The inquiry was reopened after a 2017 book claimed the white woman at the center of the case lied about Till whistling at her The US justice department is ending its latest investigation into the death of Emmett Till, a Black teenager who was brutally abducted, tortured and killed in 1955, without filing any charges after failing to prove that a key witness lied. Till's family said it was disappointed by the news that there will continue to be no accountability for the infamous lynching.
'We suffered for 66 years': US ends latest Emmett Till murder investigation without charges
The Guardian - 7 Dec 2021 05:18
The inquiry was reopened after a 2017 book claimed the white woman at the center of the case lied about Till whistling at her The US justice department is ending its latest investigation into the death of Emmett Till, a Black teenager who was brutally abducted, tortured and killed in 1955, without filing any charges after failing to prove that a key witness lied. Till's family said it was disappointed by the news that there will continue to be no accountability for the infamous lynching.
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