1955 warrant in Emmett Till case found, family seeks arrest of 80 year-old Carolyn Donham

[TheBlackAdder]

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JACKSON, Miss. -- A team searching a Mississippi courthouse basement for evidence about the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till has found the unserved warrant charging a white woman in his 1955 kidnapping, and relatives of the victim want authorities to finally arrest her nearly 70 years later.

A warrant for the arrest of Carolyn Bryant Donham — identified as “Mrs. Roy Bryant” on the document — was discovered last week by searchers inside a file folder that had been placed in a box, Leflore County Circuit Clerk Elmus Stockstill told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
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Evidence indicates a woman, possibly Donham, identified Till to the men who later killed him. The arrest warrant against Donham was publicized at the time, but the Leflore County sheriff told reporters he did not want to “bother” the woman since she had two young children to care for.


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https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/1955-warrant-emmett-till-case-found-family-seeks-85953339

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[intrepidity]

1. Good. nt

[jimfields33]

7. She's 88. Wonder if she's even alive.

[Polybius]

8. She is

The evil live forever.

[Kingofalldems]

11. Oops, she is alive.

[jimfields33]

12. Oh well.

Arrest her and get a trial going. Get the witnesses to say she was in the car and knew all about it. Then send her to jail for life. Justice!!!!!

[Evolve Dammit]

2. Justice for Emmett. This needs to be covered.

[Bluethroughu]

3. Show her a picture of that baby face full of light...

Then put the cuffs on her, then show her a picture of the photos of when he was found.

If she was involved, let her rot in a jail cell.

[Deuxcents]

5. I agree

Good on the family for never giving up.

[Raine]

4. Arrest her, it's long overdue! nt

[Chuuku Davis]

6. I am a hardass

Hang her in a public square. She is a accomplice to murder.

[JI7]

9. She belongs in prison

[Solly Mack]

10. K&R