Emmett Till's family reflects on 100-year battle to pass anti-lynching bill | Nightline
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- Опубліковано 29 бер 2022
- Tuesday's signing of the federal anti-lynching bill has been a moment that Emmett Till's relatives say has been decades in the making.
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It took over sixty FUCKING years for this bill to pass. It's ridiculous but the bill is passed and now Emmit Till's mother may rest in peace.
Why the f*%k did it take 100 HUNDRED YEARS!!!😔
You want ketchup on your nothing burger? 🤔
Cry harder.
@@AKing69 I’m not the one offended by the truth of my comment dear. 😢
@@poopdeckpappy2658 And I couldn't muster enough emotion to feel any sort of way from your words or that of your brethren. Try harder.
@@AKing69 and yet…your response says different. 🤷🏻♂️
@@poopdeckpappy2658 Please pick out the word/words that indicates I'm upset/salty.
Imagine if they put this much effort into the 5,000+ murders than happen every year in black communities. The reason why these things take so long is because no one cares about the 100s of senseless murders ever weekend in these same neighborhoods. Violence is part of the culture. When people start working on that... you will these issues disappear.
Shhhhh, don't tell the Biden cult the truth, their heads will explode!!
Democrats used to care about that stuff in the '80s and 90s not anymore.
There’s no virtue in fixing real problems. The virtue comes from creating nonexistent problems, then acting like you are fixing them…..if they knew how to fix real problems we wouldn’t be a country in despair right now.
Imagine if they put this much effort into equality instead of constantly putting the blame on the oppressed.
We could imagine if they put this bill in every white neighborhood to solve all the mass shooting that occur in suburbia. Let's not talk about how the drugs were brought into America leading to so many overdoses. Then again you guys claim to be civilized.
Imagine something like this taking a 100 years to pass. It solidifies just how much racism is still very much alive and thriving, and how much justice is strangled, not only in people but also in the judicial system.
Sorry. There is no lynching going on. But you can find plenty of news stories and vids of a certain demographic beating killing Asians whites. Guess who s doing that
It's already illegal.
Any lynching (these hasn't been on since 1981) would be prosecuted as murder and violation of federal civil rights laws.
100 years to pass a ridiculous law, shows the total stupidity of the democrat party and those who support Joe Biden. A black person is Chicago faces the daily threat of being shot, probably by another black person, thousands of times more likely than ever being lynched. Jessie Smollett had to fake a lynching in Chicago, just to get sympathy. Black on black murder rate in Chicago is in double digits every week. Chicago is ran by a black lesbo democrat mayor.
This is happening to this day in UK stop and surch but God rest emmett tills
I really don’t think you recognize how much this is just political
Theater - it’s democrats telling black people “please vote for us!”
Hanging someone without the benefit of a trial is already illegal in every single state in the nation, and has been for a long long time.
So what is really the point of this law? It accomplishes and changes absolutely nothing.
Just Democrats trying to re-create a already solved problem so that they can take their weak minded and easy mislead base for granted.
Where's the don't attack old Asian and white women bill.
@Scott Allen no I actually said what my comment says
It’s a kind of perverse virtue signaling. Yes, it’s already a crime and could be prosecutable under numerous charges. Does this bill change anything from a practical matter? No it does not. Does it make something illegal that previously was legal? No it does not. So we are left with the only thing it can accomplish is pandering or virtue signaling. We should expect nothing less from this administration.
@Scott Allen Democrats create issues and then take control. If you put a fire out your hero until people find out you're the one who started the fire.
The better question is why did it take so long?
Stop Asian Hate bill took less than 2 - 3 years.
White Supremacy!
Virtue signaling at its finest….murder was already illegal, hate crimes are already illegal, so what was the point aid this again🤦🏽♂️.
Certainly not the massive system change we need.
Did you ask this question about the anti Asian hate bill? 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️
@@daramcneil9623 Of course he didn't. We both know why.
Because lynching wasn’t a federal hate crime
If murder was illegal why did Emmett Till's murderers not behind bars right now? Why did they get of scott free?
might as well call it black comfort bill , it has no real purpose other than comforting blacks
The purpose is that when you good ol' boys won't prosecute murderers like the Ahmaud Arbery case the federal government can and will. You're ignorance is on full display. Thanks for that! 😅
This will also help the Asians that people were mùrdering a few years ago, or any other group that people suddenly feel the need to target going forward. Certainly a good bill that won’t only protect black people.
@@davidwillis8623 This law will never be used against black crime.
@@ahmaudarberywasaviolentkle8094 lol do you have anything better to do than be a troll online? Want me to show you how to build a LinkedIn profile so you can be productive? 😂
This law is a sense of relief not jist for black people in America but asian who were lyinched, hispanics who were lyinched, native who were lyinched, italian who were lyinched, jews who were lyinched, irishcwho were lyiched, the people who are from the carribian cwho were lyiched in the pass 300 hundreds of years. It affects all of us the minority.
I hadn't known lynching wasn't a crime in this present time. I signed. Glad it is now.
Ahmaud Arbery is one of the reasons this law is needed. Local authorities don't always do what's right.
It was always a crime, this makes it a hate crime.
@@wmpratt2010 Hate Crime is a silly term. A crime is a crime. Someone hates a person and kills them, it’s a crime period it doesn’t matter how it’s categorized. Lots of people harm other people because they hate them and not because of race, so what? Are those hate crimes too? It’s absurd.
@@rexrocker1268- No it's not absurd. When a group of people have been hated, mistreated, tortured, maimed, raped for hundreds of years, and continued during Jim Crow, there has to be some recognition of the severity of what black people have endured. Unfortunately, remnants of Jim Crow continue and we need to admit it and put a stop to it. Hopefully, this law will help.
@@tbwms3243 So a hate crime is only when a white person harms a black person? What exactly are you trying to say? If they want stupid hate crimes to be a thing it applies to all races and all ethnicities. That’s equality.
Still heartbreaking 💔
I can't imagine her pain and suffering. Dear sweet mother.
And that the person responsible for her son's death lied. She lied.
they still dont care, this bill means nothing,,,
I'm still sad and can't get over this story.😢
Did we really need it in a bill shouldn't it common sense if you can do something like that no matter what race you are its a hate crime
Exactly what he said. It’s just theatre. Nothing but a complete distraction from what’s really going on. Don’t be fooled by these clowns.
@@JBguitar-cj8pc I’m sure the family disagrees
Is it common sense though? It’s common sense to you unfortunately isn’t common sense to many people common sense isn’t so common a lot of the times
@@ANationalguy What you just said is non sense The problem is people need to get common sense back with out it you make dumb decision. Like this bill come on.
@@tonystewart6203 listen, I know for some people being intelligent is difficult but for you you’re making it pretty much impossible. I hate to tell you this
But there’s no such thing as “people need to get common sense back” There are countries where you can legally do this. Common sense isn’t common girl brain and stop thinking America’s the only country, I know your brain can’t process that but it’s not a hard thought.
Common sense isn’t actually that common it’s just what you think is common based on the society you were raised in the community or country. This behavior and a lot of social group is looked above on.
This law is passed because those people and can give those people extra years.
This law was also passed as a statement and as a contribute to the young boy who was tortured on a trip to see his mother. You don’t think the family deserves this? You don’t think a young boy finally deserves this to be Illegal after they tried passing it lots of times before and it would never pass?
You don’t think the young soul deserves peace to Descend to heaven?
It’s kind of just common sense at this point that you like to say grow up and start using that brain of yours
Rest In Peace Emmett Till 😢
Harris is not Black
Something that was already against the law made into an extra special against the law for optics before midterms. Totally not for votes at all, noooo.
It was bipartisan lol
@@davidwillis8623 Still doesn't make it any less silly and redundant.
@Rosco Rosco Crying? Meltdown? It's just performance for the stupid, and it apparently works on you, and gets you to rush to defend it like a trained sheep bleating insults at those that can see it for what it is. Btw you earned the insult you got in return.
@@davidwillis8623
Rand Paul objected to the bill because it trivialized the practice, buy including injuries such as scratches and bruises as "lynching".
Of course most are going to vote for an empty virtue signal law.
If Obama got his "equal pay act" out of committee then most senators would have voted for it. And it was a vacuous stunt, because the equal pay act was passed in 1963.
@@Pystdammit silly and redundant?
Bring peace
Life is hard when you can’t blame President Trump anymore! Gasoline, inflation 40 year high, Afghanistan, Ukraine, supply chain, failed mandates, failed Covid-19 policies, unchecked uncontrolled spending, border crisis, trying to remember your own name.
This could put DJ Trump out of work! His greatest talent is his ability to incite a lynch mob! When you graduate from middle school, you might understand how things work, and who is responsible for what!
@@memyname1771 thanks for addressing the problems facing our country like inflation at 40 year high, gasoline prices through the roof, when under President Trump we were exporting oil and energy independent ie not buying from Russia, he strove to bring manufacturing back to the USA so we would not be so dependent on foreign goods, yes I can see where his policies hurt the general working person, higher pay lower taxes those will never be accomplished under tax and spend liberal democrats, I hope you wil enjoy a lifetime of paying for illegals to achieve the American dream that most Americans are now struggling to just eat and pay rent. Thanks again for suggesting how the build back never policy is helping us all, again thank you for your insightful comment.
@@memyname1771 thanks for your insightful problem solving comment
I heard that they are working on anti-impressment bill too.
It’s sad to know how long this has taken to happen
You'll be paranoid for ever. We won! 🤍
Now its Lynching by guns not by Rope
Very sad that this cancer (HATE) still exists because people refuse to educate themselves about the consequences.
It’s whatever, I don’t MIND it per se, but the amount of energy “wasted” to pass a symbolic bill when our country is doing so bad. It reminds me of bmws in the hood. I’m not knocking purchasing a bmw but you do that after you move out the hood. No1 is getting lynched. And for the people “well actually there’s 2 per year”. There’s also 2 instances of cannibalism per year, no specific law for that. Like I said, it’s a good symbolic law tho
I think this is just one small project they were working on, there are plenty of little nobs and levels that need to be adjusted along with a few big issues.
Not every issue they tackle is big, not every issue small, but good to see them getting at least small stuff done.
@@davidwillis8623 imo we’re not in the position for small side jobs. “The whole cities on fire” instead of sending the whole fire department in, we’ll hold back just a few for the calendar photo shoot, is the sentiment I get. Imo americas gone to hell. Race relations are the worse in 30 years, inflation worse in 30 years, half the country thinks the shelection was bolen, gender relations are under attack, we just sent $13b to Ukraine. Don’t think this is a “small” thing. Jussie smolette investigation AND trial cost us $1m. Government is expensive MULTIPLE $200k government employees worked on this for 10 years. I bet if we did a deep dive this cost $10m total
I don't think Jesse's case counts as lynching.....
@@BennyRuff I know, I’m just pointing out none of these government movements are just small quick undertakings. This bill probably cost tax payers $10m
1877-1950? 1865-1970, would be more like it. How many people was lynched during that time? Certainly more than 4,000.
Not saying this bill isn’t a good thing, but creating a lynching bill literly won’t stop any lynching since lynching don’t exist is 2022 in America. AND if it did by some rare chance, it’s already illegal to torture and kill someone.
Ahmaud Arbery is a case that required federal authorities to come in and prosecute the murderers because local authorities wouldn't. That's why the law is needed. The good ol' boys network still operates .
Is that you Rand Paul 😉. The bill long overdue and greatly symbolic, builds upon the law of 'hate crimes' and adds more years in jail for the scum that do it.
Yea! I’m confused too! Are people still getting lynched? A lynching would have been covered under the Federal hate crime anyway by todays standard. So are we going back to persecute people from years back (I support this). If this brings the family peace, mainly his mother I’m all about this. I’d like to know how lynching is defined in the bill + what other earmarks (pork fat) are hidden in this bill.
@@dijoyjoe my point is that “hate crimes” are already crimes to begin with… I guess the only arguement is a tougher sentence. But if you ask me It’s just really weird watching people argue for harsher sentences while at the same time arguing that sentences are too harsh.
@@dijoyjoe I bet you changed your BLM pic on Twittbook to a Ukraine flag recently didn’t you?!
My grandchildren had to be educated on what a lynching is. One of the little ones asked God in her bedtime prayers for forgiveness of our American government's sins.
What do you owe someone who has never been a slave?
Stop lying. You’re a liar,that never happened.
Such a shame that mamie died before she got the chance to see that all her hard work paid off. Both Bobo and mamie deserve all the justice!
Thank God for change we all have to love one another.
Tell that to the democrats who hate everyone
The defenders of democracy and the country that tells us what to do and talking about human rights in my side, needed such a law in the constitution to stop lynching and prosecute these criminals.
Wow! The hypocrisy.
What a time to be alive. A bill signed into law that is almost a century too late. But let’s keep pandering so that we can keep getting those votes. I’m still waiting for that Rosa Parks bill.
Guess we should just give up right
It's not pandering
Ahmaud Arbery is one the reasons this law was needed. Pandering is what they've been doing with you bigots by not passing the law. They knew you'd bitch and moan.
Facts
What if you are jogging in the wrong neighborhood?
You mean robbing houses in the wrong neighborhood.
@@richardgranati7188 no he said jogging
we been fighting to long for this whyyy 🙁
It was a law for years stop the stupid laws it was already was a hate crime
It's about time.... 😢🙏 Lets do this worldwide 🌐
Because lynching goes on across the US constantly, it’s more of a problem than our President almost causing WW3….
This family has had a nightmare to endure…..I pray they find peace……RIP Emmett.
An anti lynching law at this point is as dumb as passing a law requiring all cars to have round tires. Black people should be outraged that a racist old white guy is pandering for votes with crap legislation like this.
This hurts so much he was a kid 14 yrs old where it's could have been anyone's child.
Give me a break. It doesn’t hurt you. Get a grip. There are no lynchings
@@zacktam give u a break I have kids and if u don't at all have kids then u don't know what I and many feel to see a kid go through something horrible like that now keep your comments to your self
@@zacktam yes there are
@@zacktam what??? No longer go to church because you’re evil If you don’t hurt for a boy he was tortured and he lost his life on a trip to see his mother. That’s Absolutely terrible
@@zacktam Give me a break, You’re just mad because racism exist and you’re trying to convince yourself that people can’t feel pain over a little boy he was tortured on the way to see his mother.
This is the future of Republicans and why more people are moving left
Wow. We've come a short way, baby.
watch out for Jussie.
Despicable troll detected!
Coward.
This should have been something that was put in effect long before this young sweet boy was brutally murdered. This is so heartbreaking and makes me so sick that people thought this was okay to do to this poor boy and others that became victims of this horrible crime!!! Any person that chose to do this heinous act to innocent people and if they are still alive no matter their age and no matter how sick and old that person is should still be put to death for this disgusting crime that they committed! If a colored person did something like this in the days of this no one would stop the government from putting them to death row.. this is so heartbreaking.
Now do reparations
100 years of running in place, putting up honorary street signs, same sh different day
For real. Black people really need to stop killing each other by the thousands.
I cannot believe that it took 100 years to pass this bill...
100 years too late the damage is already done
Exactly how bad is the lynching problem in 2022?
When Corònavirus first hit there were numerous Asians that were lynched, this will protect them going forward as well.
@@davidwillis8623 Murder is already illegal and is driven by hate, this is more political showboating. Maybe he should sign a bill on not allowing cannibalism?
@@nhbiker1961
The point ----->
______your head
@@nhbiker1961 the point of this goes over your head because it doesn’t affect you
@@davidwillis8623 The point---> Murder is already illegal, this is our dumb ass president showboating and wasting time and resources.
Google South African Farmers Murdered,
then come back to me with this guilt trip.
I hope this doesn't count for a vote for Joe Biden again but sad the way they do to that kid I'm in my 30s it don't matter to me it was back then or to day he done nothing to deserve what have happen to him.
Such shame why there no records on this.... We matter We matter.
ABCommunista
wow im crying
So beautiful that this finally came through ❤ rest in peace and god bless you, to the whole family and Bobo ❤
They say (system) couldn't re-open the case bcos the statue of limitations had ran out?! I didn't know murder had statue of limitations??!!
At last….. soo sad it took 100 years. None of the presidents BEFORE now even gave it a thought
Isn’t Senator Ryan Paul Cuban?? Why is he voting against any lynching laws??
black on black murder rate remains unaffected
Facts! And that’s a blessing because statistically black on black crime is approximately 4th on the list. White on white crime being #1. As a matter of fact white on every race crime is the highest so if this stops them from lunching anyone that’s a big plus.👍🏾
@@franchessicahankins2388FBI data: the murder rate for 2020 was approximately 6.5 per 100,000. the black share of known homicide offenders rose to a record of almost 60%, with the same demographic committing over 50% of all violent crimes. for the year.
Sooo is Jussie Smollet going to jail longer?
Yet, but STILL didn't charge the woman who's responsible for this horrific act, who's STILL ALIVE AND FREE TODAY🤦🏿♂️😒...
She died. You live under a rock?
@@richardgranati7188 apparently, I do🤷🏿♂️...
✊🏾 EMMETT TILL ✊🏾
Has not been 100 years since trying to pass the bill 😂.
It has been 123 yeas since the first anti-lynching bill has been proposed. And it has been proposed scores of time since.
This will nvr let me forget
@joe dough I don’t even have a Twitter lol
This is ridiculous
Who is committing the most violent crime in 2022? 🏀 🏀
White people committed horrendous crime against humanity in all humanity history, i believe they are demon incarnation coz they have no soul and heart to do this bizarre thing against human being
Oh look a wannabe troll on yt flopping as usual😂
Love Ollie Gordon ❤❤❤❤❤
I thought lynching was already illegal
It is...the democrats are just appeasing the black community
Now it’s super duper illegal.
@@richardgranati7188 lol
Nobody thinking about Emmitt at the gas pumps...js
You must be a democRat?
One day, someone will tell our grandchildren that we framed O.J.!
Mark Fuhrman
@@rucianapollard7098 or maybe sooner!
Hmmmm.. It must be a sad day for trump supporters to hear about this.
Really? Considering it was Republicans who freed the slaves, i think you are just still butthurt over Trump. I bet the Biden cult can't wait to change their profile from a Ukranian flag to the anti-lynching bill pic, so they can virtue signal to the rest of the cult that they support the next current "thing".
@joe dough lmaooooo true story....nobody ever wants to talk about black on black crime
Last lynching I heard about was a hoax done by a black guy looking for attention and money.
Now when the shoes on the other foot huh? Wow how the opinion changes
Mr. President. I am a black guy but. I love you.
you read bidens jihad on African American for the past 50 years, it is idiot simple minded black people like you that have not moved the needle on race, you getting happy about him signing an anti lynching bill ask biden what he did with ending qualified police immunity, ask him did he get back to ice cube about his plan for black Amerikkka biden is the same as trump
SAD....CONDITION OF MAN
Now if only they will pass a law protecting my peoples, the original Natives of the Americas!
Unfortunately that will never happen because the Democrats don't care about native Americans...democrats love appeasing the black community because that's all the democrat party has
Pass your own laws. The First Nations are sovereign.
I thought they left that up to you guys when they gave you reservations.
You’re a Neanderthal??? Weird.
Damn, this is going to ruin my plans for today
High gas prices, food shortages, and a war going on, but I'm glad they could spend the ex-Vice President's time in banning something even more than it's already banned.🙄
Makes me so mad! Get over stuff, some say...😞
These Karen’s need a law, too!
You better Say that!
@@OnyxRoseReiki 🙏🏽♥️
Karen's? What do you mean by that?
@@Ahardly557 these women who lie and call the police on folks for no reason. They come in all colors and shapes.
You mean to say the huge majority of Americans that know that lynching is not a problem. Nor is racism but those in power want you to believe both are….wonder why they need to do that? Power comes out of division and when people don’t like your policies, redirect.
What about black on black crime
I was not at all prepared to feel the way I did watching this, as of today 3/30/2022 this type of hate is still going on 😔 it literally made me sick an it absolutely broke my heart for that young man who was just a kid who probably didn't even glance that woman way an for her to tell the truth on her death bed of how she lied an how even to this day it's still happening is numbing
The only people mass murdering black people are other black people. Stop it.
Bro who is lynching black people in 2022
@@ellafellaa9912
Only Jussie Smollet.
Lynchings even died out mostly by 1950, with most years from then having none.
The last lynching was in 1981.
@@ellafellaa9912 Your white daddy.
It’s about time. Why in the hell did it take so long?
Didn't know we still did lynchings!!!!!
Real lynching still exists today
Yes. We all know about Jussie Smollett
Let's go Brandon
Let’s go Babbitt
@@bxi1547 Let’s go Rosenbaum
:(
We still do this in mexico daily.
I have no issue with this law though I think it's just stacking another law upon another law that does the same thing. Just as long as it punishing the act of lynching by itself a hanging of a person unlawfully. And don't include anything else other than that certain act. If it does this is complete misuse of the law.
Black guy who was vulger and overconfident around women?
No, you never hear that! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
We should make a law against fake lynchings. We'll call it, "Jesse's Law"
Yall dress like me!
I was lynched too!
Long overdue!
🇺🇸🙏✊USA
About time
For what???
💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
Had to ruin it by including Tim Scott.
Well heck Joe I thought hangings was done with love until now but no let’s state the already known and that is murder is illegal
100 years to pass a anti lynch bill?!?
Ahaha “100 years” nigga they hung people in Rome for a longer period of time than you people were even slaves.
I think it will take the equal number of year's it has taken to get here to attain the equalllity that everyone wants, well maybe not the Maga crowd.
Bingo let the veil of despicable cowardly men be lifted
Show me where Trump touched you? The least racist people in the country right now are republicans. That’s a fact you guys just won’t admit.
This comment is for all the bigots who will whine "Murder is already illegal." This law is for cases like Ahmaud Arbery's murder where the local police and prosecutors refused to charge the murderers with a crime and were free to go on as if they had done nothing wrong. Now stop being obtuse and ignorant.
👌🏽
He wasn't jogging!
@joe dough So did his murderers.😙 Now cry harder.
They didn't lynch him
It's hard to convince all of the geriatric dinosaurs on here, and the younger ones who are still longing for the days of sock hops, soda jerks, and segregation.
When I was young and dumb I got a robbery charge and got 15 yrs but if you lynch some one you are going to get 30 yrs that's crazy I got about 9 dollars and lost a lot of my life for what I did but does that sound fair I got half the time for lynching and I didn't hurt anyone physically I'm not saying I didn't cause damage bc I was an addict for a long time I have been out now for over 10 yrs and I take responsibility but some one you does a hate crime like that only gets 30 yrs is beyond me
People can say what they want about Joe Biden but, all this time, not one damn Republican accomplished what he accomplished on this score.
~It was George Bush who had the Justice Department reopen the Emmett Till case in 2004
~It was George Bush who signed the The Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act into federal law in 2008
~It was Donald Trump who had the Justice Department reopen the Emmett Till case in 2018
~It was Donald Trump and a Republican Congress who awarded Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley the Congressional Gold Medal
~It was Donald Trump who gave *PERMANANT* funding to Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Instead of having to reapply every year
👏🏼 But a 120 years later after the bill was first introduced tells everyone everything they should know about BEING SO CALLED "BLACK IN AMERICA ". It's never been a joke and it's still not now ✊. There will be a day of reckoning.
Go mug someone.
@joe dough my favorite chapter!
Tell that to jussie smollet
It is 100 years late! But thank Allah it's a law now! Before the GOP were able to make it legal in their states!
Are you really that fucking stupid? The GOP is the one's that freed the slaves idiot.
Last lynching in the United States was done by a black guy to another black guy. Nobody went to jail. Zip it.