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This undated photo shows Emmett Louis Till, who was kidnapped, tortured and killed in the Mississippi Delta in August 1955 after witnesses claimed he whistled at a white woman working in a store. A cousin of Till filed a federal lawsuit on Feb. 7, 2023, seeking to compel the current Leflore County, Miss., sheriff, Ricky Banks, to serve an arrest warrant on Carolyn Bryant in the kidnapping that led to the brutal lynching of Till. She has since remarried and is named Carolyn Bryant Donham. In April 2023, Banks responded to the lawsuit by saying the arrest warrant is moot because a Mississippi grand jury declined to indict Donham in 2022; he also asked a judge to dismiss the suit. (AP Photo/File)

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Sheriff: Arrest warrant moot for kidnapping of Emmett Till
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Tue,04/18/23-11:13AM , 464 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi sheriff says in a new court filing that there's no point in serving an arrest warrant on a white woman in the 1955 kidnapping that led to the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till because last year a grand jury decided not to indict the woman.
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Republican House Speaker Philip Gunn of Clinton, speaks to members in the House Chamber, Thursday, March 9, 2023, at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson. Lawmakers in both chambers faced a deadline for reconsideration and passage of general bills and constitutional amendments that originated in the other house. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Mississippi session: Yes to moms' Medicaid, no to tax cuts
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Sat,04/01/23-3:12PM , 1437 Reads
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Rep. Zakiya Summers, D-Jackson speaks against passage of the controversial Jackson Capitol Complex Improvement District bill in the House Chamber, Friday, March 31, 2023, at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Mississippi closer to more state police in mostly Black city
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Fri,03/31/23-7:15PM , 467 Reads
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Senate Judiciary A Committee Chairman Brice Wiggins, R-Pascagoula, calls out for support to help to combat crime in Jackson, Miss., by supporting the controversial Jackson Capitol Complex Improvement District bill, Thursday, March 30, 2023, at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Mississippi pushes more state policing in mostly Black city
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Thu,03/30/23-8:20PM , 513 Reads
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