Emmett Till memorial full of bullet holes

Posted by | October 22, 2016 11:36 | Filed under: News Behaving Badly


This marks where 14-year-old Emmett Till’s body was found.

Till was kidnapped and brutally murdered in 1955 after allegedly whistling at a white woman. His body was thrown in the Tallahatchie River. The two white men responsible for his death were found “not guilty” by an all-white jury. Till’s death was a major moment in the civil rights movement, and his casket is now on display in the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

The sign marking the spot where Till’s body was removed from the river in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, now has over 50 bullet holes in it, according to WJTV, a local CNN affiliate.

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18 responses to Emmett Till memorial full of bullet holes

  1. jybarz October 22nd, 2016 at 11:59

    Sad, truly sad to have hateful, racist bigots breathing same air as us and walking free amongst us.

    But that’s life…definitely not perfect and not fair nor just!

    • ohpaleasegivemeabreak October 22nd, 2016 at 14:04

      But, without them, we would be so sick of winning……………..

      • whatthe46 October 23rd, 2016 at 03:59

        its not about winning, it’s about being free of ugliness and hatred. and without them we would only be sick of colds in the winter.

  2. Larry Schmitt October 22nd, 2016 at 12:09

    Imagine the courage it takes to shoot a defenseless sign in the middle of the night.

    • StoneyCurtisll October 22nd, 2016 at 12:28

      Or in broad daylight~!

  3. Mike N. October 22nd, 2016 at 12:14

    This seems weird to say, but it looks like just random drunken red necks going out shooting stuff up. If you’ve ever driven the back roads in this part of the country basically every road sign is shot up; it’s apparently what bored white trash do to entertain themselves (kind of like suburban youth driving around bashing mail boxes.). I think it were an intentional act of hate they would have spray painted the sign.

    http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6030/5904161642_d77fd0419a_z.jpg

    • StoneyCurtisll October 22nd, 2016 at 12:28

      I’m going to agree 50/50….
      Half are probably random idiots shootin stuff up, the other half are racist idiots shootin stuff up….

      • Larry Schmitt October 22nd, 2016 at 12:33

        And in the deep South your odds are pretty good at it being the second one.

      • bpollen October 22nd, 2016 at 15:35

        I think you miss the random racist idiots – Trump’s base.

        • StoneyCurtisll October 22nd, 2016 at 17:00

          Damn it man..
          I try…:)

          • bpollen October 22nd, 2016 at 17:13

            Just call me the “N” word… Nitpicker!

    • whatthe46 October 23rd, 2016 at 03:54

      I can’t agree. that sign wasn’t destroyed until now right? so this is about ignorance and hatred and tRump loving bastards.

  4. anothertoothpick October 22nd, 2016 at 12:59

    Is there a stupidity tax in Mississippi?

    • ohpaleasegivemeabreak October 22nd, 2016 at 14:03

      If there was, no one would be able to pay it because they are mostly un or under employed and living below the poverty line.

      • anothertoothpick October 22nd, 2016 at 15:31

        Yeah! But they got their Bibles and guns and politician’s that have no ambitions for helping them economically.

        In fact I believe that Ole Miss is one of the four states that has no minimum wage laws and relies on the paltry federal minimum wage. $7.25/ hr and $2.15 for restaurant workers.

        But they sure are good at shoot-n-up street signs.

  5. Lyndia October 22nd, 2016 at 16:50

    This is old news. I read about it several days ago. There is also a sign showing where one of the murders lived. It is surrounded with flowers. If I was down there, I would shoot up his sign, with a Tommy gun. Sometimes you have to fight fire with fire.

  6. dewired4u October 22nd, 2016 at 17:14

    Here in California those historical site markers are made out of cast bronze, shoot them and the bullets come right back at ya.

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