Thegrio Politics
@thegriopolitics·150K subscribers·8.3K videos
DOJ Closes Investigation Into Emmett Till’s 1955 Murder
Posted
December 7, 2021
Views
737
Likes
51
Comments
19
Engagement
9.50%
December 7, 2021
737
51
19
9.50%
Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
You’re on December 7, 2021. Earlier episodes are to the left, later ones to the right — the row keeps loading as you go. Click any card to open it.
Dec 7, 20211:45Now PlayingAfter 66 years, the Justice Department officially closed its investigation into Emmett Till’s murder, without any accountability and charges.
The Black teenager was abducted, tortured and killed for allegedly whistling at a white woman in 1955.
The FBI began looking into possible charges against that woman after the book, “The Blood of Emmett Till” quoted Carolyn Bryant Donham as saying she lied about Till grabbing her and whistling at her.
Donham and her family claim she never recanted her accusations.
No one has ever been convicted in the 14-year-old’s brutal murder even though two white brothers confessed to killing Till in an interview.
All this and more on “Prime.”
To watch BNC programming, visit
Follow BNC on social media:
#EmmettTill #JusticeDepartment #CharlesBlow
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.
