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 aint gonna vote where I live. If they did, theyd control the government. They aint gonna go to school with my kids. And when a nigger gets close to mentioning sex with a white woman, hes tired o livin. Im 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, Im tired of em sending your kind down here to stir up trouble. Goddam you, Im 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 wasnt 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.  Tills mother, Mamie Till, demanded that her son have an open casket funeral so that the world could see what they did to Bobo.