Obama signs the "Emmitt Till Bill" allowing the reopening of civil rights cold cases
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The upgraded legislation, which President Obama signed on December 16, will now get rid of the limitations on cases that occurred prior to 1970 and will allow ongoing investigations conducted by the FBI surrounding civil rights cases. This will create an avenue for cases that occurred during the height of the Jim Crow Era to be reopened. Under the revised bill, dubbed Till Bill 2, groups including Emory University’s Georgia Civil Rights Cold Cases Project and the Cold Case Justice Initiative at Syracuse University would receive funding to help solve civil rights cases.
Many politicians believe the updated law will allow more cases to be opened and solved. Senators Claire McCaskill and Richard Burr backed the bill at the Senate level. In the House, it was reviewed by Rep. John Conyers, Rep. John Lewis, and Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner.
“As we work to address current questions about racial violence and civil rights, we should be mindful of our history and why so many in the African-American community raise the issue of whether black lives matter,” Rep. John Conyers Jr. told USA Today. “Passage of the original Emmett Till Act represented a commitment to resolving the unanswered questions from one of the darkest periods in modern American history.
Over the past 27 years, the reopening of civil rights cold cases has resulted in 24 convictions. The first person to be convicted was Byron De La Beckwith, who was responsible for killing civil rights activist Medgar Evers in 1963.
https://newsone.com/3621079/president-obama-signs-emmett-till-bill-to-reopen-civil-rights-cold-cases/
Many politicians believe the updated law will allow more cases to be opened and solved. Senators Claire McCaskill and Richard Burr backed the bill at the Senate level. In the House, it was reviewed by Rep. John Conyers, Rep. John Lewis, and Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner.
“As we work to address current questions about racial violence and civil rights, we should be mindful of our history and why so many in the African-American community raise the issue of whether black lives matter,” Rep. John Conyers Jr. told USA Today. “Passage of the original Emmett Till Act represented a commitment to resolving the unanswered questions from one of the darkest periods in modern American history.
Over the past 27 years, the reopening of civil rights cold cases has resulted in 24 convictions. The first person to be convicted was Byron De La Beckwith, who was responsible for killing civil rights activist Medgar Evers in 1963.
https://newsone.com/3621079/president-obama-signs-emmett-till-bill-to-reopen-civil-rights-cold-cases/
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Have the protesters during that time been refunded their fine and bail money from their unjust incarcerations?
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Gotta figure out a way to make us blacks finally say "No! He really, really did something for us" before leaving office huh. Riiiiiight......
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Can we arrest the old cave woman that falsely accused Emmitt now?
She still breathing -
All told, I think dude did a great job considering the obstruction and everything else. Cant plaese everybody and fck it, I was too busy to be sitting around nitpicking and complaining. There were opportunities but he couldnt do everything for every individual and hold everybody's hand through everything. Nor could he "fix" everybody's lives. He's a man. Welp thats my opinion of his term as it comes to an end and I stand by that.
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Can we arrest the old cave woman that falsely accused Emmitt now?
She still breathing
I seen on another site that she died in2014 and the fbi did reopen the case on her in I think 04 but a grand jury chose not to indict -
I guess we can look forward to 50 years from now when there's a Tamir Rice Bill that allows these killer cops to actually face some type of repercussions for murdering children.
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The illuminati found a legal way to euthanize old white people aka the baby boomers
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ghostdog56 wrote: »
Arrest the corpse, dammit. -
Gotta figure out a way to make us blacks finally say "No! He really, really did something for us" before leaving office huh. Riiiiiight......
Health care doesn't affect black people? Or is it strictly a white people thing in America? -
Gotta give respect when its due and on this one
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The Jews still putting 90 year old ? prison guards on trial, but ? scoffing at this.
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The Jews still putting 90 year old ? prison guards on trial, but ? scoffing at this.
Exactly, Goodluck getting any bills passed in the next four years that even remotely resemble anything like this. -
Obama gets bumped up to an A- for this now.
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That's definitely a great move, I want convictions!!!
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don't like Obama too much, but this looks good.
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Obama gets bumped up to an A- for this now.
Ha
You already got a nosign
Obama only gets an A when he frees the slaves
