Newsmax Host Greg Kelly Controversially Compares Donald Trump's Trial To Emmett Till's: 'We've Seen This Before'
Newsmax host Greg Kelly is under fire for a controversial comparison he made on his show 'Greg Kelly Reports.'
On Monday, Kelly was discussing the media's portrayal of former President Donald Trump's hush money trial when he compared it to the trial following the murder of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African American boy lynched in Mississippi in 1955.
During the broadcast, Kelly, 55, criticized the notion of Trump being judged by a "jury of his peers." He also argued that as a former president of the United States, Trump has no true peers. In making this point, he invoked the murder of Till.
"Emmett Till, young man, beaten to death all the way back in the 1950s. What did he do? He said hello to a white woman, something like that. And an all-white mob beat him to death and three people, I believe, were arrested. And the jury said, 'We don't see no problem here,' and let him go, right? A jury of the accusers' peers found nothing to see here," he said. "So jury, I'm told, gets it wrong sometimes. Seems to be a lot of people who think that a lot of murderers were let free that day. All right, so we've seen this before."
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According to the 'Atlanta Black Star,' Kelly's comparison sparked immediate backlash on social media. Critics lambasted him for what they viewed as a grossly inappropriate analogy.
One outraged user tweeted, "GREG KELLY YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED! HOW DARE YOU!!!! The murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till in 1955 brought nationwide attention to the racial violence and injustice prevalent in Mississippi."
The outrage stemmed from the profound historical significance of Emmett Till who was brutally murdered by two white men who were subsequently acquitted by an all-white, all-male jury. Their acquittal highlighted the deep-seated racism and systemic injustice of the era.
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Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam, the white men who killed Emmett Till, were arrested on August 29, 1955. The jury only deliberated for one hour before finding them not guilty, 'Britannica' reports.
Carolyn Bryant Donham, the white woman who accused Till of whistling at her, died at 88-years-old on April 25, 2023. She was never held accountable for her actions, appeared in court and has denied any wrongdoing.
In 2022, President Joe Biden signed the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act, 'NPR' reports, to make lynching a federal crime, according to White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.
