"A relative of Emmett Till has filed a lawsuit seeking the arrest of the white woman whose allegations resulted in the 14-year-old Black boy’s kidnapping, torture and murder nearly 70 years ago.

"Earlier this week, Till’s cousin, Patricia Sterling, filed a federal lawsuit against Ricky Banks, the sheriff in Leflore county, Mississippi, seeking to compel the elected official to serve a 1955 arrest warrant against Carolyn Bryant Donham, who was then identified as “Mrs Roy Bryant” on the document …

"Evidence indicates a woman, possibly Donham, identified Till to the men who went on to abduct him and brutally murder the child, the Associated Press has reported."

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/11/emmett-till-lawsuit-serve-arrest-warrant-carolyn-bryant-donham

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