Extra Credit Emmett til

To start off the story on Emmett Til, has to be the cruelest case I have ever read. This is a story that really has impacted my life, especially because of the violence done to such a young harmless child. Despite the fact that Mississippi was such a segregated state, I feel that the Supreme Court could of handle this case differently. Emmett was just a young boy who wasn’t aware of the rules of Mississippi. Even though, it was rude for a black person to make any type of gesture towards a white women or man I believe what was done to him was uncalled for and inhumane. The murders known as Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam should have just warned Emmett due to the fact of him being a child. However, since they were so racist they couldn’t hold back and decided to brutally murder him. They felt that this would serve as a message to all black folks.

The way Emmett was killed was totally vindictive. How can these men have the nerve to harm a child the way they did. By that said I strongly disagree in the way the murders were trialed in this case. The court let them out as not guilty, in which I feel they failed to seek real justice for Emmett Till’s Murder. But then again the court was made up of white Caucasian so they were on the killers side what else can you expect.

In addition, I have total respect for Emmett’s mother. She had the will power to have an open casket so that the whole world would be able to see what had been done to her son. This takes a lot of courage for a mother to see her son like this. Yet her purpose was to let people know how brutally they murdered her child and so that it wouldn’t occur to anyone else. By her doing this now the world was able to really see how bad racism really was.

In conclusion, this case on Emmett Til was one that will be remembered forever. In which made a difference in the world. Emmett wasn’t the first of his kind to be murdered but was the first to be announced publically. I think and feel as he died a hero!