Bryant Vs Milam Essay

When the two men, Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam, were “arrested” they were not put into hand cuffs. The two were being arrested because word got around that Bryant and Milam killed Emmet Till. Watching the two of them being “arrested” was really odd to me. It was odd because knowing if it had been a black man in that same area, who was being “arrested” for the same thing of a white man’s death, they would’ve put that black man in hand cuffs or killed him. But as the process of them being jailed went on, the process got odder. While on trial they were home with family and plastered all over the news. Bryant and Milam had their entire community voicing for them, the community even raised over $10,000. When you watched the news the talk of Bryant and Milam’s town was that the black people were lying about Emmet’s death. Out of the ordinary the number one thing that caught my attention was the judge. With all of the favoritism going on for Bryant and Milam, you would think that the criminal justice system being so “fair” they would give a fair trial, but they didn’t. …show more content…
When on the news Curtis Swango would say things like “Niggers just wanna make trouble around here”, or other racial slurs. Being that Curtis Swango was working on this case, white vs. black, it was clearly evident Curtis Swango was on Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam side. Finding this irregular because accordingly to the criminal justice system discrimination cannot happen, especially during trail. Although it’s unlawful for Curtis Swango to follow through on this trail, he did and no one said anything. Just to prove his racism during the trail the judge wouldn’t allow the jury to hear Emmet Till’s mother side of the story. According to the criminal justice system, both side are supposed to be heard. While the trail displays every little aspect of racism, all the events were proving the system was