bamboo-muse reblogged
65 years ago, TODAY!
"The men who lynched and stole the life of Emmett Till were acquitted today despite the overwhelming evidence of the defendants’ guilt. Jurors acquitted Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam of all charges involving Emmett Till's murder. Their deliberations lasted ONLY 67 minutes. They later confessed to the murder and were paid $4,000. Let’s us also not forget that in 2017 Carolyn Bryant Donham admitted to lying that Emmett had grabbed and threatened her inside her husband's store.
In 2020, TODAY (65 years later from the Emmett Till case)! Brett Hankison only gets charged with wanton endangering, while Myles Cosgrove and Jonathan Mattingly, were not charged AT ALL! Here is the kicker, the three wanton endangerment charges for Hankison are not related to Breonna Taylor's death. They are charges for shots he fired that went into neighboring apartments. Hankison was booked and released in Shelby County in 32 minutes.
Please make it make sense? Know that once again history has repeated itself. My Blackness is once again disturbed and my heart is broken. The past is not past. It resurfaces showing the same evils that never went away because we continually allow harmful people to lead. Will you vote now? Will you raise your voice now? Or will let generations of Black people continue to suffer at the hands of White supremacy and systematic racism? It’s the same whether you see it in Black and White or Color (I specifically chose these colors for the photos)! These injustices continue!"
- Quiana Stone
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