USA Today: Re-Examining Emmett Till Case Could Help Separate Fact, Fiction

Re-examining Emmett Till case could help separate fact, fiction
Jerry Mitchell The (Jackson, Miss.) Clarion-Ledger (USA Today)

Few homicide cases in this nation's history have been shrouded by as much legend as the 1955 killing of 14-year-old Emmett Till.
Some of those legends took root not long after the black youth from Chicago was abducted, beaten and shot to death, apparently for wolf-whistling at Carolyn Bryant, a white woman, at a grocery store in Money, Miss. Some have sprung up since.

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http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-02-18-till-legends_x.htm

My Response: The article left me looking for more. Instead it left me wondering why is this in the paper and what is it's relevance. So in a nutshell, the legends posted in the paper does not change the "allegations" of the events.


UPDATE:
Fox News has reported that noone will be prosecuted in the brutal murder of Emmitt Till. The woman who was married to one of the men and pointed out Till to her husband, was found not guilty in Mississippi. The FBI decided not go forward with the case, but passed to the State of Mississippi that the 73 year old defendant may be a person of interest.


http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007Feb28/0,4670,TillInvestigation,00.html