re: Carolyn Bryant Donham, whose accusations led to murder of Emmett Till, dies at 88

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”the never talked to me. They never interviewed me The FBI report completed in 2006: "According to Simeon Wright and Wheeler Parker,[38] Till wolf-whistled at Bryant. Wright said "I think [Emmett] wanted to get a laugh out of us or something," adding, "He was always joking around, and it was hard to tell when he was serious." Wright stated that following the whistle he became immediately alarmed. "Well, it scared us half to death," Wright recalled. "You know, we were almost in shock. We couldn't get out of there fast enough, because we had never heard of anything like that before. A black boy whistling at a white woman? In Mississippi? No." Wright stated "The Ku Klux Klan and night riders were part of our daily lives".[
And once again, this is still irrelevant to me to his murder. It’s harmless

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So then you believe that Carolyn Bryant Donham lied during her testimony to the police that she was accosted by Till?

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Then, you, the genius, make a definitive statement that a 2 second google search would prove is incorrect. And it’s not a minor detail, it’s one of the biggest characters in the entire event at the store.

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Again, you understand this doesn't negate the FBI's collection of statements, right? Also, going by the transcript of the oral history interviews of Simeon Wright (provided by the LOC, no less), I'm pretty sure his statement was actually included. Do you know how I know? Because the part I quoted earlier is Wright's own words. In the FBI report his name is redacted, but in the interview, he says this.

'My brother Maurice was driving, sixteen at the time, Emmett and I, Wheeler, a young man by the name of Roosevelt Crawford, one of our neighbors.

And we went up to Money and Maurice parked the car. I mean, we was in Money less than twenty minutes. I mean people [transcription error] what you heard in history it seemed like we were there two hours, lollygagging around. But we walked over to Bryant's Store, and Wheeler went inside the store first. And then Emmett went in after Wheeler. And Wheeler came out, and Maurice sent me in behind Emmett to make sure that he didn't say anything that he shouldn't, because he just didn't know the ways of the South.'

If you will notice, this is exactly the testimony I provided earlier, by a witness whose name was redacted. It's referenced directly at the end of page 42 of the report, going into page 43.

Wright's statement about what occurred did make it into the FBI report. Wright is mistaken about it not being in the report.

Again, you made an utterly terrible point because you don't know what you are talking about.

Also I guess we aren't going to get an answer about that moral compass. Her heart was obviously in the right place, according to you, right?

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So then you believe that Carolyn Bryant Donham lied during her testimony to the police that she was accosted by Till?
For the 5th time, yes.

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OK, it's confusing because earlier you said: "She never initially claimed anything. Another white patron in the store did. And I don’t think she ever really said she was “physically accosted” either.

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Then how did Wright's statement end up in the report? Think carefully about this for once.

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Because they used his public statement from the original proceedings. Not very difficult

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Go back and read my post slowly

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Ok. Here is your statement

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Tills own friends say he whistled at her….


No they don't.

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I read it very slowly. And you claim the lie that tills friends never said he whistled at her. Which, was proven false

Why did you lie about the cousins testimony of the events?