HomeCrimeEmmett Till Lawsuit Seeks Arrest Warrant For Carolyn Bryant

Emmett Till Lawsuit Seeks Arrest Warrant For Carolyn Bryant

Emmett Till lawsuit seeks arrest warrant for Carolyn Bryant’ A relative of Emmett Till, the Black teenager who was kidnapped and lynched after being accused of offending a white woman in 1955, has filed a lawsuit to compel a sheriff in Mississippi to serve an arrest warrant on the woman who made the false accusation that led to the killing.

Emmett Till lawsuit seeks arrest warrant for Carolyn Bryant
Carolyn Bryant, left, has a warrant for her arrest in the kidnapping of Emmett Till, brutally killed in Mississippi in 1955. (AP Photos)

 

Emmett Till Lawsuit Seeks Arrest Warrant For Carolyn Bryant

Priscilla Sterling, the cousin of Till, filed the lawsuit in a federal court in Mississippi on Feb. 7 seeking to compel Leflore County Sheriff Ricky Banks to serve an arrest warrant for Carolyn Bryant, now Carolyn Bryant Donham.

“The pain and suffering of the Till family never go away, particularly because no one has ever been held accountable for the brutal murder of my cousin Emmett Till,” Sterling said in a statement announcing the lawsuit. “We shall not rest until Carolyn Bryant is brought to complete justice in Mississippi.”

READ: Texas Dad Richard Acosta Found Guilty In Fatal Shooting That Left 3 Juveniles Dead- Convicted of Capital Murder

ALSO READ: Missouri Man James Anderson Accused of Exposing Himself To Children On School Bus

 

RELATED ARTICLES
- Advertisment -

Most Popular

- Advertisment -
Share on Social Media