![The spot where Emmett Till's body was found is marked by this sign. People keep shooting it up. – Chicago Tribune The spot where Emmett Till's body was found is marked by this sign. People keep shooting it up. – Chicago Tribune](https://www.chicagotribune.com/resizer/RoyX1ChUobIiz8zTp_BUF88h4XM=/1200x630/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-tronc.s3.amazonaws.com/public/TSFNLCJMQJHI7D53YYIWLVYYGE.jpg)
The spot where Emmett Till's body was found is marked by this sign. People keep shooting it up. – Chicago Tribune
![Fan Used As Weight -- Leflore County Deputy Sheriff John Ed Cothran examines the huge cotton gin fan used to weight down the body of 15-year-old Emmet Louis Till in the Tallahatchie Fan Used As Weight -- Leflore County Deputy Sheriff John Ed Cothran examines the huge cotton gin fan used to weight down the body of 15-year-old Emmet Louis Till in the Tallahatchie](https://cdn.superstock.com/5513/Comp/5513-16144236.webp)
Fan Used As Weight -- Leflore County Deputy Sheriff John Ed Cothran examines the huge cotton gin fan used to weight down the body of 15-year-old Emmet Louis Till in the Tallahatchie
Detroit Griot on Twitter: "Bryant and Miliam beat Emmett Till unconscious, maimed him, shot him in the face, and tied a 75-pound cotton-gin fan to his 5-5, 160-pound body with barbed-wire. In
![Sep 21, 1955 - Sumner, Mississippi, U.S. - Dist. Atty. GERALD CHATHAM (center) placed a heavy cotton Sep 21, 1955 - Sumner, Mississippi, U.S. - Dist. Atty. GERALD CHATHAM (center) placed a heavy cotton](https://cdn.imago-images.de/bild/st/0084467015/m.jpg)
Sep 21, 1955 - Sumner, Mississippi, U.S. - Dist. Atty. GERALD CHATHAM (center) placed a heavy cotton
![Display inside the Emmett Till Historic Intrepid Center in an old cotton-gin building in tiny Glendora, Mississippi | Library of Congress Display inside the Emmett Till Historic Intrepid Center in an old cotton-gin building in tiny Glendora, Mississippi | Library of Congress](http://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/service:pnp:highsm:42600:42674/full/pct:25/0/default.jpg)