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Roy Bryant

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The Resume

    (January 24, 1931-September 1, 1994)
    Born in Ruleville, Tennessee
    Owner of Bryant’s Grocery Store
    Murderer of Emmett Till

Why he might be annoying:

    He kidnapped, tortured and murdered 14 year old Emmett Till because Till allegedly whistled at his wife.
    He killed Till by beating him, gouging his eyes out, shooting him in the head and throwing him in a river with a cotton gin fan tied to his body with barbed wire.
    He was acquitted by an all white jury.
    After he and his co-defendant were found not guilty, he admitted to an interviewer that he had indeed killed Till, and lied under oath.
    He never expressed any remorse.
    Before he died, he complained about not making enough money off of the Till incident and was annoyed that it had ruined his life.
    After his trial his store was shut down due to lack of business.
    He made a statement defending a klansman who was convicted of killing a black man.

Why he might not be annoying:

    His actions helped bring awareness to Southern racism.
    He is dead.
    His victim's mother outlived him.

Credit: Jack Magic


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 10 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 388 Votes: 57.47% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 14 Votes: 92.86% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 105 Votes: 56.19% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 35 Votes: 54.29% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 30 Votes: 63.33% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 26 Votes: 76.92% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 20 Votes: 55.00% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 65 Votes: 70.77% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 287 Votes: 69.69% Annoying