[QUOTE=Kevin;1523302]Not really, I generally don't pay attention to the random "injustice du jour" claimed by Al Sharpton, et al. It's just that now that we have this media circus, I feel compelled to comment on how utterly ridiculous this whole thing is.
I don't know about the party. I haven't read about that anywhere. He did testify as to this, however:
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Barker said he had a badly swollen face and temporary blindness in one eye that lasted three weeks. He also said he still suffers recurring headaches since the beating but, under cross examination, acknowledged that medical tests have found no cause.
He joined fellow juniors that same night at the school's annual class ring ceremony. "I waited 11 years to go to it. I wasn't going to let that get in my way" he said. But, he said, pain drove him to leave the event early, after getting his ring.[/
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Apparently, you have to minimize Barker's injuries so that you can justify your views here. He was knocked unconscious by someone who attacked him from behind, then kicked repeatedly in the head and face by six thugs (now called "defendants"). The SOB had it coming to him, is that it?
Attempted murder in the second degree... yes, kicking an unconscious person repeatedly in the head could justify that sort of a charge. It's clear that the DA was trying to send a message with these charges -- that as a society, we find this behavior unacceptable.
Message sent.
They're completely irrelevant.
Unless you actually think that someone hanging a noose on a tree justifies a beating two days later.
Someone who uses violence to solve his problems. Someone who shows no respect for society and its laws. You know.. someone who hits someone from behind and beats the heck out of them while they're unconscious.
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Kevin...you are a real peice of work.....see and your PROBLEM you don't read and you hear what you WANT to hear...this is MORE than just sound bytes from Rev. Al...there are SOOO SOO SOOOO MANY MORE involved that the ONLY name you can pull out is Rev Al and Jessie.
This is more than them....
It's MLK III, Mos Def, the NOI and so many more BUT IT'SNOT JUST ABOUT THE CELEBS....
It's about wanting fair justice and you need to read and understand the whole story before you cats this off as a 'media circus'
And you didn't know about the party? Tsk tsk...you can't possibly know about this incident and not know one of the most important aspects of this was the seveve beating he got at the party.
Come on...11 years for a Ring Dance you got beaten nearly to death? And you still go...then that means he wasn't that hurt.....riiight....
And this is a media circus you say?
Tyring to sentence a boy to 80 years and the closest thing he had to a weapon was a SHOE and you expect people to say "it's justice"?
Right ok....
I guess no one decided to charge the young man who pulled out a shotgun on some others from Jena with possesions of a firearm or attempted murder...and please tell me you didn't hear that.
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