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08-21-2007, 08:42 PM
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I think this deserves soooo much more attention than the use of the "N-Word" and Karrine Steffans...
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08-21-2007, 10:23 PM
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It does. Both Michael Baisden and Tom Joyner were talking about the situation today.
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08-22-2007, 11:31 PM
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08-23-2007, 12:11 AM
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09-14-2007, 08:40 PM
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Court overturns conviction in Jena beating
Court overturns conviction in Jena beating
Judges rule teen should not have been tried as adult in racially tinged case
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20779755/?GT1=10357
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09-15-2007, 01:13 AM
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This whole thing makes me sick to my stomach. My best friend's little brother was falsely accused of a crime like this and when he refused to admit to something he didn't do, they upped the charges to felony assault.  It's like watching that poor boy go through it all over again. But he won that case and I know these kids will, too. I won't let myself believe anything else.
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09-15-2007, 01:21 AM
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Hmm. Seems like pretty excessive charges. But 6 on one is cowardly.
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09-15-2007, 02:10 AM
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Hmm. Seems like pretty excessive charges. But 6 on one is cowardly.
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6 vs. 1 is cowardly. An entire legal system vs. 6 is a d@mn shame.
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09-15-2007, 11:25 AM
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Hmm. Seems like pretty excessive charges. But 6 on one is cowardly.
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If you read the history of the case, this is just one in a whole series of incidents, many of which were just as unfair.
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09-17-2007, 10:00 AM
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Addresses for the Congress people, Governor, the DA; addresses to send support to Mychal and for the Jena 6 defense fund. Demand these boys are released, counseled and returned to school.
http://www.steveharvey.com/whatsnow/
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Hmm. Seems like pretty excessive charges. But 6 on one is cowardly.
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Because you, and others, don't know the timeline and are making comments on events that are out of context, here's the context.
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http://www.digtriad.com/news/nationa...9266&catid=175
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A detailed time line of the events that happened in Jena over the past year follows below.
-August 31, 2006- A black student asks permission to sit under the "white tree." A school administrator replies, "you can sit wherever you want."
-September 1, 2006- Three nooses in school colors are found hanging from the "white tree."
-September 7, 2006- The three students responsible for hanging the nooses were found. The principal recommends them for expulsion.
-September 8, 2006- The superintendent overruled the principal's decision, calling it a harmless prank. The responsible students were instead suspended.
-(no confirmed date available)- The District Attorney and several police officers came out to the school for an impromptu assembly after several reports of "trouble" at the school. The District Attorney told the students that if they didn't stop making a fuss about the "innocent prank… I can be your best friend or your worst enemy. I can take your lives away with a stroke of my pen."
-November 30, 2006- A fire burns down the main academic building of Jena High School. Investigators ruled that it was arson.
-December 1, 2006- A black student, Robert Bailey, attends a "white party," is beaten and has a bottle broken over his head. One person was later charged with simple battery for the beating and received probation.
-December 2, 2006- A fight is reported at the Gotta Go convenience store outside of Jena. Investigators say three students beat a man and took his shotgun. The students, one of whom was Robert Bailey- the victim of the beating at the party the previous night, say the man, who was also at the party, pulled a sawed off shot gun on the students. They wrestled the gun away from him and ran away. (The students were later charged with theft of the firearm, second-degree robbery, and disturbing the peace.)
-December 4, 2006- White student, Justin Barker, was allegedly with the students responsible for hanging the nooses, saying racial slurs and taunting Robert Bailey about being beaten up at the party on December first. Later, he was knocked unconscious (either by the first punch or from hitting the ground), punched, and kicked while he was down by a group of black students. An ambulance was called. Barker was conscious by the time it arrived. He was taken to the hospital, treated and released within three hours for injuries to his ears, face, and eyes. Barker was well enough to attend a school ring ceremony later that night.
-December 5-6, 2006- Six black students are arrested and charged with aggravated second-degree battery. They were:
Robert Bailey Jr, age 17. Bail amount: $138,000.
Theo Shaw, age 17. Bail amount: $130,000.
Carwin Jones, age 18. Bail amount: $100,000.
Bryant Purvis, age 17. Bail amount: $70,000.
Mychal Bell, age 16. Bail amount: $90,000.
An unnamed minor.
-December 7, 2006- The District Attorney announces that the charges against all six have been upgraded to attempted second-degree murder and conspiracy to commit second-degree murder.
-December 15, 2006- It is announced that Mychal Bell, age 16, will be charged as an adult.
-January 3, 2007- Purvis, Jones, and the unnamed juvenile post bail and are released from jail.
-January 6, 2007- Relatives announced that all six students involved in the fight (dubbed the "Jena 6") have been expelled from school.
-May 2, 2007- Robert Bailey Jr. is also released from jail. Mychal Bell and Theo Shaw remain incarcerated.
-May 10, 2007- The victim of the Dec. 4 fight, Justin Barker, is arrested for bringing a gun onto the Jena High School campus. The gun was found in his truck.
-June 25, 2007- Mychal Bell's trial begins. The District Attorney reduced the charges against Bell to second-degree aggravated battery and conspiracy to commit aggravated battery, both of which are still felonies. (In the state of Louisiana, for something to be considered aggravated battery a deadly weapon must be used. The District Attorney said the deadly weapons in this case were the shoes he was wearing.)
-June 26, 2007- None of the 50 people who show up for jury duty are black. The 6 person jury selected is an all-white jury. There are allegations that all of the jury members knew a witness expected to be called during the trial. One jury member was a high school classmate of the District Attorney, another is friends with the mother of the victim, Justin Barker.
-June 27, 2007- The prosecutor called 17 witnesses, who all had varying testimonies. Some said they didn't see Bell hit Baker. Some said they saw Bell kick the victim. The victim, Justin Barker, said he didn't see anything and didn't know if Bell was one of the people who hit him.
-Bell was represented by a court appointed public defender, Blane Williams. The public defender did not call a single witness.
-Bell's parents were not allowed to be in the courtroom during the proceedings because they were listed as potential witnesses by their son's attorney. They were never called to testify.
-June 28, 2007- The jury deliberated for fewer than three hours and found Bell guilty on the charges of second degree battery and conspiracy to commit second degree battery. With this sentence, he could face up to 221/2 years in prison.
-August 2007- Civil rights groups and activists such as the American Civil Liberties Union, Rev. Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, and Martin Luther King III get involved. They visited Jena, held rallies, and helped Bell get new representation for an appeal before he is supposed to be sentenced.
-August 15, 2007- Bell's attorneys file a motion to void his conviction.
-August 16, 2007- One of Bell's attorneys says the case should be tried in juvenile court instead of adult court.
-August 24, 2007- A judge denies Mychal Bell bond because of four previous incidents, including two previous simple battery charges, he has on his record.
-August 29, 2007- "Free the Jena 6" T-shirts are banned from being worn at Jena High School.
-September 4, 2007- A judge vacated the conspiracy to commit aggravated battery charge against Bell. It will be handled in juvenile court. The second-degree aggravated assault charge remains. Bell will now only face a maximum of 15 year in prison rather than 221/2.
-The charges against Carwin Jones and Theo Shaw were also reduced to second-degree aggravated battery and conspiracy to commit second-degree aggravated battery.
-September 14, 2007- A state appeals court in Louisiana throws out the only remaining conviction against Mychal Bell, saying that he should not have been tried as an adult on the charge of aggravated battery.
Source: The Town Talk- Alexandria, LA
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As of today, Mychal is still in jail, even though his conviction has been overturned.
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09-16-2007, 01:02 AM
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Please read the facts of this case and if you so choose then write letters to the judges and DA and help to set these boys free. Here is an update on the case. Also click on the link Jena 6 in my siggy, and it will lead you to an organization who is in support of the Jena 6.
http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/jena-6
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09-17-2007, 02:44 PM
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* sending this thread and articles to Oprah*
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09-17-2007, 03:58 PM
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Is anyone going to Jena? The Omegas at my school are taking a bus, but I can not afford to take off of work which also means I can not afford to go.
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09-19-2007, 07:06 PM
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Jesse Jackson: Obama needs to bring more attention to Jena 6
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Rev. Jesse Jackson criticized Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Tuesday over his reaction to the arrest of six black juveniles in Jena, Louisiana, on murder charges, accusing the Illinois senator of "acting like he's white," according to a South Carolina newspaper.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/...na6/index.html
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I know we have a few GC'ers that attend Benedict College so if you were there, was this your take on his speech or is this just media hype?
To everyone: Why isn't any of the presidential candidates doing more (or at least trying)?
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