This is how Milam defended himself and described the murder in Look magazine.  I never hurt a nigger in my life. I like niggers  in their place & But I just decided it was time a few people got put on notice. As long as I live and can do anything about it, niggers are gonna stay in their place. Niggers aint gonna vote where I live. If they did, theyd control the government. They aint gonna go to school with my kids. And when a nigger gets close to mentioning sex with a white woman, hes tired o livin. Im likely to kill him. Me and my folks fought for this country, and we got some rights. I stood there in that shed and listened to that nigger throw that poison at me, and I just made up my mind. Chicago boy, I said, Im tired of em sending your kind down here to stir up trouble. Goddam you, Im going to make an example of you  just so everybody can know how me and my folks stand. So Big Milam decided to act. He needed a weight&Bobo wasnt bleeding much. Pistol-whipping bruises more than it cuts. They ordered him back in the truck and headed west again & Bryant and Big Milam stood aside while Bobo loaded the fan. Weight: 74 pounds & Big Milam ordered Bobo to pick up the fan.He staggered under its weight & carried it to the river bank.  Tills mother, Mamie Till, demanded that her son have an open casket funeral so that the world could see what they did to Bobo.
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