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JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) -It was the summer of 1955 when 14-year-old Emmett Till traveled from Chicago to Mississippi to visit family members. <\/p>\n
Till was accused of whistling at Carolyn Bryant Donham at their family grocery store. Till\u2019s loved ones say he was later murdered because of Bryant\u2019s accusations. <\/p>\n
\u201cShe told them something, and the something that she told them led to bludgeon and the murder of Emmitt Till,\u201d said Executive Director of Human Rights Jaribu Hill.<\/p>\n
In December of last year, the Department of Justice closed Till\u2019s case because of the lack of evidence.<\/p>\n
Priscilla Sterling, a cousin of Emmitt Till, has been fighting to get Till\u2019s case re-opened. <\/p>\n
\u201cI believe political influence is the reason why Carolyn Bryant never has been charged,\u201d said Sterling.<\/p>\n
Friday, the family presented hundreds of thousands of signatures to the state to request that a murder sentence be handed down to Bryant-Donham.<\/p>\n
They said they will not stop fighting until it happens.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m asking the Justice Department for unredactive FBI report,\u201d said Sterling. \u201cIt\u2019s time; it\u2019s been long overdue. It is possible that we get justice we want or the authorities to hear us, to hear our demand, and it\u2019s pretty simple. Charge Carolyn Bryant- Donham as an accomplice in the kidnapping and murder of Emmitt Lewis Till. She is alive; this is not about hate or vengeance. This is about justice.\u201d<\/p>\n
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