i hope everything works out for the jena 6. its sad that we still have to be facing such issues of race in a new millenium

They at least should be heavily fined and disciplined. Removal would be optimal though.

shame my poor state

can i buy one of those shirts still???

i cant believe them at the BET awards. they need to realize people will do anything to make them look bad. they should have stayed low.

I HEAR THE LAWYERS
I HAVE SYMPATHY FOR MYCHAL BELL
I’M UPSET AT THE BOY FOR ACTING UP IN TEXAS
I’M APPALLED AT THE BET WANNA BE STARS

I wondre if the little white girls who beat the other little 16 year old senseless and posted it on youtube after they kidnpped her, is going face what these six boys went through probably not the justice system is so bias.

# 7

Do you even have to ask?

@7 I am with u on that.

#7 that’s the question I would like answers to. We all know how the system works.

I am wearing my Jena 6 t-shirt today! I wore it to the gym. I support these boys and there parents 100%.

oh God more of the foolishness. It’s not ok to put your hands on anyone else let alone cowardly jump on A PERSON be it a black or white person. http://www.cnn.com/2008/C...ndex.html?iref=newssearch
Its time out for this mess. Its the parents fault. And we as black people need to set a better example. But we wont do it. We will still have kids and half ass bring then up. After a while there are going to be a whole lot of Michael Bell’s and Genarlow Wilson’s runing around here. And notice that the white girls names are not released to the public because the parents have enough foresight to know that what there kids did was wrong.

And yes the girls are facing life

J. —u r fine! Ok, to the post: they definitely need an overhaul when it comes to the system. I do want to see what happens to the chicks from FL…won’t be the same as the Jena 6 u kno…

JA - You asking A WHOLE LOT for Black people to actually hold themselves responsible and accountable for their actions. You don’t want many friends around here do you? lol

15 MISTER ANDERSON SAID:

JA - You asking A WHOLE LOT for Black people to actually hold themselves
responsible and accountable for their actions. You don’t want many friends around here do you? lol
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You know you are right but at the same time this shouldn’t be about “wanting mmany friends around here”…it should be about speaking your mind and telling truth. And JA did just that. Besides, there’s ALWAYS going to someone who disagrees here.

I was just glad to know I was not the only person who finds the three of the Jena 6 boy’s behavior shameful.

We do need to start holding ourselves accountable and calling out one another like these fools because its individuals like them that make us ALL look bad. Let’s just be honest for thirty second now people…they was dead wrong, point, blank, period. Following an altercation… posing like rap stars at the awards… posted pictures with a wad of $100 bills stuffed in a mouth…do some here believe here that’s cute or entertaining?

Some of here at CL supported them in protest, making t-shirts and sent funds (well I did), wrote letters to our local leaders and marched. And then they go out and behave like this as a token of their appreciation, SMH. I know we’re not supposed to judge one another but at the same time, they put themselves out there in a way that was not cool. Regardless I hope they see their errors and take it as a lesson learned.

Props to JA for speaking the truth. And unfortunately the truth does hurt…especially in this case because this really affects their future.

**** So I guess that many more judges and lawyers will be removed from cases. There is not one case that I know of that did not have a judge or/and attorney that used some form of bias at one time or another…please ! This is bullcrap!

THERE IS NO NEED,

Thanks for the Props, but some of what you are saying is part of the problem. Those boys recieved fair treatment for their action. They are not the first and def will not be the last to held accountable for their action and lack of the parents control. It BET’s fault that they allowed those boy to be showcased and prasied for their cowardlyness. Its CL and other news and information media fault for reporting purpusely to the left wing or right wing of the story without presenting an unbias order of facts. Being in the comm field that’a what bothers me the most. Gossips cute and some time funny and it dosent have to always be true. However, when you tip toe into real news you have to be careful that you take out your own feelings, or let it be know that”hey this is how I feel about it” ( and any good photoj or writer knows what I mean.) But I degress… Those white girls are going to cut a deal. We create the “BIG Meech’s, Frank Lucus’, 50 Cent’s ( the real 50 Cent) and, Guy Fisher’s, because we turn our heads when our boys and girls act out. It really has nothing to do with fair and just, it’s right vs. wrong. And ALL of those men are wrong and we present them like they are the cream of our race. Yea they might have given very little back to the communities but the communities they we giving back to where the same communities they were destroying. For every one person they helped they destroyed whole families. We need to think about that the next time a two year old learns to cuss or our sons and daugther or hanging in groups with kids whose parents we never met. How about this, before we go hanging out at the club or working those extra hours at work to get things we and our kids dont need( real parents know what I’m talking about when I say need and not want) ask yourself “how much time have I spent with my child vs. other people this week” if “other people” out weight you, you might need to skip that party and spend sometime with your kid. this is the link to the the white girl youtube story http://www.cnn.com/2008/C...ndex.html?iref=newssearch

The Jena 6 deserve to be punished for jumping on that 1 person, but I don’t think they need to be charged with attempted murder and sent to prison. Some jail time should do it. Why’d it take 6 of them to whoop on 1 person anyway? That’s cowardly! And the way they paraded around flaunting donations and acting like they were superstars was ridiculous. They basically made a mockery of all the things black leaders and the community were trying to do for them. It’s sad really!
They need to send those 6 white girls and 2 guys who were lookouts to jail too. What they did was worse, because they put that on the internet for the whole world to see. The victim should get pain and suffering, emotional distress, medical bill payments, and then some. She will be known as the girl who got her butt kicked on the net.

I think the Jena 6 case was blown out of proportion and should be dealt with by the school and not the court system. What they did was wrong, but who didn’t make poor decisions at their age? .I know many people (including myself) who have been in some pretty bad fights but none of them resulted in facing jail time. Based on the evidence that I have seen, the white guy that was allegedly beat up by the Jena 6 wasn’t even that injured. This case is obviously biased and because of this bias I believe it should be just thrown out of court. I also think all the white kids involved in the racially motivated offenses towards the black students need to be punished as well. It’s not like Jena 6 will get “rehabilitated” if they go to jail. The court system should not destroy their lives over this. They should go on probation do some community service and go back to their lives. I think the school need to punish ALL the students equally because this type of unequal treatment can incite more violence.

I didn’t see what they did so bad at the BET awards , everybody gets dressed up when they are going to an event. These are young boy’s yes they go dress like “rap stars” that’s who unfortunately influences them. I don’t know maybe I missed something.

The MySpace incident was just plain embarrassing, I hope their family dealt with real good behind it. Also I am a little on the fence with the fight in Texas, I can’t see why someone in so much trouble already would be fighting again if he didn’t have to.

I am not trying to make excuses I guess I just see things diffrently. In any case I wish them the best of luck they should be punished but it should be fair.

I recently had a book published about the Jena 6 March back in September. It can be purchased at www.xlibris.com/theinvasionofjena/html. For more information you can also visit my site at www.leighowens.com

Regards,

I was wondering what are the updates and outcomes of this case. As far as the two young men go who appeared on tv, what do ya’ll expect? They immulate what is portrayed on television then ya’ll expect them to “know how to act” Who was it embarassing for? I guess it’s ok for the “entertainers” to do that stuff (i.e. wear obscene amounts of jewelry and pose with money in mouth) but when the people who buy their albums and contribute to their success do those things, it’s embarassing. . . people wake up and stop talkin that bull! Don’t hold one standard for one person and not for another. These rappers catch cases and do the same damn thing! TI still talkin much noise and his ass doin fed time. .. AGAIN! So again I ask, embarassing for whom? Its all embarassing and as long as WE keep glorifying it, young men and women will continue to immulate it. So unless you’re gonna boycott the industry, dont chastize them for doing what they do.

tired of everything being racist if six white kids beat a black kid they would get life n prision get over it u mess up get in trouble deal with it