Compare and Contrast Treyvon/Emmett

The deaths of Treyvon Martin and Emmett Till were similar and different in many ways. The deaths of them two are similar because they were both killed without doing something major. Their deaths involve racism in some way. Trayvon was killed because he looked suspiscous about carrying a gun. Emmett Till was murdered because he flirted with a white woman. The deaths of these two were way different. Trayvon wasnt tortured in a horrible way he was just shot. Emmett was horribly tortured. Later Emmett's murderers threw him into the river where he died and his body was found 3 days later. Trayvon was older than Emmett by the time of his death being 17 while Emmett was only 14 years old.