“Nothing that boy did could ever justify what happened to him,” she allegedly told Tyson while describing her “sorrow” for Till’s mother.
But Donham denied to federal investigators that she lied in her testimony, a source with knowledge said, and there were inconsistencies with statements made by Tyson. Department of Justice officials plan to release a memo after briefing Till's family in Chicago, the source added."Carolyn Bryant denies it and avoids talking about it like it was the plague," Tyson said in an email statement to NBC News.
He added that his interview with Donham revealed nothing new because"we have long known she was lying." Tyson noted that his book also contained dozens of pages of documented evidence, including evidence collected by the FBI when it reopened the case in 2004. "Let us just look at the evidence as if I had never talked to Carolyn," Tyson said. "That she lied in court does not depend on her admission of it to me, not at all."
Till's murder shocked the nation, acting as a catalyst for the civil rights movement. His funeral was attended by thousands and his mother insisting on an open casket to show the brutality of his killing.
DOJ couldn’t prove it. And statute of limitations ran out decades ago. This is a 66 year old case what did anyone expect.
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