Rep. Bobby Rush introduced the Emmett Till Anti Lynching Act in the House, where it passed in February. 'I'm absolutely certain that Mr. Arbery's killing would fall within the total jurisdiction, description, purpose and spirit of the bill,' he says.
Rush spoke of those parallels in an interview Friday with NPR'sOn whether Ahmaud Arbery's death would qualify as a lynching under his legislation
I'm absolutely certain that Mr. Arbery's killing would fall within the total jurisdiction, description, purpose and spirit of the bill that passed the house.Emmett's death meant so much to me and to a whole generation of people. My generation, as a matter of fact, was really significantly shaped by the brutal murder of Emmett Till and the courage of his mother to keep his casket open ... That really created the impetus for the Civil Rights movement that changed the nation.
The major lie that was told back then really has a strong connection — an unbroken connection to the lie that the father and son [... This is an uninterrupted lie that extends from the lips of Emmett's murders back then to Arbery's murder even to this present day. The spirt of trying to get away with murder and to express racist motivation and intent to kill an innocent person just because of the color of their skin.
On the frustrations of having to pass the Emmett Till Antilynching Act for both past and present cases I'm 73-years-old now and I must have been nine or 10 when Emmett was killed, alight. But the question that I have in my heart and in my spirit is when is this going to end? When will it be a violation of the federal law?It would give the Justice Department not just a violation of a hate crime statue to charge the offenders with. But, to me, to be identified as a"lyncher" in America, it says something about your character. You will never ever be able to live that down.
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