Jena 6 Case Controversy

[PrezLeefun]

Thousands Expected to Protest 'Jena Six' Racial Beating Charges


JENA, La. — Tina Cheatham missed the civil rights marches at Selma, Montgomery and Little Rock, but she had no intention of missing another brush with history.

That's why the 24-year-old Georgia Southern University graduate drove all night to make it to the tiny, central Louisiana town of Jena before Thursday.

"It was a good chance to be part of something historic since I wasn't around for the civil rights movement. This is kind of the 21st century version of it," she said.

Cheatham was among thousands expected to turn out in support of six black teenagers, known as the Jena Six, jailed for the beating of a white classmate. The event was heavily promoted on black Web sites, blogs, radio and publications.

Months after declining to charge three white high school students who were briefly suspended for hanging nooses in a tree, local prosecutors charged five of the six black students with attempted second-degree murder in the beating of a white student. The sixth defendant's case is sealed because he is charged as a juvenile.





http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,297406,00.html

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=3607047 video coverage from ABC news.

[Wolfcounsel]

Let me see. Three morons decide to be cute and they hang nooses from a tree. The nooses represent the lynch mentality of white racists of a previous era. The "students" involved get a suspension instead of being charged with a crime. After that, some white kid gets attacked by six black kids (cowards run in packs), and all hell breaks loose to focus on the devil white racist aggressors who are dogging those poor black kids for their fun. Did I miss something?

Hang the thugs up by their balls!

[PrezLeefun]

I am trying to find all I can on this story just so I can be clear about it. I learned a long time ago not to take everything for its face value.


But the more I hear the more I am sure that there is a miscarriage of justice going on here. Not because black students are being punished (I think deserve punishment for beating up this kid) but because white students.... (who from every report I have heard) have commited similar crimes and are NOT being punished in the same fashion... if they have been punished at all.

This case does in my opinion warrant some severity from law enforcement but it should be equal severity.

[PrezLeefun]

Wolfie.... from what I heard reported there have been numerous attacks over the last year on both white and black students with large groups on small numbers.
One incident involved a gun.

This individual case is what has been blown up to my understanding.
I agree these kids were being cowards and should be punished.

But shouldnt everyone who was involved in any attack? I have not heard of even a single white student being punished by law enforcement concerning this issue in Jena.

[Wolfcounsel]

"This case does in my opinion warrant some severity from law enforcement but it should be equal severity." --PrezLeefun

The two incidents do not have equality of severity. Do you mean whack the white punks' peepees to the max and hang the black kids' balls to the max, or what do you mean by equal severity being meted out? <!-- / message --><!-- sig -->

[Wolfcounsel]

"But shouldnt everyone who was involved in any attack? I have not heard of even a single white student being punished by law enforcement concerning this issue in Jena." --PrezLeefun

I don't know what type of town Jena is. If it is a small clique type of town, you can bet your life's savings the people who run the town are clique members, and it wouldn't surprise me if some scandal broke out there about maybe some porno ring or other racket ring being run by the upstanding citizens of Jena. The scarcity of punishment for the white population versus the "maxed out" court cases for the black population should lead those black leaders like Sharpton and Jackson to commence some sort of investigation. But those clowns always seem to show up to try to incite worse things. <!-- / message --><!-- sig -->

[Lazarus]

And now Jesse "Prince of the Pimps" Jackson has descended on the town to see that the 6 thugs who "courageously" beat up this single white kid are freed and celebrated and raised on high as civil rights heroes...

I heard a report on the BBC this morning concerning the event... They described it as "6 black youths knocked over a white youth who then passed out"... That's how the BBC is portraying the event to the world... They just "knocked him over" - kinda like they "knocked over the sugar bowl" - Oops, we knocked him over...

And then this timid creature, apparently overwhelmed by the excitement and humidty, simply passed out - What a delicate flower he must be... Why, I bet he floated on a downy soft cloud to the hospital...

When what actually happened was a pack of predators ganged up and beat the kid to the point of unconsciousness...

One wonders what the pop culture media reaction would have been if the roles had been reversed... "6 white racists beat black youth in Louisiana"... THAT would be called a lynching...
The media would declare "Aparteid lives in the Deep South"...
The UN would pass a resolution (sponsored by Iran and Venezuela) condemning Genocide in America...
The twin whores Jesse and Al would lead a herd of celebrities and camera hogs to Louisiana, including notable political visionaries as Danny Glover, Hugo Chavez, Raoul Castro, Sean Penn, and a bevy of lefty Hollywood types desperate for camera time to give their flagging careers a shot in the arm...

Because even when a single white kid is beat up by a mob of hateful rabid blacks, the world knows Blacks are incapable of racism... So naturally this must be a community of white racists who have tormented these sad black victims to despair...


This nation is going to burn down before I die...

[Rhino]

Wolfie.... from what I heard reported there have been numerous attacks over the last year on both white and black students with large groups on small numbers.
One incident involved a gun.

This individual case is what has been blown up to my understanding.
I agree these kids were being cowards and should be punished.

But shouldnt everyone who was involved in any attack? I have not heard of even a single white student being punished by law enforcement concerning this issue in Jena. There were only two other incidents of violence. In one, a white kid was arrested and charged. In the other (with the gun), a black kid was arrested and charged. As to the gun, eyewitness accounts (none from the actual participants) indicated that the kid got his shotgun for self defense after being threatened. The black kid was charged for stealing the shotgun. The statements from the actual participants contradicted each other, which is why they went with statements from the eyewitnesses. It seems that some of the things you've heard reported are what is being blown up here. But that's pretty typical when folks like Sharpton and Jackson are involved.

[Lazarus]

One day Jackson and Sharpton are going to strut and stir the pot on a local situation like this and its going to erupt in a blood bath - literally! Which they will see as an advantageous turn of events - No amount of human life is too costly when their own publicity might benefit from it...

These evil men and their ilk make their careers on stirring racial hatred - They are like psycopathic arsonists who get their sexual jollies by starting fires and watching people's lives destroyed...

When this nation erupts into a bloody, murderous race war, it will be these spiders who flip the switch...

[Rhino]

The scarcity of punishment for the white population versus the "maxed out" court cases for the black population should lead those black leaders like Sharpton and Jackson to commence some sort of investigation.That situation does not exist. Having grown up in the south, I am continually amazed at how many people so easily believe that such situations are the norm there. Having lived all over, I can guarantee you that racial tensions and incidents are far more prevalent in the northern states. There are some scattered exceptions on both sides, but the south is far from the racial boiling point that so many people seem to believe it is.

[Lazarus]

That situation does not exist. Having grown up in the south, I am continually amazed at how many people so easily believe that such situations are the norm there. Having lived all over, I can guarantee you that racial tensions and incidents are far more prevalent in the northern states. There are some scattered exceptions on both sides, but the south is far from the racial boiling point that so many people seem to believe it is.True words...

But, my, how the South makes for a convenient whipping boy for the rest of the nation, and even the world, when one needs to re-direct attention from one's own racist problems... And they do keep a microscope inserted up our collective ass down here in the South, don't they?... :brow:

[Incident_command]

Jesse and all the other black pimps need to keep up appearances, make it look like they do something. How many times have we seen this play out. They are of a select few who have no accountability.

[Wolfcounsel]

"That situation does not exist." --Rhino

Yes, I understand. I said, "should lead those black leaders", which is sarcasm right away. Sort of like me witnessing a dog pooping on somebody's yard, and I yell to my anal-retentive neighbor to hurry up and call the Uh-Oh Squad.

[Lubbock]

Sounds to me like the entire town couold use a good dose of Saniflush.

Ain't no heros here on either side, just assholes on both sides.

[Rhino]

Thousands Rally for 'Jena 6' in Small Louisiana Town
Thursday, September 20, 2007

JENA, La. — Thousands of chanting demonstrators filled the streets of this little Louisiana town in America's Deep South on Thursday in support of six black teenagers initially charged with attempted murder in the beating of a white classmate.

The crowd broke into chants of "Free the Jena Six" as civil rights leader the Rev. Al Sharpton arrived at the local courthouse with family members of the jailed teens.

He told the Associated Press that he and three Democratic U.S. lawmakers will press the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee next week to summon the district attorney handling the case to explain his actions before Congress.

"What we need is federal intervention to protect people from Southern injustice," Sharpton told the AP. "Our fathers in the 1960s had to penetrate the Kennedy and Johnson administrations; we have to do the same thing."

This could be the beginning of a 21st century's civil rights movement challenge disparities in the justice system, he said, adding that he planned a November march in Washington.

Martin Luther King III, son of the slain civil rights leader, said the scene was reminiscent of earlier civil rights struggles. He said punishment of some sort may be in order for the six defendants, but "the justice system isn't applied the same to all crimes and all people."...http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,297440,00.html

[d'urville]

This story again. Race-baiting just won't die.

Let me see. Three morons decide to be cute and they hang nooses from a tree. The nooses represent the lynch mentality of white racists of a previous era. The "students" involved get a suspension instead of being charged with a crime. After that, some white kid gets attacked by six black kids (cowards run in packs), and all hell breaks loose to focus on the devil white racist aggressors who are dogging those poor black kids for their fun. Did I miss something?

Hang the thugs up by their balls!

Okay, but there IS a delay in the cause-and-effect thing here - from the Communist News Network:


JENA, Louisiana (CNN) -- There is no link between the nooses hung by white students outside a Louisiana high school and the alleged beating of a white student by black teens, according to the U.S. attorney who reviewed investigations into the incidents.

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Some residents say nooses hung from a tree on campus sparked the violence that landed the Jena 6 in jail.

The events, though likely symptoms of racial tension, were separate incidents, said Donald Washington, U.S. attorney for the Western District of Louisiana.

The events occurred three months apart last year in Jena, Louisiana
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Rest: LINK (http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/19/jena.six.link/?iref=mpstoryview)

But that's not what the ilks of Sharpton and Jackson want to hear, so they'll ignore all that.

[Rhino]

The nooses weren't even reported to police, so they can't claim there was no prosecution due to race.

http://www.thetowntalk.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007707310322

[Wolfcounsel]

"Okay, but there IS a delay in the cause-and-effect thing here - from the Communist News Network:..." --d'urville

There need be no link between the two incidents. A six-pack of cowards beat up one kid. Very brave. Let me give the pack wall-to-wall counseling at least.

[Rhino]

Sep 23, 8:03 AM EDT

FBI Reviewing Anti-Jena 6 Web Page

By BECKY BOHRER
Associated Press Writer

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The FBI is reviewing a white supremacist Web site that purports to list the addresses of five of the six black teenagers accused of beating a white student in Jena and "essentially called for their lynching," an agency spokeswoman said Saturday.

Sheila Thorne, an agent in the FBI's New Orleans office, said authorities were reviewing whether the site breaks any federal laws. She said the FBI had "gathered intelligence on the matter," but declined to further explain how the agency got involved.

CNN first reported Friday about the Web site, which features a swastika, frequent use of racial slurs, a mailing address in Roanoke, Va., and phone numbers purportedly for some of the teens' families "in case anyone wants to deliver justice." That page is dated Thursday.

The Rev. Al Sharpton said in a statement Saturday that some of the families have received "almost around the clock calls of threats and harassment," and called on Gov. Kathleen Blanco to intervene.

A Blanco spokeswoman said the governor had asked law enforcement - primarily state police - to investigate....http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/J/JENA_SIX?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=US

[Lubbock]

I heard a BLACK newspaper reporter from someplace down there --might have been Jena. The paper and town was cited but I don't remember.

He lowered the boom on those balck "kids." Told the whole sorded tale. They are really bad "kids," Sounds like to me they all need to be put behind bars and kept there.

For a long time.

Let loose on society, it's just a matter of time before an "attempted" murder charge turns into the real thing.

[d'urville]

The nooses weren't even reported to police, so they can't claim there was no prosecution due to race.


The MSM didn't even get THAT right - they're thrown into a tizzy whenever facts get in the way of sensationalism.

I haven't seen this posted here, so:


The so-called "white tree" at Jena High, often reported to be the domain of only white students, was nothing of the sort, according to teachers and school administrators; students of all races, they say, congregated under it at one time or another.

Two nooses — not three — were found dangling from the tree. Beyond being offensive to blacks, the nooses were cut down because black and white students "were playing with them, pulling on them, jump-swinging from them, and putting their heads through them," according to a black teacher who witnessed the scene.

There was no connection between the September noose incident and December attack, according to Donald Washington, an attorney for the U.S. Justice Department in western Louisiana, who investigated claims that these events might be race-related hate crimes.

The three youths accused of hanging the nooses were not suspended for just three days — they were isolated at an alternative school for about a month, and then given an in-school suspension for two weeks.


link - LINK (http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jOl6L858y0iDf4k_28ojhYLcuLGg)

And they're little latest cause celebre, is a seventeen year old thug, that has four other violent convictions, including sexual assault on a young black girl and stealing a car and running over an 8 year old while high on drugs.

"Mychal Bell" has been in the court system since he was ten years old.

[TeenageRepublican]

This is why "hate crimes" need to be put out of the question and actually focus on the crime itself.
In my opinion, I don't care whether or not the kids were white, black, mexican, chinese, or any other skin color. I care about the crime, not why it was done, just the crime.
Both of these groups of idiots deserve what they get. I don't care what skin color they are.

[Rhino]

'Jena 6' Black Teen Accused in Beating of White Classmate to Be Retried as Juvenile
Thursday, September 27, 2007

JENA, La. — The prosecutor in the "Jena 6" cases has decided not to challenge a ruling that sent 17-year-old Mychal Bell's case to juvenile court.

LaSalle Parish District Attorney Reed Walters had earlier said he would appeal the state appeals court's decision to set aside Bell's second-degree battery conviction on the grounds that Bell should not have been tried as an adult.

Gov. Kathleen Blanco, with Martin Luther King III and the Rev. Al Sharpton at her side, announced Wednesday that she had spoken with Walters and asked him to reconsider pushing to keep the case in the adult system. She said Walters told her he had decided not to appeal the ruling.

"I want to thank him for this decision he has made," Blanco said.

Bell, who remains behind bars, was one of six black Jena High School teens arrested after a December attack on a white student, Justin Barker. Five of the six initially were charged with attempted second-degree murder, though charges against four of them, including Bell, were later reduced. One teen has yet to be arraigned, another was handled as a juvenile and records are sealed....http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,298256,00.html

[Timberwolf]

Lubbock, was that reporter the one from Kansas City? (Jason Whitlock)

Posted at FC (http://www.freeconservatives.com/vb/showthread.php?t=51170&highlight=Jason+Whitlock)

Whitlock's column (http://www.kansascity.com/sports/columnists/jason_whitlock/story/284511.html)

btw - I forwarded his column to Hannity, Rush, O'Reilly, Fox & Friends & Shep Smith. Hopefully, one of 'em will run with it...

[DesertFox]

Ain't no heros here on either side, just assholes on both sides. No heroes, but I've seen nothing to indicate assholes on the side of the victim.

[Incident_command]

No heroes, but I've seen nothing to indicate assholes on the side of the victim.

:yeahthat:

[Kathy30]

That makes six victms that Bell got away with beating up. I'll bet number seven comes along in a month or two.

[Rhino]

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m212/omahabob/Jessie.jpg

[PrezLeefun]

^^^^ I like the cartoon.

[Timberwolf]

Amen, Prez...getting rid of those two (along with Calypso Louie) would all but end racism within 2 years.

[Rhino]

^^^^ I like the cartoon.Warlady e-mailed it to me.

[DesertFox]

When I's in high school back in the Sixties in rural Kansas, me'n some buddies tied lynch nooses in the venetian blinds when the teach was out in the hall. When she came back in, we had the blinds fixed to suddenly shoot open, and there would be an effigy of Miss Myers, hanging from the venetian blinds. Funniest idiot thing you ever saw at the time. But that was then, not today, and Miss Myers, a complete idiot of an aging female, was white and not black or some other color.

None of us got so much as a slap on the hands. Miss Myers gained my respect by putting her hand in front of her mouth and smirking behind it before asking my buddy if he would mind fixing the blinds and taking down the lynched person. Us showoff idiot boys of course began loudly demanding a funeral and she just looked us into submission over the tops of her glasses.

Fun days, them. You could make jokes and not go to jail. You could say things that everybody said all the time and not go to jail. You could be a kid and not go to jail. If somebody's ass needed kicking, somebody else kicked it and didn't go to jail.

If two guys got into it, it was almost always evident who was to blame and that guy got suspended or expelled; the other guy, who was just defending hizself, got nothing. But if somebody really did try to seriously hurt somebody else, other people jumped in and stopped it, and nobody went to jail. But almost nobody ever seriously tried to hurt anybody else, maybe because they were allowed to burn off excess energy at lower levels and also maybe because they knew other people wouldn't put up with them seriously hurting somebody else.

That, of course, was in rural Kansas. Meanwhile, in Kansas City, from which we moved just as I's finishing 8th grade, guys would get into fights and the winner would knock the loser unconscious and then curb him, leaving his teeth and often his mouth ruined for life. Guys would shove pencils into each other in a fight. Guys would kick each other in the head, not caring if they thus ruined the other guy's brain and effectively killed him. I got caught up in that just in time to move away and get set in the time warp in the country where I spent the next four years, having to fight but not having to fight for my life.

I detest cities.