messages involving puerto rico s political leaders. 880 pages in total with profane, homophobic and misogynistic messages did between the governor ricardo rossello and nearly a dozen aids and collaborators. the center for investigative reporting in puerto rico published those documents and less than two weeks later he nuchbsed his resignation. carla minet is the executive director of cpi along with one of the journalists louise valentine ortiz. karla, i hope you can hear me. what have the last two weeks been like for your neorganizati. well, this has been a nonstop journey for us. we ve been working really hard until very late. we ve been delivered a lot of tips with a lot of pressure, with a lot of responsibilities.
all the more shocking. we first showed you last night. three white students from ole miss posing with guns in front of a memorial to emmett till. the photograph was obtained by the mississippi center for investigative reporting and propublica. the memorial appears to be bullet ridden. it s unclear whether the students caused the actual damage. the university of mississippi identified two of the students. as john low and ben leclair. it s not clear at this point who the third student is or what his status at the university is. and we re blurring their faces because despite our efforts, we ve not been able to yet reach them for comment. all three have been suspended from kappa alpha fraternity. a spokesperson for the fraternity saying, quote, the photograph is inappropriate, insensitive and unacceptable. it does not represent our chapter. the universities a interim chancellor sent a message to
chapter. university interim chancellor sent a message to students, faculty and staff. including this quote. saying they do not speak for our institution. they do not define us. what makes this different than other offensive, hurtful and disgusting things we see on social media every day is that at the very least, it belittles the price that a 14 year-old paid for being black. race and ethnicity are not choices. they are not political affiliations, decisions or attitudes. they are fundamental aspects of our dignity and who we are as individuals. now the justice department sill rights division is investigating the photograph. last night don lemon talked with a man who broke the story. jerry mitchell. the founder of the mississippi center for investigative reporting and spent his career investigating civil rights era
emmett till memorial riddled with bullet holes. remember, in 1955, emmett till was just 14 years old when he was dragged from his bed, tortured, brutally murdered and dumped in a river all because a white woman claimed he whistled at her. a claim she later said was false. if you re wondering why the faces of these students are blurred, it s because we reached out to them. we wanted their response. we haven t heard back at this time. we don t know whether they were the ones who shot up that sign, but the three students have been suspended from their fraternity and a spokesman from ole miss university is calling the photo offensive and hurtful. so let s discuss now with the man who wrote the story. his name is jerry mitchell, he s the founder of the mississippi center for investigative reporting. he has spent his career investigating civil rights era killings. his work has led to the arrests and conviction of people responsible for the assassination in a bombing of a 1963 birmingham chur
university is calling the photo offensive and hurtful. so let s discuss now with the man who wrote the story, his name is jerry mitchell, he s the founder of the mississippi center for investigative reporting. he has spent his career investigating civil rights era killings. his work has led to the arrests and convictions of people responsible for the assassination in a bombing of a 1963 birmingham church that killed four young girls. mr. mitchell, thank you for coming on. talk to me about this picture and how it became public. well, we basically were contacted and provided the photograph and also were able to get our hands on the complaint as well. and we were we were we were surprised by this photograph of what did it mean? we weren t sure. so we wanted to dig into this and find out. and regardless of what it means completely, obviously just to the eye it s as ole miss