Re:1955 warrant in Emmett Till case found, family seeks arrest
by xphilter on Friday July 01, 2022 @04:28PM
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Uh the warrant was for her role in kidnapping. It’s a bit misogynistic to think a woman couldn’t play a part in a lynching, I’d say. Glad you’re coming up for excuses for some lady you’ve never met before; keeping the system that kept her out of prison alive and well!
Re:1955 warrant in Emmett Till case found, family seeks arrest
by spacemanmatt on Friday July 01, 2022 @04:51PM
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She's a Good White Woman who participated in a kidnapping which ended in a gruesome murder. Don't make excuses for that.
Re:1955 warrant in Emmett Till case found, family seeks arrest
by richm31415 on Friday July 01, 2022 @04:33PM
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> . . . going against her husband.
or father - https://youtu.be/_6qQ7l8pRGo
This is so misogynistic. The responsibility for kidnapping and murder falls squarely on the men who did it.
Blaming a woman for saying she was sexually harassed seems pretty backward.
In addition, consider this was 1950’s rural Mississippi. The power imbalances between husbands and wives would have been huge. Any man capable of such horrific violence to a 14 year old child, would more than likely have been a domestic abuser as well. I really doubt that she had a lot of options for going against her husband.