On some days I hate this place that we almost jokingly call "The United" States of America. United in what? Its determination to not make right its wrongs?
From 1955 until 2023 this nation had endless chances to try to provide a semblance of justice and accountability to the family of Emmett Till, but for 68 straight years, every DA, every prosecutor, every Attorney General, every staff of the DOJ, and every presidential administration that had a chance to do right by this family, REFUSED TO DO SO.
My best guess is that in the years ahead, now that no single living human being that participated in the lynching of Emmett Till is around to be held accountable, the government will eventually tell us what it should have done and offer an empty apology.
The whole ordeal is about the most American thing I think we will ever know.
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This post was originally published on The Breakdown with Shaun King.
