innocent and did not receive any punishment. After being tortured and savagely killed, no one was held responsible for Emmett Till’s death. Emmett Till did not receive justice after his death.

According to a release from the Bureau of Justice Statistics in the year of 2012 35% of the prison populations were white and 38% were black. (bjs.gov) In the year of 2012 there was only a 3% difference between white and black prisoners, yet according to the US Census Bureau in the year of 2012 in arrests made, white arrests were at seven million, and black was at 3 million. (census.gov) Even with double the arrests made somehow the actual incarceration rate of inmates is still with blacks leading by 3%. As stated above the arrests of white people were nearly double that of black yet the amount of people in prison remains at a 3% difference. Most of it boils down to money, in another census in 2012 the average income of a black male was nineteen thousand, compared to a white male who earned in average thirty thousand. (census.gov) With a higher income they have a better chance of both being able to afford a better lawyer or even paying such fines to avoid jail. People are not afforded the same chances equally in this system. Those with a higher income can afford a better lawyer and a better lawyer who can argue down the punishment. It is a flawed idea to allow criminals to lighten their punishment with money.

Even before watching the video, “Race on Trial” I believed that there was racial bias in the justice system and all this video did was reaffirm that. The fact that these two cases were so similar it is no surprise that the judge jumped to race as the only factor that separated their sentences. Even though there are federal sentencing guidelines put in place to prevent/reduce sentencing disparities it still occurs and many have done in depth research on it. In “The Relationship between Race, Ethnicity, and Sentencing Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis of Sentencing Research” they compared sentencing outcomes of African Americans to whites and saw that 66% of the sentencing outcomes that they studied showed that African Americans had a higher sentencing

Emmett Till was a 14 year old African American boy, who was brutally murdered. Emmett grew up in Chicago. Then he went to visit family in Money, Mississippi. Emmett had polio growing up and when he got over it, he had a slight stutter for the rest of his life. Then, he went to the store with his friends and was caught whistling at a white woman. Then, they got mad and decided to murder Emmett. Emmett was dragged out of bed and was beaten and murdered by Bryant and Milam. After that, he was tied to a cotton gin fan and was thrown into the river. But when Bryant and Milam went to court for murdering Emmett, the judge decided that they were not guilty. Emmett Till was a black teenager who was harshly killed and beaten by Bryant and Milam.

Emmett Till, a name you might not remember, but a face you’ll never forget. He was just fourteen years old when he was kidnapped and beaten beyond recognition by two white males . This was supposedly due to his “harsh” behavior towards a woman working at a shop named Carol Bryant. Although there is no actual proof of what really went down inside the store, however, whatever it was couldn’t possible justify the beating Till faced (biography).

These trials make me upset, but at the same time they make me angry. Emmett Till was only fourteen years old, and I can’t believe that Milam and Bryant tortured a child. The thing that makes me more upset that Bryant didn’t even ask his wife if she had any evidence, that proved Emmett Till flirted with her. He could’ve asked her, but I guess he knew he wasn’t going to get punished. Since Bryant and Milam were white, they couldn’t go to the jail because they were accused by blacks. People used technology to make memes comparing Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown to Emmett Till because they were going against the whites. These three were African Americans and their murderers not found guilty. After these types of incidents, it clearly explains

The Blood of Emmett Till is a novel written by Timothy B. Tyson. The novel is based on true events during 1955 targeting issues like racism, injustice, and destruction of innocence. The story is about a 14 year old boy name Emmett Till, who was accuse of sexaul assuliting a girl name Carolyn Bryant. However, Emmett didn’t assault her, but because he is black, and she was white, her husband and step brother kidnap Emmett and shot him and left his dead body in a river. The book continues when the husband and the step brother was in trial and found not guilty, due to the fact that the jury is white. The book concludes when during Carolyn testimony, she tells the truth about Emmett, and the husband and step brother was found guilty, but they commited suicide. Carolyn was influenced by race.