JENA 6 UPDATE: BELL OUT ON BAIL / DR. PHIL TO DO A SHOW
Thursday, September 27, 2007

Mychal Bell released (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Good news on the Jena 6 case. 17 year-old Mychal Bell has been released on bail. His bail was set at $45,000. The LaSalle Parish District Attorney said his decision not to appeal was not influenced by the recent march.
“We still have mountains to climb, but at least this is closer to an even playing field,” said the Rev. Al Sharpton, who helped organize last week’s protest.
“He goes home because a lot of people left their home and stood up for him,” Sharpton said.
District Attorney Reed Walters’ decision to abandon adult charges means that Bell, who had faced a maximum of 15 years in prison on his aggravated second-degree battery conviction last month, instead could be held only until he turns 21 if he is found guilty in juvenile court.
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In related news, Dr. Phil is dedicated his show to the whole Jena 6 incident tomorrow (September 28th). Visit his website and click on Friday for more info.








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151.
TASHA
Friday, September 28, 2007 /
@ 145 LMAO . ARE YOU THAT DUMB ? NO REALLY ARE YOU ? OF COURSE YOU WOULD READ THAT ON A RACIST SITE ..THEY ARE UPSET THEIR LITTLE HELPER GOT HIS ASS WHIPPED . I HAVE TO LMAO AGAIN AT YOU DOING RESEARCH SO VISITING A RACIST SITE RESEARCHING THIS CASE HAVE GIVIEN YOU YOUR OUTLOOK ??? LMAO i CANT STOP LAUGHING ..YOU ARE THE MOST STUPID ON THIS BLOG …LMAO
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foxxy380*Out My Socks
Friday, September 28, 2007 /
@DCTrinigyal, do me a favor and just SHUT THE F^K UP! There has NEVER been any other poster that gets up under my skin like you do. You say the most dumbest and ignorant $hit than Lula Pear.
153.
TASHA
Friday, September 28, 2007 /
@ 152 OKAYYYYYYYYYYYYY !! I HAD TO READ THAT SHIT A FEW TIMES ..SHE’S ACTING LIKE SHE SAYING SOMETHING AND SOUND A DAMN FOOL ! “DO YOUR RESEARCH” GTFOH !! JUST DUMB FOR NO REASON . LMAO
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dctrinigyal
Friday, September 28, 2007 /
#152 WHY ARE YOU WORRY ABOUT WHAT THE FUCK I’M SAYING. THIS IS A BLOG AND YOU GETTING MAD. YOU SHUT THE F UP….IF YOU DONT LIKE WHAT I SAY THEN GO TO HELL. YOU HAVE YOUR FUCKING OPINION AND I DO TO. SPEAK CORRECT ENGLISH…DUMBEST IS NOT A PROPER WORD.
155.
get_me_bodied
Friday, September 28, 2007 /
FOXXY, HONEY U A MESS, LOL
AND WHAT ON GOD’S GREEN EARTH IS THIS I HEAR ABOUT THAT BLACK FOLK’S 100 YEARS OF VOTING WILL BE UP IN YEAR 2010 AND WE WILL THEN GO BACK TO SLAVERY? THIS LADY JUST TOLD ME THAT AS I CHECKED HER IN AND I WAS BLOWED! GOD HELP US!
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whowhatwhere
Friday, September 28, 2007 /
@Nawlins Chic
You need to get your facts together the white boy did not get his ass kicked just for hanging the nooses, there where several run ins that occurred before the beatdown which he and some of his friends instigated. Let’s not forget these are teenagers and lets not forget that these white kids pulled out guns on the blacks kids and nothing was done. Let’s face it, nothing was done until one of them got. I get what you are saying but this is the issue at hand. You sound like you are just making excuses.
157.
grlnva
Friday, September 28, 2007 /
lawd hamm mercy
158.
Doc
Friday, September 28, 2007 /
Man, I couldn’t read all of these comments i stop on #25.
But i would like to say “GLAD TO SEE THE BROTHER GETS TO BE WITH HIS FAMILY A LITTLE B4 HE HAS TO FACE THIS F*D UP SYSTEM AGAIN! And to mimick what was mentioned earlier in an attempt to educate a few folks. Voilence is a natural part of our existence please don’t get that confused and i believe there to be justice and injustice just in that aspect of life. We will fight! This all could’ve been avoided if those noose hangers would’ve been punished. In fact it was necessary that someone got hurt in JENA in order for us to be were we are now. I sympathize with both sides white and black that they have to be the stool pigeons in this big ordeal because its wayyyyy bigger than them. But I applaud those brothers the JENA 6 and the ones involved with the shotgun incident. People don’t understand the root of the problem must be addressed b4 any talks are made about everything after that. Speak on the nooses b4 you talk about Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson or dem boys kicking that white-boys azz. Truth be told that white boy is fine. I was jumped by 5 people when i was 15 one of which was a grown-azz man. I was knocked unconcious black eye, blood clot in it and all. Without going into further detail was it life threatening not to my knowledge. Am i ok yes was i okay then yes three days later not one day like this white boy. I say that to say that white boy is fine. Did he get beat sure did but is it as bad as they say hell no. Mines was worse than that. And no i didn’t press charges you know what that was. This JENA 6 joint is a modern day lynching gone bad.
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calibuddafly
Friday, September 28, 2007 /
@ Ms Mac,
I know right? I hope she catches that Dr Phil show today. Looks like he put that family on blast wwhen I saw the previews!
160.
whowhatwhere
Friday, September 28, 2007 /
@151 and 152, you guys are so right, that was some dumb shit she posted.
161.
sapphireblue
Friday, September 28, 2007 /
YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!! I HOPE THIS LEADS TO HIM BEING FREE ONCE AND FOR ALL! AND I HOPE THIS TEACHES PEOPLE THAT VIOLENCE (especially towards whites) IS NEVER WORTH IT! I’LL PRAY FOR BELL!!
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foxxy380*Out My Socks
Friday, September 28, 2007 /
Dumbest is actually an adjective of dumb DUMMY! One question..is “Gyal” a proper word?
@GetMeBodied, Boo you heard right. Ain’t that some $hit? But from what I understand is that The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is siupposed to expire unless Congress renews it. All U.S. citizens (white, black, green) are guaranteed the right to vote in the Bill of Rights and that can’t expire with The Voting Right Act of 1965.
163.
shannon75
Friday, September 28, 2007 /
The DA is a straight racist. I saw the live footage of that news conference on CNN and all of his comments had underlining negative racial tones to them-especially when he said it was a miracle an act of Jesus that kept the demonstrators peaceful during the Jena 6 march. If that’s so than I guess it was an act of Satan that caused him to try to prosecute these boys for attempted murder in the first place.
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shannon75
Friday, September 28, 2007 /
…and like I posted on the other J6 thread…the people in charge of letting it all go down like that (school officals) should be reprimanded or fired. They let things get out of hand.
If the school district of Jena cannot support the black students that bring in government funding for them, then black students shouldn’t step foot into those schools again. Why should they get 6,000$(?) a head for each black kid when they don’t even want to protect civil rights? Home-schooling can work.
165.
foxxy380*Out My Socks
Friday, September 28, 2007 /
correction to previous post *supposed*
Sorry about that. I had to type in a rush and post ASAP cause my supervisor was walking up.
@DC what the hella eva, yes we all have opinions. That’s not questionable. But what is questionable is how you constantly come on CL and type bull$hit against your own race and praise the other races. I’ve seen this on many posts. You are a black person who probably wishes that one day your skin color will change to pale and you will be accepted by the other race. Sorry! WAKE UP HONEY!! Your a$$ is black and will always be black. You said they had a pic of Bell on the internet with money falling out his mouth. So MUTHAF*KIN what! WTH does that have to do with anything? So because of that pic, it makes it right what they were trying to do to this young man? Like I said, I would rather read Lula Pear’s post than yours. And that’s not saying too much.
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dctrinigyal
Friday, September 28, 2007 /
HAHAHA IT TOOK YOU A WHOLE HOUR LATER TO FIGURE THAT OUT. . I’M NOT GOING TO KEEP GOING BACK IN FORTH WITH YOU AND YOUR IGNORANT BLOGGER FRIENDS. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS A BLOG AND I HAVE THE RIGHT TO SAY WHAT I WANT. I WILL CONTINUE TO BE ON HERE, WETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT. EITHER PAY MY INTERNET BILL OR SHUT THE FUCK UP. UNTIL THEN DONT POST TO ME ANYMORE….BECAUSE I WILL NOT RESPOND.
167.
Blck Revolutionary Teen
Friday, September 28, 2007 /
Im so Happi but sad to say today they hung a noose from a tree at Grady High School In Atlanta Georgia so ppl is testin dey limitz and tryna get more ppl locked up, dis is sum bull
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whowhatwhere
Friday, September 28, 2007 /
#166 sounds like a 12 year old
169.
sassysexychick
Friday, September 28, 2007 /
I personally support jena 6 views and actions 100%.
170.
dctrinigyal
Friday, September 28, 2007 /
#165 I WANT YOU TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION. DO YOU KNOW ME? YOU DONT KNOW ME FROM A CAN OF PAINT. HOW CAN YOU COME ON CL AND TELL ME ,THAT I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MY OWN RACE. YOU DONT EVEN NO ME SO HOW CAN YOU MAKE THAT STATEMENT. IF YOU WAS REALLY SO INTERESTED TO KNOW WHAT I SAID, YOU WOULD HAVE NOTICE EVERYTIME THIS COME UP , I DONT AGREE WITH ANY OF THESE FOOLISH JENA PARTIES. JUST BECAUSE I’M BLACK, DONT MEAN THAT I HAVE TO AGREE WITH ANOTHER BLACK PERSON. I FIRMLY BELIEVE WHAT MICHEAL BELL DID AS A INDIVIDUAL WAS WRONG.WHAT THE WHITE BOYS DID WAS WRONG TO. ALL OF THEM WAS EQUALLY WRONG… NOT JUST THE WHITE BOY. YOU CAN GO BACK TO WHATEVER POST I WROTE ON AND MY WORDS FORS THIS POST WILL REMAIN THE SAME.
ALL I’M SAYING IS PEOPLE NEED TO LOOK AT THIS IN A DIFFRENT WAY. MAJORITY OF THE BLACK PEOPLE THINK ITS THE WHITE PEOPLE FAULT. THE WHITE PEOPLE THINK ITS THE BLACK PEOPLE FAULT. EITHER WAY, BOTH RACES IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE WAS WRONG. THATS ALL I’M SAYING.
IANWAY, WHY ARE YOU TELLING ME YOU RATHER READ LULA PEAR POST. I DONT GIVE A FLYING FUCK ABOUT WHO POST YOU WANT TO READ. I DONT COME ON HERE TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH ONLINE BLOGGERS. I COME ON HERE FOR ENTERTAINENT PURPOSE. YOU CAN SHOVE YOUR COMMENTS UP YOUR AZZ FOR ALL I CARE. I DONT OWE YOU OR ANYONE ON HERE A EXPLAINATION FOR WHAT I FEEL. SO PLEASE DO ME A FAVOR AND DONT TALK TO ME.
171.
dctrinigyal
Friday, September 28, 2007 /
I WAS TYPING FAST…BIG TYPOS
172.
whowhatwhere
Friday, September 28, 2007 /
Rantings of a lunatic
173.
Seven
Friday, September 28, 2007 /
Can someone help me out? In the article it said they decided not to prosecute him as an adult which I believe is 21 right? Im from the UK and here if commit a crime and you are a child you are prosecuted as a child so I dont understand how you can be prosecuted as an adult if you are under age.
Under what circumstances would they prosecute you as an adult if you were a child when you commited the crime?
174.
TASHA
Friday, September 28, 2007 /
@170 YOU STILL GOING STRONG ? CHANGING YOUR OPINION NOW EH? ITS EVERYBODY’S FAULT NOW HUH ? FUCK OUTTA HERE ! YOU CANT REDEEM YOURSELF NOW …YOU MADE A COMPLETE ASS OF YOURSELF IN YOUR INTIAL POST .. NO FURTHER EXPLANATION NEEDED. NOW ALL YOU CAN DO IS CURSE BECAUSE YOU DONT STAND FOR NOTHING ! LMAO DAMN
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Denise
Friday, September 28, 2007 /
THE APPEAL WAS NOT BASED ON THE MARCH, YEAH RIGHT. JUSTICE WILL CONTINUE TO PREVAIL, BECAUSE BLACK FOLKS ARE NOT HAVING THE BULL ANYMORE. IF THIS WAS THE 1960′S THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN RACE RIOTS AND LYNCHINGS. I AM HONORED TO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE PETITION PROCESS.
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MIXED MA
Friday, September 28, 2007 /
DCTRINIGYAL IS SUCH A DAMN IDIOT. THIS NOT MY FIRST TIME REALIZIN THAT BUT HER POST ON THIS SUBJECT PISSED ME OFF. STUPID ASS TRIED TO FIX HER RETARDED ASS PREVIOUS POST. OK THE BLACK STUDENTS SHOULDNT HAVE JUMPED THE BOY. BUT PEOPLE GET JUMPED EVERYDAY [NOT AGREEING WITH IT] BUT ARE THEY IN JAIL FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER? THE WHITE KIDS ASKED FOR IT AND MADE IT DAMN NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE AND AVOID THEM. THEY DEFENDED THEIRSELF. DO THEY DESERVE TO BE PUNISHED? YES, PROBATION, COMMUNITY SERVICE, 3 MONTHS IN JUVE OR SOMETHING. BUT JUVE TIL 21 AND SO FORTH? THATS RIDICULOUS AND TOTALLY UNFAIR.
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Denise
Friday, September 28, 2007 /
ALL OF THIS USE OF PROFANITY BACK AND FORTH ABOUT A SERIOUS ISSUE SUCH AS JENA 6 IS NOT CALLED FOR, IN MY OPINION. YES, THIS IS A BLOG AND WE HAVE THE “FREEDOM OF SPEECH” ON OUR SIDE, BUT AGGRESSION ONLY CREATES ANGER NOT A POINT. ANGER AND HATE WAS THE CATALYST FOR THE JENA 6 SITUATION, SO THEREFORE, LET US PLACE OUR ANGER AND USE OF THE F-WORD ON THE SHELF FOR A MINUTE.
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omega
Friday, September 28, 2007 /
Thank God that he is free after 10 months.I must also add that i have lost alot of respect for many black people that i held so highly,seeing that he only needed about 5 grand to get him out. God bless the stranger who was moved to help this young man.
179.
Mz Coko
Friday, September 28, 2007 /
Dr. Phil was good!!! It’s obvious the white folks in Jena are str8 delusional…wanna blame Jesse and Al for “stirring up” shyt! LMAO…
180.
telitlikeitiz
Friday, September 28, 2007 /
I have been jumped, and jumped other people, (with and without blood). The most I have seen ANYONE get for any fight was PROBATION or a misdemeanor ticket and that is as an adult. I hope the DA looses his job for child abuse! Because doing that to a 16 year old is EXACTLY what that is! This can really mess peoples head up because long court cases are mentally draining. OK, granted NOT ALL of the white people in Jena are a racist, but MOST of them are and the non racist ones KNOW that, so why are ma’fuckas so in denial. That trick biy-otch of a teachers aid on the Dr. Phil show needed her fact ass kicked too for the simple fact she tried to shift the blame on black leaders not praising one simple accomplishment they have contributed to their race, which by the way, have all been NON VIOLENT! If she was legitimate in her arguement, she would have acknowledged yes, there are a lot of racist people in Jena, but not all, the beating was wrong, the kids should have been suspended or put on probation as are 95% of all other school fights,(not including Jena 6, but all parties involved in the racist incidents), but no, the bitch wanted to just bash the black people not recognizing that this was a reaction to prior events!
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telitlikeitiz
Friday, September 28, 2007 /
OH yeah, Mychal Bell better become an attorney after this! He owes us to not proove the nonbelievers right! What ever criminal tendancies dude had prior to this may he leave behind and recognize that he made history and a lot of people sacraficed for his freedom! Hopefully he will make somthing out of it and give back to his peeps.
182.
YOOOO
Friday, September 28, 2007 /
THATS GOOD NEWS TO HEAR I STILL FEEL SORRY FOR THAT DUDE CAUSE NOW HIS ASS IS STILL LIVING IN THE KKK LUAISIANNA
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calibuddafly
Friday, September 28, 2007 /
@ #179, don’t forget about part 2 on Monday. Its gonna be on point!
Al Sharpton was like, “Punishment, what punishment. Why was his punishment so secret”? That broad had nothing to say!
184.
Shag
Saturday, September 29, 2007 /
Look at what you did, folks. Quit whining and complaining abou “the whiteman,” and what “they” are doing to us. You took action and look at what you did. Bravo.
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Mz Coko
Saturday, September 29, 2007 /
I know@183…
I am ready to hear Dr. Phil go off too! Me and my mom were watchin and cussin..they are stupid ass hell. If 6 white boys had beat his ass…nothing like this would be happenin and they know it. Talkin bout 1 more kick and he could have been dead…OH PLEASE! His bytch ass walked out of the ER after only 2 hrs!! Naw, buddy…they in the right city cause if he woulda been in MINE..naw, he he wouldn’t have walked out so quickly after all that..1/2 the school woulda been on that ass.
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TINA
Saturday, September 29, 2007 /
Mr. Bell was justified. He went to the authorities asked them to defend his rights, He was ignored. Thus the authorities — the government — provided defacto support for the racist actions of the whites. And when the foolish white boy got in his face bragging about the government-sanctioned racists action of the whites, and threatening the brother, the brother defended himself — not just against the foolish white boy, but agaisnt the government, which had turned against and left him out there to fend for himself. We black people must stop seeing the world thru white eyes. Mr. Bell’s actions were justified, thus the charges should be dropped.
We as a people have to trust in God. If we trust in God, he will bring us all through. God always has. We can all get along, but there is always something or someone that has hopes that we continue to be divided as a nation. Division and hatred has always been the downfall of this country. We as a country spend so much time and money worrying about other countries that we don’t take the time and money to heal our own land. If my people who are called by my name would humble themselves, and turn from their wicked ways, THEN, will I heal the land. God Bless, and keep on praying, it’s not over until Jesus cracks the sky….
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NAWLINS CHIC
Saturday, September 29, 2007 /
foxxy380*Out My Socks………..
It’s a shame that you and many others don’t get the BIG picuture. I have a cousin serving a LIFE sentence in Angola state prison for a crime he did not commit. YES, the system takes much of the blame because he never received a fair trail or fair justice but…unfortunately I cannot dismiss the fact that he was hanging around people who committed murder and unfortunately he was associated with the crime. PEOPLE WAKE UP….stay out the justice system in the first place by MAKING BETTER DECISIONS!!!!!!
Stop selling weed and crack so there won’t be an argument about why white men get less time than blacks. Our community is in DENIAL. I am tired of seeing our black men go to jail PERIOD! WAKE UP PEOPLE!!!!!!
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NAWLINS CHIC
Saturday, September 29, 2007 /
foxxy380*Out My Socks
Friday, September 28, 2007
Geesh, they really have some ignorant a$$ people on this board. And to think Nawlins Chick is actually from the boot. Very embarrassing.
MsMac and Tasha…Preach sisters, Preach!!! Can the church get a Amen?
…..YOU’RE IN DENIAL SISTA. ONE WEEKEND GO VISIT YOUR LOCAL JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER OR LOCAL PRISON. BETTER YET….HOW ABOUT YOU GO MENTOR A YOUNG SISTA OR BROTHER SO HOPEFULLY THEY’LL NEVER HAVE TO FACE OUR RACIST LEGAL SYSTEM CAN YOU DO THAT FOR ME INSTEAD OF VENTING ON A BLOG SITE. MATURITY IS TO AGREE TO DISAGREE BUT UNLESS YOU’RE WALKING THE WALK, I CANNOT TAKE YOU SERIOUS.
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EBZ01
Saturday, September 29, 2007 /
@ 80 but some of the reasons why besides the fact that yeah some actually do crime is what I wonder about…..something fishy on us being almost 13% of the population and with that population like maybe 65-70% of our population is us (women) but about the same percent of the black men are in jail. I think racism is a huge part of that directly or indirectly.
I’m 21 and I don’t feel I or we have nothing to live for and nothing to lose….i’m around being 18-22 all day, all the time and most of us truly feel the opposite and know a big part of changing things in this country is going to HAVE to start with us.
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EBZ01
Saturday, September 29, 2007 /
Damn 100 I think is the first time I’ve 100% agreed with anything you’ve said 0_o.
191.
EBZ01
Saturday, September 29, 2007 /
I’ve seen people jumped and the school handled stuff like that…..not the police…..i’ve seen kids get 14-25 days and stuff like that for fighting and with worse injuries than the Barker boy…
I watched most of the Dr. Phil show……I could type a page on what I did see….the show continuing Monday I’m dying to see but I have class 3:30 to 5 then and I can’t record it…….I really hope Mychal doesn’t have to do anymore time……doing almost 4 yrs. in a detention center is just wrong….he did 10 months in an adult jail already gotdamn smh.
In these 10 months I feel how Walters and the judge went about this is pretty much criminal.
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Im the only polar bear up in this bitch
Saturday, September 29, 2007 /
Liar! The LaSalle Parish District Attorney saying that his decision didn’t have anything to do with the rally, they know they scarrrred of black pple coming together.
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telitlikeitiz
Saturday, September 29, 2007 /
Hopefully this is an eye opener for all of the people who swear up and down that blacks are not discriminated against and that blacks are the most racist! Come on people! Man…even Mexicans discriminate against blacks! and to all of the black men who turn to Others with the excuse of us being bitter F-U! Look at what we go through!
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NAWLINS CHIC
Saturday, September 29, 2007 /
EBZ01….
I work with young children in the elementary - middle school age range. At such a young age, many of them already possess an ‘I don’t care attitude’. Many of these children come from broken homes or unstable homes, their parents are in their mid-late 20’s. There is a generation behind us that is watching and absorbing everything that we do. We have to lead by example and by making informed decisions. By now, I think we have all realized that our generation does not have solied, reliable leadership as our parents and grandparents had in the 60’s. WE ARE OUR OWN LEADERS, and we must lead by example. There is another generation growing up behind us and looking up to US because many of them do not have someone at home to look up to!
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water
Sunday, September 30, 2007 /
Wow…its jumpin on in here…well let me add my ten cents:
1. Dr. Phil: Good for him. It is about time that a mainstream white media person begin to speak about the issues of racism and racial injustice because THAT’S WHERE THE CONVERSATION NEEDS TO START. Racism is about the institutionalized acceptance that certain groups are preferred and selected for access to opportunity and services so it is so important that people in power have this discussion because people not power (Black People) have had this discussion for centuries.
2. One of the big problems in our society is that the juvenile justice system has changed from rehabilitative to punative over the last 30 years (an perhaps even more so in Black Urban centers). Having said this, it is no wonder that Bell and many others are facing harsher punishment and it is good that we are having these discussions about the proportionality of punishment to the charge act. This sort of stuff of the Jena Six rings so true to the Furman v. Georgia or the Scottsboro boys or African American men being charged with ambiguous acts of moral turpitude so that they could be denied the right to vote. So it is so important that we challenge disproprtional punishments.
3. Having said all that: my understanding is that the last of the young gentlemen has a criminal record and was currently on juvenile probation at the time of the event. (Please correct me if this is not true) If it is true then this is where it gets touchy and where the judge may be in his right to punish him differently than the others. Also, if I am not mistaken, juvenile courts do not have juries (there is a certain logic that prevents juvies from having the same sort of due process as adults).
196.
aquarius0124
Sunday, September 30, 2007 /
WOOHOO!
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ThinkAboutIt
Sunday, September 30, 2007 /
get_me_bodied
Friday, September 28, 2007
FOXXY, HONEY U A MESS, LOL
AND WHAT ON GOD’S GREEN EARTH IS THIS I HEAR ABOUT THAT BLACK FOLK’S 100 YEARS OF VOTING WILL BE UP IN YEAR 2010 AND WE WILL THEN GO BACK TO SLAVERY? THIS LADY JUST TOLD ME THAT AS I CHECKED HER IN AND I WAS BLOWED! GOD HELP US!
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Get_me_Bodied
That’s partially correct — but bottom line, Blacks Voting RIGHTS will not be revoked, the 15th amendment guaranteed the rights of all citzens to vote, but many southern states enacted Jim Crows voting requirements that effectively prevented and intimidated Blacks from voting.
In 1965 the Voting Rights Act was passed, but it didn’t guarantee Blacks the right to vote, Blacks already had the right, it just provided for the ENFORCEMENT of that right. It authorized the federal government to send federal registrars to register voters and federal agents to protect voters and insure that they were allowed to vote.
The voting rights act was intended to be temporary - initially set for 5 years, then 7 years and then another 25 years ending in 2007. Even if it is not extended, it will not take away our right to vote.
More info at :
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/voting/misc/clarify3.htm
and http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/pending/voting.asp
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JUDAH
Monday, October 1, 2007 /
This whole ordeal has been overly long and drawn out. I knew that eventually this would happen because Sharpton and some of these high level black Christian preachers have been set up to look like leaders for the black community by the whites in the top levels of power. These black leaders have to clean up these messy situations while at the same time making black people think that there are vanguards that will stand up for the injustices that are perpetrated.
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Mz Coko
Monday, October 1, 2007 /
I watched the 2nd part on Dr. Phil..some of the white folks in Jena are delusional…I’m convinced…to think there wasn’t a problem in their town b4 this…smdh
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Terrible Tommy Murray
Sunday, November 4, 2007 /
IT WAS A SCHOOL FIGHT! It should have been handled as such: suspension, detention, NOT murder charges! And those Anti-American turds with the nooses ought to have their butts kicked by every non-racist white person in the parish. Or simply deported to Canada!
RAcial HOly PEace!
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