Local professor discusses the Department of Justice’s decision to close Emmett Till case

On Monday, the U.S. Justice Department’s announced that it closed its investigation into the killing of Emmett Till.

Till was abducted, tortured and brutally murdered in the summer of 1955, during his visit to Money, Mississippi, after a white woman accused Till of making advances at her.

Roy Bryant and his half-brother John William Milam were charged with Till’s death, but a jury found them not guilty. In 2004, the Justice Department reopened the case as part of its Cold Case Initiative, but the investigation ended with a  closed case.