# Emmitt Till Investigation Reopened by the Feds **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 12, 2018, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emmitt-till-investigation-reopened-by-the-feds/817784 "2018-07-12T15:15:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emmitt-till-investigation-reopened-by-the-feds/817784/1 "2018-07-12T15:15:57Z")
> **[U.S. Reopens Emmett Till Investigation, Almost 63 Years After His Murder...](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/12/us/emmett-till-death-investigation.html)** > > The 1955 murder of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old boy, remains among the starkest and most searing examples of racial violence in the American South. They did not reveal what new evidence they have dug up. And everyone has died except the woman who made the false allegations. Is 68 years too long to wait to charge someone for a crime? Or, like the Auschwitz Guard cases, are some crimes too serious to ever let go? ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emmitt-till-investigation-reopened-by-the-feds/817784/2 "2018-07-12T15:29:50Z")
It could be that the new information implicates someone who has never been previously involved with the case before. And yeah, I want the truth to come out. I still want to know what happened to the princes in the tower. It’s never too late for the truth, and this case is especially important. ---
**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emmitt-till-investigation-reopened-by-the-feds/817784/3 "2018-07-12T15:53:40Z")
The time, money and resources would be better spent helping people who are still alive and need help today. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emmitt-till-investigation-reopened-by-the-feds/817784/4 "2018-07-12T16:48:15Z")
The victim of a murder is always dead. Should the government not spend money on it, and put the money to helping someone who is alive? ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emmitt-till-investigation-reopened-by-the-feds/817784/5 "2018-07-12T17:45:38Z")
Since its the Trump administration, how sure can anyone be they aren’t trying to find a reason to justify the killing? ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emmitt-till-investigation-reopened-by-the-feds/817784/6 "2022-08-09T20:40:56Z")
Following up: > **[Emmett Till investigation closed by feds; no new charges](https://apnews.com/article/mississippi-emmett-till-ap-top-news-us-news-a889b20258fa92496ee8a4e4e53575e5)** > > JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department said Monday it is ending its investigation into the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till, the Black teenager from Chicago who was abducted, tortured and killed after witnesses said he whistled at a white... Since then there has also been a new Mississippi grand jury investigation, but: > **[Emmett Till: woman whose accusation led to lynching will not be charged](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/09/emmett-till-carolyn-bryant-donham-no-charges)** > > Mississippi grand jury declines to indict Carolyn Bryant Donham over death of Black teenager nearly 70 years ago