Couldn't be any happier she has died.....

Did the movie mention that it wasn’t even this lady who told her husband? And that he got angry because she didn’t? Did it mention that she wasn’t the one who pointed Till out and confirmed it was him? Does it mention that even his own cousins lied about the events that led up to it?

 

So let's be DEEPLY serious about you as a person here: when there's a movie about DARK, racist #### from our country's past, YOUR default (despite having ABSOLUTELY NO KNOWLEDGE of the movie) is to say, "Welp, can't believe everything ya see."

That's dark, and honestly a little scary.

 

That’s not what I’m saying at all. What I am saying is I don’t just blindly accept what is presented as fact. Then present it to others as fact. Did you know about the black men that were involved in the lynching? Honestly? And again was that in the movie? That’s not something that generally gets reported. Someone here said they hope this lady died a painful death. When there is some evidence that she isn’t the person who instigated it. Then others here claim she lied. Maybe she did lie to keep her husband out of jail. That doesn’t make her responsible for the boys death though.

But I’m the person who is dark?

Just because a narrative is being pushed doesn’t mean that it clearly represents the whole truth. This one is certainly murky. And I think it’s unfair to celebrate this woman’s death like she was some kind of monster. I at least don’t know her and I don’t know what extent her involvement was.

And you can’t believe everything you see.

 

Funny this popped up. About 3 weeks ago I watched a documentary on this case that was very well done that was re posted on you tube. It was of Ken Burns quality but I can’t recall who did it but I believe it was a guy who wrote the only book endorsed by the Till family decedents. It was really detailed and they found as many living survivors of the case including the two cousins and a friend that were with Emmit that day at the store and night he was taken from the uncles house. They covered everything the movie did not and strongly stated the family was angry about the movie. They also stated that the 2007 interview were she allegedly said she lied was hearsay because it was never recorded. It was the word of a guy who supposedly interviewed her with no other witnesses present. Most interesting thing was how at the time the local sheriff and police chief hid the two black men that helped with the lynching in a jail in another town so they could not testify and to this day no one has been able to find them. The only witness to them two being involved died over 40 years ago.
Like I said it was pretty detailed and had a ton of photos from unseen archives.

 

What’s the link to the documentary?

 

Anyone who was involved or even aware of it back then that wasn't screaming to anyone that would listen NO AND STOP is guilty in a way.

 

Racism? In what sense? Do you think TTR itself is condoning racism or do you think it's the individual members?