3 students disrespect Emmett Till's memorial. Suspended, but not expelled.

[Baitball Blogger]

3 college students posed with guns by the Emmett Till memorial. The Justice Department may investigate

(CNN)Three white University of Mississippi students have been suspended from Kappa Alpha fraternity after a photo showing them posing with guns in front of a sign memorializing Emmett Till surfaced earlier this week.

The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division is also reportedly investigating.

The sign, which is located outside Glendora, Mississippi, commemorates the murder of Till, a 14-year-old African American who was tortured and killed in 1955 after accusations that he flirted with a white woman. He was shot in the head and thrown into the Tallahatchie River by two white men. His death became an important catalyst in the civil rights movement.

The students in the photo, which was obtained by the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting and ProPublica, were standing beside the sign. The sign appears to be riddled with bullet holes, but it's unclear whether the students were connected to the damage.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/25/us/emmett-till-marker-mississippi-students-suspended/index.html

[zackymilly]

1. The memorial sign is riddled with bullet holes. Check their guns. nt

[gratuitous]

2. Suspension seems proportional

Unless these nitwits confessed to shooting up the sign, just being a racist dumbass isn't quite enough cause for expulsion.

[StarfishSaver]

7. I read that the school can't suspend them at this point because the behavior took place off campus

But I think that if they're charged and convicted of a crime, the school will be able to suspend or expel them without violating due process.

[Tech]

3. The fraternity would be wise to expel them. Mocking a memorial to a child who was killed

for being black? What else do they do? Spray swastikas on Jewish graves? Put immigrants in cages? Coach teams at covington? When are people going to be held accountable?

[Tribalceltic]

4. The Hero of the Fraternity

Is Robert E. Lee. Nuff said

[Eugene]

5. The Emmett Till memorial where the frat students posed is gone. A bulletproof sign will replace it s

Source: CNN

The Emmett Till memorial where the frat students posed is gone. A bulletproof sign will replace it soon

By Nicole Chavez, Martin Savidge and Devon M. Sayers, CNN
Updated 0320 GMT (1120 HKT) July 27, 2019

(CNN) — A bullet-riddled memorial sign for Emmett Till at the center of a photo showing three white University of Mississippi students posing with guns is now gone.

It has been vandalized multiple times over the years and, in a few months, the sign will be replaced again -- this time with a bulletproof marker.

The sign was placed near the spot where Till's body was pulled from the Tallahatchie River in 1955. The 14-year-old African American was tortured and killed by two white men after accusations that he flirted with a white woman. His death became an important catalyst in the civil rights movement.

Patrick Weems, the executive director of the Emmett Till Memorial Commission, said the group began to mark every site that was part of Emmett's story after community leaders offered his family an apology for the first time about 10 years ago.

"For 50 years our community didn't want to talk about Emmett Till, they just wanted to forget it," Weems said.

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Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/26/us/emmett-till-new-marker/index.html

[Baitball Blogger]

6. kick

[elevator48]

8. Someone, ( sorry don't have skills)

should post a photo of Emmet Till's battered and swollen body next to these racists pricks with their guns.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

9. Did they shoot the sign? nt