Friday, July 26, 2019

Pic Of The Day -- The Trump Effect




News item: "Three University of Mississippi students have been suspended from their fraternity house and face possible investigation by the Department of Justice after posing with guns in front of a bullet-riddled sign honoring slain civil rights icon Emmett Till.

"One of the students posted a photo to his private Instagram account in March showing the trio in front of a roadside plaque commemorating the site where Till’s body was recovered from the Tallahatchie River. The 14-year-old black youth was tortured and murdered in August 1955. An all-white, all-male jury acquitted two white men accused of the slaying."

BONUS:   The Trump Effect isn't confined to the Deep South, of course.  The contagion has spread to one of the most prestigious institutions in our country.

2 comments:

donnah said...

I wish those young racists had souls. I read extensively about the torture and horrific murder of Till and it has haunted me ever since. I wish they could watch a slide show of what happened to him and have the image of his mangled face and body tattooed on their forearms so they would never forget.

But they'll probably get off without any punishment.

W. Hackwhacker said...

donnah - for one, the university already said they didn't violate their code of conduct, so yeah.