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The Case of the Jena Six: Black High School Students Charged with Attempted Murder for Schoolyard Fight
News Type: Event — Seeded on Wed Jul 11, 2007 1:22 PM EDT
Article Source: Democracy Now!advertisement
While Natalie Holloway remains a nationally-known case, six kids in Louisiana are about to lose their freedom, have their youth and even their lives destroyed, and you dont even know about it.
This is the Genarlow Wilson case multiplied by about a hundred. It's taken a year for people to get up in arms about that case, while these six students in Jena still wallow in obscurity, about to be tossed into the American prison industry on the basis of race alone.
Democracy Now covered this story yesterday, with interviews with several of the key people involved, including family members of the accused.
What this amounts to is that a half dozen young people who beat up a kid, resulting in minor injuries, injuries not severe enough to keep the kid in the hospital for more than a few hours, are threatened with up to 100 years in jail. One has already been convicted and faces up to 22 years in jail.
How?
Why?
Because, after a black student sat under a tree in the high school campus yard, nooses appeared on the tree, racial tensions escalated, and there was a schoolyard fight. After the nooses appeared, black students protested. The protest resulted in the DA going to the school, waving a pen in the air and telling the students that, with one motion of his pen, he could ruin their lives.
Shortly after that, there was an altercation involving some black students and a white man, not a student, at a local gas station. The white man threatened the kids with a gun. The kids overwhelmed the man, subdued him, and called the police.
The black kids were subsequently charged with assault.
Now, a sneaker is being described as a deadly weapon, the kids' court-appointed attorney brought NO witnesses to the stand in the first child's defense (despite his family members being named as witnesses, which seems to have been done for the sole reason of including them in the judge's gag order), the jury, all white with no objections, consists of family members and friends of either the judge, the DA or the "victim," and the national media is silent on this case.
This case is appalling, and demonstrates the ongoing Jim Crow era in the south and the inability for justice to prevail with any significance.
This case is a shameful example of American society at its worst.
Jena is a small town nestled deep in the heart of Central Louisiana. Until recently, you may well have never heard of it. But this rural town of less than 4,000 people has become a focal point in the debate around issues of race and justice in this country.
Last December, six black students at Jena High School were arrested after a school fight in which a white student was beaten and suffered a concussion and multiple bruises. The six black students were charged with attempted second-degree murder and conspiracy. They face up to 100 years in prison without parole. The Jena Six, as they have come to be known, range in age from 15 to 17 years old.
Just over a week ago, an all-white jury took less than two days to convict 17 year-old Mychal Bell, the first of the Jena Six to go on trial. He was convicted of aggravated battery and conspiracy charges and now faces up to 22 years in prison.
District Attorney of LaSalle Parish: J. Reed Walters
28th Judicial District
Parishes Served: LaSalle
J. Reed Walters
P.O. Box 1940
Jena, LA 71342-1940
LaSalle Parish
Office Phone: (318) 992-8282
Office Fax: (318) 992-4731
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{"commentId":856928,"authorDomain":"firsty"}
reed walters appears to have turned the ringer off on his office phone.
i encourage everyone to write letters and to check out the seeded article for information on the jena 6 defense fund.
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- 4 votes
#1 - Wed Jul 11, 2007 1:32 PM EDT{"commentId":856946,"authorDomain":"firsty"}
here is another link to a separate democracynow report, which gives more background on the case.
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- 4 votes
#2 - Wed Jul 11, 2007 1:34 PM EDT{"commentId":857045,"authorDomain":"baxter"}
I grew up about an hour from Jena, so it's hard for me to work up much suprise. Disgust, yes. Surprise, no.
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- 10 votes
#3 - Wed Jul 11, 2007 2:00 PM EDT{"commentId":857076,"authorDomain":"firsty"}
thats pretty much the feeling, it seems, of the family members involved. all the more disturbing.
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- 8 votes
{"commentId":857417,"authorDomain":"GreyWolf"}
not being familiar with this story before, and after a hasty examination of other sources, so far i'd say excellent seed/article! and as always, you appear completely biased and i'm with you 100%.
i'm clipping this to the GW group also...
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- 8 votes
#4 - Wed Jul 11, 2007 3:47 PM EDT{"commentId":857474,"authorDomain":"firsty"}
as always, you appear completely biased and i'm with you 100%.
:) i love that line. thank you.
i'm trying to connect with other people/groups on this...i'll continue to update the thread. i have a cut and paste that i'm about to do from another forum.
ps the headline on my blog post is even more biased!
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- 6 votes
{"commentId":857630,"authorDomain":"surya"}
A bias towards truth and justice is one I can live with (and even nurture within myself). I think it's a bias that those who designed and founded the US legal system also had. But it seems the principles that guided them are missing in action.
Where's the public outrage?
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- 4 votes
{"commentId":859153,"authorDomain":"publius76"}
i'm clipping this to the GW group also
Would it be worth it to create a jena 6 group?
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- 2 votes
{"commentId":859396,"authorDomain":"GreyWolf"}
publius76,
groups can be a pain in the butt, but feel free to do whatever moves you.
may i say, though, that i would encourage you [and firsty] to appropriate the "Activism" group,
i was pleased to see this article in the group, as opposed to the plethora of articles unrelated to activism normally posted (which i now try to delete at least a couple of times a week.)
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- 3 votes
{"commentId":857478,"authorDomain":"firsty"}
here is some text posted on a public online forum regarding the case, these are matters of public record that are important to the case:
The Jena Six
Mychal Bell - the first student tried and convicted for beating (shoving) Justin Barker
Theodore Shaw - student who cannot meet the $90,000 bond, therefore, he has been in jail since 12/4/06
Carwin Jones - student athlete who received college scholarships, withdrawn since his arrest.
Robert Bailey, Jr - the student who was beaten by whites at the Fair Barn
Bryant Purvis - student who was allegedly involved in the beating (shoving) of Justin Barker
Unnamed Minor - the sixth "Jena 6? student is being dealt with in the juvenile justice system.
Other students
Justin Barker - the "white" student who was beaten (shoved) on December 4, 2006. Descriptions of his injuries in news accounts are varied, but it is indisputable that he only spent two and a half hours in the ER, was not admitted to the hospital, and attended a school event later that evening.
Kenneth Purvis - the student who originally asked permission for the black students to sit under the "white only" tree on August 31, 2006
The Lawyers
Reed Walters - the District Attorney in LaSalle Parish, Louisiana. Warned black students that "I can make your lives disappear with a stroke of my pen" if they continued to sat under the "white only" tree.
Blaine Williams - Bell's attorney, a public defender who inexplicably called no defense witnesses at all.
Officials/Jena Residents
Glen Joiner - Jena High School Principal who recommended that the noose-hanging students be expelled. Superintendent Roy Breithaupt - Overruled Joiner and suspended the three noose-hangers, saying "Adolescents play pranks. I don't think it was a threat against anybody."
Murphy McMillian - Jena mayor, says that "Race is not a major local issue. It's not a factor in the local people's lives."
Eddie Thompson - a white pastor who admits that racism is rampant in Jena, and who has worked alongside other pastors in Jena to resolve the racial problems.
Emma Humphries - emergency room supervisor at LaSalle General Hospital at the time of the attack. It is rumored that she said Barker sustained a number of cuts and bruises, including a serious abrasion of the eye. She noted that he also had a swollen eye.
Persons of Interest
Unidentified - the white people who beat Robert Bailey, Jr at the Fair Barn. Bailey says there were six or seven of them. One received a charge of simple battery; the rest were not charged at all.
Unidentified - 21 year old "white" Jena High School graduate who either was part of the group who beat Robert Bailey, Jr at the Fair Barn the night before, or at least was present, threatened black students with a pump-action shotgun at a Jena convenience store. He was not charged, but the students who disarmed him were charged with aggravated battery, theft and face many years in prison if convicted.
please note: JENA, LOUISIANA POPULATION--3,250 (2,900 WHITE/350 BLACK)
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- 9 votes
#5 - Wed Jul 11, 2007 4:09 PM EDT{"commentId":857517,"authorDomain":"eco-geek"}
Pretty disgusting that something like this can happen today. I thought we left things like this in the 50's.
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- 7 votes
#6 - Wed Jul 11, 2007 4:25 PM EDT{"commentId":857689,"authorDomain":"vikibabbles"}
This case is sickening.
Brian Ford seeded about it a little while back.
It's a good collection of photos and information.
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- 8 votes
#7 - Wed Jul 11, 2007 5:16 PM EDT{"commentId":857991,"authorDomain":"raatkiraani"}
Worrying case. Good unbiased report, Firsty.
I'm trying a new regime starting today to try to smile as often as possible. Hard to do that when one comes across a case like this.
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- 5 votes
#8 - Wed Jul 11, 2007 7:17 PM EDT{"commentId":858014,"authorDomain":"tacitus13"}
I agree that the possible punishments are too harsh but the fact remains that you have SIX kids attacking one. Some punishment is in order. If it takes a year in jail for them to get the message that this is unacceptable behavior, then so be it. Also, the article didn't mention sneakers being the weapon. Anyone have a link to an article that does?
[Mychal Bell] was convicted of aggravated battery and conspiracy charges and now faces up to 22 years in prison.
The charges he was convicted of seems fair enough to me but the possible prison time is extreme. Are the prison sentences this long in other states for these crimes?
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- 1 vote
#9 - Wed Jul 11, 2007 7:28 PM EDT{"commentId":858246,"authorDomain":"firsty"}
no. they are not. there is a sentencing disparity in these cases. please read all of the linked articles.
please also note that a kid getting beat up in high school, a kid accused of verbally attacking the other kids with racial slurs, doesnt usually result in CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT MURDER.
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- 4 votes
{"commentId":858282,"authorDomain":"firsty"}
ok ok sorry i flew off the handle there.
listen - the defense attorney didnt call any witnesses. the witnesses who were named were not called.
this first young man to be found guilty was not given a fair trial. did you review the rest of the facts of the case? the jury relationships to the people in the case?
you're assuming that this young man was even guilty of touching the "victim". there was no defense even raised.
the prosecuting DA is on the record as saying that protesting students' lives could be ruined with the stroke of a pen. obvious bias.
remember the duke case? compare the fate of that DA to the situation here.
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- 2 votes
{"commentId":858075,"authorDomain":"n-dog"}
Tacitus13- You can see the reference to the sneaker in a transcript of an interview with family of the Jena 6. I also agree that something has to be done when 6 kids attack one but when six or seven white students attacked Robert Bailey Jr one was charged with simple battery a misdemeanor, not two felonies. They should have been expelled from school and maybe a minor battery charge. There were no weapons (other than sneakers) and a weapon is needed for the definition of aggravated battery. The initial charges and the charges some of the six are still facing are attempted murder. If you ask me, conspiracy involves some planning and kids who jump in on a schoolyard fight don't have that premeditation.
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- 5 votes
#10 - Wed Jul 11, 2007 7:55 PM EDT{"commentId":859335,"authorDomain":"tacitus13"}
You can see the reference to the sneaker in a transcript of an interview with family of the Jena 6
Ok, thanks to the democracynow link you provided below, I found the sneaker comment. Who owned the sneakers, the assailants or the victim?
when six or seven white students attacked Robert Bailey Jr one was charged with simple battery a misdemeanor, not two felonies
That's a completely separate case that is barely mentioned in this article. The merits of that case cannot be decided rationally from what is injected into this article (also, I haven't seen any mention of weapons in that case). This case is about the Jena 6...
They should have been expelled from school and maybe a minor battery charge.
I don't know enough about the differences between criminal assault and battery charges. As long as they spend 6-12 months in jail and realize that what they did was terribly wrong, I have no problems with that. Merely expelling them from school without any prison time doesn't address the fact that what they did was wrong, illegal, a crime, and should not be tolerated for any reason.
a weapon is needed for the definition of aggravated battery.
If you remove your shoe in the middle of a fight in order to beat someone with and inflict even more damage than you could with your fist or foot, I'm pretty sure that a good case could be made for calling it a weapon. Did all six assailants beat the white kid with shoes or just one or two? Not that it makes much difference legally probably.
If you ask me, conspiracy involves some planning and kids who jump in on a schoolyard fight don't have that premeditation.
Definitions of conspiracy on the web are listed below. How much planning or time is required by law, and does it vary by state? I couldn't find the answers on the Net. Maybe the Jena 6 had discussed attacking a white kid in retaliation for the attack on Robert Bailey Jr? I would hope the DA has some proof of a conspiracy before filing such a charge against the defendants. Not only would it probably not survive the appeals process but it'd be pretty unethical.
# a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act
# a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot)
# a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose
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{"commentId":858080,"authorDomain":"n-dog"}
It wouldn't show my link. it is at a site called democracy now. you should be able to find it.
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- 1 vote
#11 - Wed Jul 11, 2007 7:56 PM EDT{"commentId":858199,"authorDomain":"EbenH"}
{"commentId":858853,"authorDomain":"kallestad"}
I don't have anything to add other than this is an excellent seed. We live sheltered lives thinking that this sort of a thing is only a part of history.
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- 1 vote
#13 - Thu Jul 12, 2007 2:16 AM EDT{"commentId":872284,"authorDomain":"markkram"}
I know too much about this going to court and not being defended. You know at one time you could get a way with curfew, teenage drinking/smoking and various other minor offenses, I don't mean " get away with" but you would get passed onto your parents and no official court documents would be filed and haunt you for many years to come.
Our society has taken on a pro active crime hunt ,
POLICE (NOT PEACE OFFICERS ,look at the change of wording on squad cars)(Too many label and accusations to name here) and
Prosecutors (defender of the LAWS put forth by legislators),
Judges (the NON_BIASED(LOL) interpreter of the laws and jury if you forgo the most forgone right in this country(TRIAL BY JURY), (Failure of Due Process)
CORRECTION FACILITIES (Not PENILE INSTITUTIONS - or are they?) Don't for one day think that these ego ridden guards are fair and just even to our YOUTH - Yes some states have reformed (thanks to lawsuits(good luck finding a lawyer for that fight!) AND finally
PUBLIC DEFENDERS (The underpaid lawyer who has no time(15 minute court house hallway consultations), no interest in your true best interest and no incentive (the defendant is not paying them), most times they just help process your paperwork like a teller at a bank!)are well an INDUSTRY.
(Failure of Due Process)
The CRIME INDUSTRY would take some hard knocks to fix. Fortunately we have the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, yeah I know , HaHa Ha Ha, I agree this only brings one question.....
WHO WILL ACTUALLY ALLOW US TO USE OUR RIGHTS - DUE PROCESS would be start
Politically I believe having President that knows and believes in the Constitution and Bill of Rights, like BARACK OBAMA would help.
Socially we need to come together and help people raise kids who need help, I for one know that kids get bored and really just want to enjoy life, be paid attention to, learn things and again be rebellious sometimes (big problem today is the heightening of influence from TV, Movies, Games, and More so Music - and most often times it is a HYPED UP LIFESTYLE unattainable by the average person.) This ALMOST makes me believe in the wants of MRS. GORE and her Censor labels!!(Remember?)
We need to stop the NEGATIVITY that society wants to place on kids, IT DON'T work!!
Correcting through positive reinforced measures is our societies only way of moving forward, decreasing incarceration, increasing education and job opportunities.
Understand People the World is truly about living, flaunt people with lavish lifestyles, easy rich schemes, then supply them with LOW PAY, Physically torturing(serious) little compensation for injury, what do you think they are going to do!! I'll use the current administrations threat of FEAR... can you say ANARCHY! God forbid people so lets get control of situations such as this and make our country an inclusive country that trully takes care of our own.
IMAGINE: (Bill and Melinda Gates, Carlos Slim Helu, Warren Buffet, and others ULTRA RICH) gave their money back to the "people" or the ECONOMY they got their money from!! What a concept - that would be true trickle down economics, but instead they horde the money(Buffet is not even leaving part of estate to children or grandchildren) start a save the world foundation. You see the middle class spend every penny we make, it goes to the rich, they spend- save- accumulate-donate and become the envy of the world, But who are the heroes?? the lumber yard worker, the grocery clerk , the meat plant worker, the tree trimmer, etc. etc. they PHYSICALLY earn their money.
(Sounds like a form of Capitalistic Slavery).
Oh I am sorry for rambling but man does this story rips a vein from my Caucasian red and white blood celled American body!!
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#14 - Tue Jul 17, 2007 11:16 AM EDT{"commentId":876113,"authorDomain":"firsty"}
this is the letter i am sending to 3 local papers in my area...
Dear Editors,
I am writing to you today as a concerned citizen. There is a news story that is affecting the lives of several young people which I believe would benefit from a greater national awareness.
In Jena, Louisiana, six high school students are being prosecuted with attempted murder following a schoolyard fight in which the "victim" received injuries so minor that he only required a brief trip to the hospital. The fight followed an unpunished event where nooses were hung from a tree on the school's campus after a black student requested permission to sit in its shade. The tree was informally considered "white-only."
One of the students, Mychal Bell, has already been found guilty and faces 22 years in jail. The other children face up to 100 years if found guilty.
In this case, the defense attorney for Mychal called no witnesses. The all-white jury had several personal connections to people in the case, including the judge. By all accounts, this is an incident driven by race, which is ruining the lives of several young people, in a nation that tried to do away with Jim Crow social structures decades ago. Unfortunately, there are still some communities and many people who are affected by racism such as this. I feel it would benefit everyone to have more coverage of this event.
Last year, this area found itself in the middle of a nationally-covered story regarding evolution. The small community of Jena, LA, needs help in getting out the word on what is happening there. I hope you find it a story worth covering in detail.
Sincerely,
...
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- 1 vote
#15 - Wed Jul 18, 2007 3:17 PM EDT{"commentId":876464,"authorDomain":"Aunk"}
Hetep and Respect firsty
I read all 40 something seeds. Very good information and an informative discussion. Can we readers use your letter? We need to make some noise up here in cyberspace and on the ground to get some traction on this issue.
What can and should the Louisiana U.S. Attorney do about this criminal judge and lawyers in Jena.
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- 2 votes
{"commentId":876492,"authorDomain":"firsty"}
yes, the letter is meant for wide distribution and does not require consent or credit.
here is a link sent to me from one of the journalists who is involved in covering the story. it is a group that is working on the problem.
the DA and the court-appointed atty are both criminals and should be 1. disbarred and 2. charged with obstruction of justice as well as whatever it's called when a lawyer intentionally misrepresents his client. the DA has a pattern of behavior in this situation, geared towards shutting down protests of racism.
i think of the duke case, and how critically the case was viewed even early on. and then we get to this case, where even we have here someone who manages to see the thing through the eyes of the officials and it's obvious whats going on here, at least to most of us, that this is racism that is somehow flying under the radar. we need to organize.
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- 1 vote
{"commentId":925855,"authorDomain":"sbutki"}
There's an update of sorts here.
I'll steer people here as well.
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#16 - Mon Aug 6, 2007 12:05 PM EDT{"commentId":968540,"authorDomain":"mbrantley147"}
Was it right for a six on one fight no matter what race was on the recieving end of it. I am from a small community in ga and we always settled things one on one.
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#17 - Wed Aug 22, 2007 7:18 PM EDT{"commentId":973312,"authorDomain":"mookey-56"}
This can't happen in America.All we hear about is killings dog by Michael Vick.These boys may have done something but to lock up for twenty years is crazy.The DA in case needs a new job ,he need to face twenty years.
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#18 - Fri Aug 24, 2007 5:31 PM EDT{"commentId":980964,"authorDomain":"mh230066"}
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- 2 votes
#19 - Tue Aug 28, 2007 9:26 AM EDT{"commentId":981161,"authorDomain":"mh230066"}
oh how we are these days and times. we need to realize that the constitution was not written with all in mind. we were serving coffee but we were not invited to have a say. Now if you do a crime then expect punishment but the punishment has to fit the crime. I don't believe in the way things are done. But until we as a people quit acknowledging how many cd's our entertainers sell and start concentrating on what we are doing to ourselves the world is not going to care. i am so sorry to the families that are going through this. my own famliy is in jail for 25 years for being in the store when the crime was committed. the witness said it was a black male but could not say who so all of them received the max. he did not even know the men in the store but b/c he was black. when we found out he was in jail for 6 months already. i know your pain. you have to make sure that you stay on it. you have to stay in the lawyers office, on the phone, in the paper and on the t.v. Do whatever legally possible to get it seen by all not just the town you live in. Tom Joyner, Michael Baysden Tavis Smiley Jesse Jackson and all of you we are aware now. What are we going to do. Rallying is not going to get these young men out of jail. Hillary and Barak what are your plan for the nation. No Promises needed ACTION required!
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#20 - Tue Aug 28, 2007 10:43 AM EDT{"commentId":993068,"authorDomain":"chutemark"}
Did anyone see the white kid who got "jumped" hang the noose?? Maybe he had nothing to do with it and got the @!$%# beat out of him for nothing! If it were white kids who beat a black kid the NAACP would be all over this. The KKK should come to this white kids rescue!!
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#21 - Sat Sep 1, 2007 9:56 PM EDT{"commentId":1031868,"authorDomain":"harmonii"}
Someone should come to the boy's rescue. Six on one is unfair regardless of what color your skin is.
I don't know whether the kid who got jumped had anything to do with the noose or not, but the whole thing could have been handled better on both sides.
Hanging nooses in public places as an intimidation technique is intolerable. Ganging up on one person (six on one) is also unfair.
Racism is poison to our society. Unfortunately I don't see any way to rid ourselves of it. . .ever.
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{"commentId":998578,"authorDomain":"rls-jones"}
It"s so sad that we as a society can't learn to get along with each other as human being. Why do we
judge people by the color of their skin and not their character. It is so much hate in the world today
and people doesn't realize how much. I hope that we learn a important message from this story, that
hate still exist.
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#22 - Tue Sep 4, 2007 4:05 PM EDT{"commentId":998879,"authorDomain":"hollywoodcullen"}
Blacks should be the ones who legally decide which whites get beat up which whites don't - Laws need to be changed!
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#23 - Tue Sep 4, 2007 5:46 PM EDT{"commentId":1031845,"authorDomain":"harmonii"}
The DA and the public defender should be disbarred. The judge should also be forced to resign. Carrying this kind of "kangaroo court" in 2007 should not be tolerated under any circumstances. Someone must be made accountable for this gross miscarriage of justice.
We cannot allow the limited mentality of racists to become one that we accept or tolerate. It just hurts too many people.
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#24 - Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:01 PM EDT{"commentId":1038448,"authorDomain":"john-hampton"}
We are all down there demonstrating and protesting this travesty. Reed Wlaters gets up and makes a statement saying that this was not about race. I wanted to laugh and vomit all at the same time. This guy is not living in this world. He and the judge. But even worse if the U.S. Attorney. What chanel is he watching??!!!!
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