A resident told local media that the care home was briefly placed on lockdown. Raleigh police reportedly arrived within minutes of protesters entering the building. “I understand Ms. Bryant (Donham) is in her mid to late eighties, but understandably, this is a crime she committed when she was 22 years old. Sixty years later, it’s time for him to be held accountable,” one protester was quoted as saying. The Justice Department ruled that Mr. Till’s murder could not be prosecuted when it closed the murder case in December, and legal experts suggest that the newly discovered warrant for Ms. Donham may no longer be enforceable. But activists have vowed to keep looking for her in hopes of getting authorities to extradite her to Mississippi. Ms Donham’s daughter-in-law, Marsha Bryant, has previously said the elderly woman had “nothing to do” with Mr Till’s murder and that she was “horrified” by what happened to the teenager. “[People] you think he should die or go to jail forever. They think what happened to Emmett Till should happen to her,” he told the Clarion Ledger in 2018.
