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Originally posted by Rudey
If it was a white boy that died, would Jesse be there?
If he was in prison instead of bootcamp and shanked and raped to death, would Jesse be there?
Did Jesse, Al, and the entire FAMU crew protest against boot camps in the past? I mean these aren't club meds. lol
I mean it's all awful and sad, but why does his death inspire Jesse and Al? Why did the protestors bring those guys in?
-Rudey
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Nope. Nope. Nope.
But a child in a reform camp isn't supposed to DIE; he's supposed to be reformed. In the instance of a prison mate's death, those are usually at the hands of other inmates, not the guards. You're absolutely correct; they aren't supposed to be fun in any measure. I'd bet that some camps aren't equipped enough to effectively reform some children who are placed there. But when children go in, they expect to be released to regular society, with or without some stipulations and some lessons learned. Not to go to camp to get better and die--that's not why they were sent. This boy had no chance of proving that he could be a better private citizen.
And even then, if it were a prison inmate (which it wasn't) the adminstration would have all of the asses of the guilty guards. If they didn't (or managed to cover it very nicely), Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson (as unfortunate as it is) would be there, protesting with the other groups aforementioned--haha.
The FAMU students said 'enough is enough' and chose to protest about THIS situation. What difference does it matter if they hadn't in the past? How often do you hear of camp kids getting beaten (even halfway) to death in this manner? The protestors brought the 'crew' in for obvious reasons. The more headlines an issue garners, the more attention (legislative, governmental, etc) is called to addressing/handling it.
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