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Sunday, September 23, 2007


The Jena Six. Certainly not the last black men to get a bad deal in America's legal system.
It began after black teens sat under a tree that was long a traditional gathering spot for white students - only to be met the next day with three hangman’s nooses hanging from the tree.

That, of course, hearkened back to the reign of lynching terror that once permeated the South - as vile a message as it was unmistakable.

FBI agents and a U.S. attorney concluded that the incident had all the earmarks of a hate crime, but declined to prosecute because it didn’t meet the strict federal standards to bring charges.

The local DA did not bring state charges either, saying no Louisiana law covered the offense. And the school board merely ordered the students responsible to serve an in-school suspension, though the principal had urged their expulsion.
Sounds pretty skewed, and I love the notion of agreeing with the dissent despite the fact that the camera-loving attention whores Rev. Jackson and Sharpton are involved in this. That alone gives the opposition some credibility with the La Salle Parish prosecutor.

Sometimes high school bullshit fights are just that: Bullshit.



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