U.S. to Reopen Probe of (Emmett) Till Slaying

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=542&e=4&u=/ap/20040510/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/civil_rights_killing

By CURT ANDERSON, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - The Justice Department (news - web sites) said Monday it is reopening the investigation into the 1955 murder of Emmett Till, a black teenager whose death while visiting Mississippi was an early catalyst for the civil rights movement.



Till was abducted from his uncle's home in Money, Miss., on Aug. 28, 1955. The mutilated body of the 14-year-old from Chicago was found by fishermen three days later in the Tallahatchie River.


Pictures of the slaying shocked the world. Two white men charged with murder — Roy Bryant and his half brother, J.W. Milam — were acquitted by an all-white jury. Both men have since died.


R. Alexander Acosta, assistant attorney general for civil rights, said it is possible others were involved in the killing.


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Knowning this Justiice department I bet they will probably conclude Kerry did it

Maybe in 70 years they'll reopen the Wellstone crash investigation.

since the men who did it died of cancer and made a full confession in Life magazine. Of course there were others involved and though it's taken this long I hope they're prosecuted for this horrible murder.

I can't believe Ashcroft is this blatant.