People are upset that Carolyn Bryant Donham died without ever being prosecuted for her part in the death of Emmett Till. They're hurt because the scales of justice were never balanced in his death.
They're missing the point. Because the scales of justice were never balanced is what gave the Till story its power. Because Emmett Till was denied, justice moved the country to begin taking action on civil rights in the South and racism throughout the whole country. That may not have ever happened if Till's death was met with equal justice when it happened.
Sometimes the entire point is that a thing was broken. Consider the crack in the liberty bell or the leaning tower of Pisa. Were these things whole, you would never have known about them. Emmett Till never received justice. That imbalance, that brokenness of purpose, moved the entire world.
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