emmett till: the shaping of the people's dream

People are always going to see what they want to see and for that all white male jury the truth was plain and simple, not guilty. Not because the state wasn’t able to prove guilt, not because they really thought their ancestors would really turn over in their graves, but because they wanted to save their own behinds. Just think, it’s the 1950’s and two white men are on trial for killing a black boy. Can you imagine what would have happened if that jury would’ve convicted those white men? That jury would’ve been shunned out of the white community! They would’ve been just like Willie; sneaking out the court room to leave the state. Even though it’s the right thing to do, it wouldn’t have been the logical thing to do at time for those white men. I’m not condoning what they did but I do understand why they did it. I’m convinced that no matter how much evidence they gave in support of the state; if God Himself would’ve walked in that court room and said “yes, they did it, they killed Emmett,” those med would’ve went against God because they have to live with the white men on earth.