Once again, blacks don't want to be held accountable.[views:19452][posts:85]_______________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 10:14am - SkinSandwich ""] http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/20/jena.six/index.html :whipper: |
_______________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 10:20am - the_reverend ""] the problem there is neither do the whites. er.. more like the whites AREN'T being held accountable. |
_________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 10:33am - xmikex ""] pffft. I hope those kids like prison food. |
____________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 10:40am - demondave ""] " "A lot of things happened between the noose hanging and the fight occurring, and we have arrived at the conclusion that the fight itself had no connection," said Donald Washington, U.S. attorney for the Western District of Louisiana. "There were three months of high school football in which they all played football together and got along fine, in which there was a homecoming court, in which there was the drill team, in which there were parades," Washington added."" The hanging up empty nooses was a ridiculous event. To my understanding, no one was caught - Not that no one was punished. Why this severe beating - unassociated with the prior event (and in which the participants were caught) - and the responsibilities of the assailants should be changed escapes me. |
_____________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 10:57am - Hoser_NLI ""] the_reverend said:the problem there is neither do the whites. er.. more like the whites AREN'T being held accountable. Accountable for what? |
_____________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 11:01am - Hoser_NLI ""] For hanging the nooses? I didn't know that hanging nooses was illegal...is hanging flower pots from my house illegal too because it hurts plants feelings? Is it illegal for me to wear a shirt with a swastika because Jews get offended? What should the whites be held accountable for in this situation? I'm dying to hear this.... |
___________________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 11:04am - fuck logging in ""] [img] |
________________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 11:07am - Y_Ddraig_Goch ""] just another incident to show you how dumb black people are "omg all the boys tried to do was murder him! and you're trying ta put em in prison!?" |
__________________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 11:09am - metal_church101 ""] fuck logging in said:[img] Ha Ha Ha Ha!!!!! |
_______________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 11:09am - the_reverend ""] I guess you didn't read anything about this situation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jena_Six the only white held accountable was one guy (non-student) for battery. Reading that wiki it's semi-obvious that there is a "good olde boy" mentality in that community that unfairly levels the fields against the black community (500 people) from the white community (3000 people). Sitting behind a computer in the "liberal" and "white" north, it's hard for any of us to understand the mentality of the south. |
___________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 11:11am - toc nli ""] I just read about this article on the wiki. That news article link above didn't provide me with much. The case was reduced to second degree battery. That's very normal for a "kicking" assault, and honestly, innumerable "white" people have been brought up on bigger assault charges when they kick due to the shoes thing. I actually just read another article, totally unrelated, in the BostonNOW yesterday about some other dude getting a hefty charge due to having used his shoes. I really don't see anything that makes this a point of racial standoff. |
___________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 11:12am - toc nli ""] Also, 350 blacks were subpoenaed for jury duty and none showed up, and now people are claiming "Oh, well it's a WHITE jury!" ? |
_______________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 11:12am - the_reverend ""] this incident shows how fucking stupid people (especially in the south) are. Everyone involved should have had the hammer brought down on them in the beginning. The whites in power didn't do that and protected their own in the beginning. now that the blacks went over board and did shit, the blacks are backing their own. hind sight is 20/20, but I know if those nooses showed up when I was in highschool, the persons who did it would have been expelled and the persons who knew about it expelled or suspended. there was zero tolerance at my school |
__________________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 11:13am - BobNOMAAMRooney ""] It's still pretty gay that some kids are going to get tried as adults and possibly put away for a long time because of a high school fight. Probation seems fair, or at least it did for the white kid who assaulted one of the kids going on trial for this a weekend before they assaulted Justin Barker. |
_______________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 11:13am - the_reverend ""] and if the blacks had gone, who would have run the KFC? |
___________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 11:14am - toc nli ""] the_reverend said:and if the blacks had gone, who would have run the KFC? or eaten it? |
__________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 11:17am - 2White ""] Rev is a nigger defender? Thats because he dosent live around any. If he did, he would hate them in a month. Rev Sharpton? |
__________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 11:19am - 2White ""] Jena 6? whats that, their combined IQ? Ba da dum tss. Good place for a 500 lb bomb if u ask me, but you didnt, but I said it anyway. |
__________________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 11:21am - BobNOMAAMRooney ""] I'm sure 2white lives around black people. |
__________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 11:21am - 2White ""] A high school fight is 1v1 and usually ends when a teacher/staff/fellow student(s) break it up. These 6 NIGGERS knocked this ONE white kid out cold, right off the bat, and continued to stomp and beat his head into the ground. Thats not a highschool yard scrap, that IS attempted murder and they SHOULD ALL be tried as adults. |
__________________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 11:22am - BobNOMAAMRooney ""] 2White said:A high school fight is 1v1 and usually ends when a teacher/staff/fellow student(s) break it up. These 6 NIGGERS knocked this ONE white kid out cold, right off the bat, and continued to stomp and beat his head into the ground. Thats not a highschool yard scrap, that IS attempted murder and they SHOULD ALL be tried as adults. And he walked out of the hospital that night, weeeeeeeeee |
__________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 11:22am - 2White ""] I live IN black people. In their minds. I am fear in a white suit. |
__________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 11:23am - 2White ""] BobNOMAAMRooney said:2White said:A high school fight is 1v1 and usually ends when a teacher/staff/fellow student(s) break it up. These 6 NIGGERS knocked this ONE white kid out cold, right off the bat, and continued to stomp and beat his head into the ground. Thats not a highschool yard scrap, that IS attempted murder and they SHOULD ALL be tried as adults. And he walked out of the hospital that night, weeeeeeeeee So...Ive seen soldiers take a sniper bullet and get up and walk away...does that mean that the sniper did NOT intend to kill him? |
__________________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 11:23am - BobNOMAAMRooney ""] I thought you lived under a bridge, keeping those dirty goats from crossing. |
__________________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 11:24am - BobNOMAAMRooney ""] 2White said:BobNOMAAMRooney said:2White said:A high school fight is 1v1 and usually ends when a teacher/staff/fellow student(s) break it up. These 6 NIGGERS knocked this ONE white kid out cold, right off the bat, and continued to stomp and beat his head into the ground. Thats not a highschool yard scrap, that IS attempted murder and they SHOULD ALL be tried as adults. And he walked out of the hospital that night, weeeeeeeeee So...Ive seen soldiers take a sniper bullet and get up and walk away...does that mean that the sniper did NOT intend to kill him? Nope, the sniper just wanted to give him a warning shot. |
__________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 11:25am - 2White ""] BobNOMAAMRooney said:I thought you lived under a bridge, keeping those dirty goats from crossing. Youre usually better than that, I am disappointed with you. |
_______________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 11:25am - the_reverend ""] [img] |
__________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 11:25am - 2White ""] BobNOMAAMRooney said:2White said:BobNOMAAMRooney said:2White said:A high school fight is 1v1 and usually ends when a teacher/staff/fellow student(s) break it up. These 6 NIGGERS knocked this ONE white kid out cold, right off the bat, and continued to stomp and beat his head into the ground. Thats not a highschool yard scrap, that IS attempted murder and they SHOULD ALL be tried as adults. And he walked out of the hospital that night, weeeeeeeeee So...Ive seen soldiers take a sniper bullet and get up and walk away...does that mean that the sniper did NOT intend to kill him? Nope, the sniper just wanted to give him a warning shot. Way to joke it off when you know youre wrong. Next. |
_______________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 11:27am - the_reverend ""] oh come now, I know the black kid in town. and in high school, I was friends with the blacks.. both of them. |
_______________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 11:28am - the_reverend ""] actually, now that I think of it.. at the 8th grade dance, my date left me for the black dude. |
__________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 11:28am - 2White ""] This guy.... [img] Needed this..... [img] |
__________________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 11:31am - BobNOMAAMRooney ""] 2White said:BobNOMAAMRooney said:2White said:BobNOMAAMRooney said:2White said:A high school fight is 1v1 and usually ends when a teacher/staff/fellow student(s) break it up. These 6 NIGGERS knocked this ONE white kid out cold, right off the bat, and continued to stomp and beat his head into the ground. Thats not a highschool yard scrap, that IS attempted murder and they SHOULD ALL be tried as adults. And he walked out of the hospital that night, weeeeeeeeee So...Ive seen soldiers take a sniper bullet and get up and walk away...does that mean that the sniper did NOT intend to kill him? Nope, the sniper just wanted to give him a warning shot. Way to joke it off when you know youre wrong. Next. Nah, the right way to get rid of it would have been to ask SAUCE PLOX for your story about beating his head into the ground. Because from what I've read they kicked him before it was broken up (in other words a school yard scrap). Good job logging out to troll, too afraid to drop nigger (and completely impair your ability to argue rationally about this issue) on your actual username? |
__________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 11:35am - 2White ""] [img] |
__________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 11:38am - 2White ""] 1. Niggerlover A white women who has sex with as many black men as possible Nichole is such a Niggerlover it makes me wanna puke. 2. Niggerlover lover "Niggerlover lover" is a white man, who has an intimate relationship with a white girl, who has had relationship with blacks (a niggerlover) Billy: I really like this girl from school, although she is a niggerlover. Kosta: Bro, that's because you are a niggerlover lover! |
_________________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 11:55am - DestroyYouAlot ""] BobNOMAAMRooney said:It's still pretty gay that some kids are going to get tried as adults and possibly put away for a long time because of a high school fight. Probation seems fair, or at least it did for the white kid who assaulted one of the kids going on trial for this a weekend before they assaulted Justin Barker. I don't know enough about the usual penalties involved in this kind of fight, so I guess I don't know whether probation or felony charges are more par for the course; what's more, I don't know how the actual fight went down (and it's probably too late for anyone outside of the participants to say for sure, now that it's been so heavily politicized). If the kid walked out of the hospital, it seems like it wasn't that big of a deal, but all the same it's hard to argue that when six dudes gang up on one - especially when he's on the ground - that they weren't trying to do some real damage. People die like that all the time. 'Course, the reality is that this is in Louisiana, so it's probably a virtual impossibility for blacks in a high-profile trial to get a fair shake. And now that Rev. Al and his Bizarro World KKK have shown up, the whole thing is fucked. Burn the system, start over. KTHXBYE |
_________________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 11:57am - DestroyYouAlot ""] Oh, and 2White's just mad at the six black dudes he caught porking his mom. Give'em a break, they just came over to deliver pizza! |
_______________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 11:57am - the_reverend ""] and that's how it all begins. |
_______________________________ [Sep 20,2007 12:40pm - Yeti ""] Hoser_NLI said:For hanging the nooses? I didn't know that hanging nooses was illegal...is hanging flower pots from my house illegal too because it hurts plants feelings? Is it illegal for me to wear a shirt with a swastika because Jews get offended? What should the whites be held accountable for in this situation? I'm dying to hear this.... this is one of the dumbest things i've ever read on this board. |
_______________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 12:42pm - SkinSandwich ""] And knowing is half the battle. |
_______________________________ [Sep 20,2007 12:42pm - Lamp ""] What do you expect from Hoser O'Reilly, really. |
_______________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 12:46pm - swamplorddvm ""] If the noose thing is troo they should be suspended or expelled. The "jena six" should also be punished. The bail is abit much. but I bet sharpton would love it if those 6 were never charged. sharpton suckes and is racist. |
_______________________________ [Sep 20,2007 12:48pm - Yeti ""] seriously, Al Sharpton is only going to make things worse for them. |
_________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 12:55pm - xmikex ""] Yeti said:seriously, Al Sharpton is only going to make things worse for them. That's what Al Sharpton does. He takes bad situations, and makes them worse. And makes black people look stupid in the process. |
_______________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 12:55pm - swamplorddvm ""] You know if some black dude beat the shit out of some random white dude walking down the street and a white cop took him down (as he should) and it was all caught on tape, what would sharpton do? |
______________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 1:11pm - GoatCatalyst ""] Lamp said:What do you expect from Hoser O'Reilly, really. i LOL'd |
______________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 1:38pm - the_reverend ""] I want just going to post that about lamp's comment. |
________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 1:42pm - zyklon ""] Y_Ddraig_Goch said:just another incident to show you how dumb black people are "omg all the boys tried to do was murder him! and you're trying ta put em in prison!?" How white trash are you? |
______________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 1:57pm - GoatCatalyst ""] i love this forum |
______________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 2:02pm - SkinSandwich ""] GoatCatalyst said:i love this forum It loves you back. I knew this thread would create an anal shit storm. |
__________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 2:04pm - Drowned ""] GoatCatalyst said:i love this forum I agree with you, people love to be racist |
___________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 2:10pm - demondave ""] I was under the impression that the person/persons responsible for the nooses were not caught. I read up on Wikipedia and see that I was mistaken. Also, I was under the impression that the kid who got the beating was not involved in the noose incident. I still think that is correct. I am reading some information that suggest he may have said something about race before the attack, but I am not sure of it. |
__________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 2:12pm - Drowned ""] David Bowie donated $10,000. In a statement he said, "There is clearly a separate and unequal judicial process going on in the town of Jena. A donation to the Jena Six Legal Defense Fund is my small gesture indicating my belief that a wrongful charge and sentence should be prevented. |
______________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 2:31pm - the_reverend ""] bowie probably thought they were gay and then in affect, his people. LET'S DANCE! |
__________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 2:58pm - Drowned ""] the_reverend said:bowie probably thought they were gay and then in affect, his people. LET'S DANCE! He may be gay but definitely not a Red Neck... |
______________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 3:18pm - the_reverend ""] if this was against a bunch of hobbitses you would all care. |
______________________________ [Sep 20,2007 3:18pm - CNV ""] the_reverend said:I guess you didn't read anything about this situation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jena_Six the only white held accountable was one guy (non-student) for battery. Reading that wiki it's semi-obvious that there is a "good olde boy" mentality in that community that unfairly levels the fields against the black community (500 people) from the white community (3000 people). Sitting behind a computer in the "liberal" and "white" north, it's hard for any of us to understand the mentality of the south. Exactly, instead you have a bunch of yuppie liberal cry babies that have no concept of what it's like outside their dorm rooms... Send them all to Detroit and see how they like it there.... |
______________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 3:29pm - the_reverend ""] I would survive 15 seconds in detroit. After that, they would have me up on blocks in the street stealing my tires |
_________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 4:53pm - sxealex ""] i agree with the rev... those kids that put the nooses up should have gotten in a ton of trouble... this shit wouldnt have happened otherwise. if it did... then they both would receive punishment. |
__________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 5:28pm - Dankill ""] White people were retards for putting up nooses in school to mess with some black kids. Black people were retards for doing a 6 on 1 beating of some random white kid and then complaining about how on earth this could possably be wrong. People suck. Zyklon-B for the whole lot of ye. |
____________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 5:30pm - RichHorror ""] Dan, you cut their hair... reason with them. |
_________________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 5:53pm - metal_church101 ""] Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson are both frauds that do nothing but get rich by stirring up racial tensions. This has been proven over time and again. |
_____________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 6:01pm - HailTheLeaf ""] the_reverend said:this incident shows how fucking stupid people (especially in the south) are. Everyone involved should have had the hammer brought down on them in the beginning. The whites in power didn't do that and protected their own in the beginning. now that the blacks went over board and did shit, the blacks are backing their own. hind sight is 20/20, but I know if those nooses showed up when I was in highschool, the persons who did it would have been expelled and the persons who knew about it expelled or suspended. there was zero tolerance at my school Wow, nothing brings out ignorance like a topic like this. Rev's post is the first I've read that isn't completely retarded. We're so evolved now in 2007, let's start fighting and killing each other over hair color and eye pigmentation next, that'll show everyone how smart we are. By the way, zero tolerance policies are extremely misguided also. |
_______________________________ [Sep 20,2007 6:52pm - Hoser ""] the_reverend said:I guess you didn't read anything about this situation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jena_Six the only white held accountable was one guy (non-student) for battery. Reading that wiki it's semi-obvious that there is a "good olde boy" mentality in that community that unfairly levels the fields against the black community (500 people) from the white community (3000 people). Sitting behind a computer in the "liberal" and "white" north, it's hard for any of us to understand the mentality of the south. Well, I lived in North Carolina for the better part of 10 years so it's easy for me to understand. There is a "good 'ole boy" mentality everywhere. What do you mean by "unfairly levels the field?" So we should import blacks and other races so that there's a "level" playing field? Too bad...if they don't like it, they should pack their shit and move north where they'll be accepted with open arms by the Clintonites and other scum. Anytime that Sharpton, Jackson and that mob of assholes gets involved in anything, it instantly loses credibility... You believe too much bs propaganda Rev.....the south is actually a fucking wonderful place. The people are 20X nicer to each other and less likely to cut you off on the highway so that they can get to a stop light quicker than you. And the bs stereotype that blacks are so impoverished and spat upon in the south is bullshit too. There are good blacks and bad niggers everywhere. The blacks have enough un-informed whites standing behind their every cry. Don't become another one. |
_______________________________ [Sep 20,2007 6:53pm - Hoser ""] metal_church101 said:Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson are both frauds that do nothing but get rich by stirring up racial tensions. This has been proven over time and again. DING! Took the words right outta my stupid white mouth. |
_______________________________ [Sep 20,2007 6:56pm - Hoser ""] I'll ask the question again...where is the law that states that nooses are illegal? Many honkies, niggers, spics, dinks, frogs, and waps were hung by nooses...should we all take offense to a noose? Freedom of speech...if I want to hang a noose from my house, so fucking be it. Show me the law. |
___________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 7:23pm - DrewBlood ""] was anyone else wondering why black students had to get permission to sit under that tree in the first place? the last time i checked, its not 1964 anymore. |
______________________________ [Sep 20,2007 7:32pm - Lamp ""] Hoser said:And the bs stereotype that blacks are so impoverished and spat upon in the south is bullshit too. It is bullshit. Everyone is impoverished in the south, just about every house I saw in North Carolina last month was either a doublewide trailer or falling apart. |
__________________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 8:07pm - fuck logging in ""] While hanging a noose isn't directly illegal, but as a symbol of violence; that should have warranted a stronger punishment from the school. Clearly after the a black student sits under "the white tree" and breaks the unenforced segregation of the school, then a noose is hung from the tree is a direct threat of violence. It was as if the collective white demographic of that school said " you sit under this tree darky you'll be hanging from this tree." and for anyone not to see this is very disturbing. |
__________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 8:07pm - Dankill ""] I told you, Rich. I cut in the 'burbs now. Where people are white and have truely dispossable incomes. This is out of my hands now. |
_________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 8:11pm - Anthny ""] 2White, if you have a daughter I hope she grows up to do black gangbang pornos. |
___________________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 8:33pm - FuckIsMySignature ""] niggas be TRIPPIN |
__________________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 10:09pm - ctborderpatrol ""] vote me in for dictator of new england so we can occupy the south again, build lypo camps, and suck the fat out of the obese people to power our war machine. it'll be the greenest army ever. |
__________________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 10:10pm - ctborderpatrol ""] p.s. subjects in the camps will have one thing in common, gluttony it will be multicultural |
___________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 11:38pm - Dankill ""] I like that kinda thinking. Original and innovative. Plus, fat people get the short end of the stick. Brilliant! |
______________________________________ [Sep 21,2007 2:21am - GoatCatalyst ""] Hoser said:Many honkies, niggers, spics, dinks, frogs, and waps were hung by nooses... it's WOPS, dullard WITH-OUT-PAPERS!!! |
___________________________________ [Sep 21,2007 3:45am - dreadkill ""] DrewBlood said:was anyone else wondering why black students had to get permission to sit under that tree in the first place? the last time i checked, its not 1964 anymore. that was my first thought. who the hell needs permission to sit under a tree? i think the noose thing was ridiculous and was definitely a provocation to get the black kids riled up. if the white kid was part of the noose hanging, he had the beating coming. if he had nothing to do with the noose thing, but made the stupid decision of saying something racist to the black kids when they were clearly upset about the noose thing, he had it coming. |
________________________________________ [Sep 21,2007 9:41am - DestroyYouAlot ""] This sums up my feelings about this sensitive issue: http://www.feanor.net/z0r/shock/whiteblack.swf |
________________________________________ [Sep 21,2007 9:43am - DestroyYouAlot ""] ctborderpatrol said:vote me in for dictator of new england so we can occupy the south again, build lypo camps, and suck the fat out of the obese people to power our war machine. it'll be the greenest army ever. I support this 110%. |
________________________________________ [Sep 21,2007 9:49am - DestroyYouAlot ""] [img] This is how I will be showing my support. |
_______________________________________ [Sep 21,2007 10:13am - the_reverend ""] DYA: I was just coming in to post that swf. michael graham talking about this this morning was the closest thing to listening to a room full of special needs kids talking about this topic. what a retard. |
_________________________________________ [Sep 21,2007 10:25am - DestroyYouAlot ""] the_reverend said:DYA: I was just coming in to post that swf. One of my all-time favorites; bringing that up on the screen gets me an instant punching from my girlfriend. (That and Charlie the Unicorn.) |
_________________________________________ [Sep 21,2007 2:52pm - BobNOMAAMRooney ""] Hoser said:I'll ask the question again...where is the law that states that nooses are illegal? Many honkies, niggers, spics, dinks, frogs, and waps were hung by nooses...should we all take offense to a noose? Freedom of speech...if I want to hang a noose from my house, so fucking be it. Show me the law. :wiggam: Well, shut my mouth. It's also illegal to put squirrels down your pants for the purposes of gambling. |
________________________________ [Sep 21,2007 5:59pm - NIGGER ""] IF THERE'S A WHITE MAN AND A BLACK MAN, THE BLACK MAN IS GETTIN OPPRESSED BY THE WHITE MAN IT'S JSUT THE RULES MAN |
_______________________________ [Sep 21,2007 7:45pm - Hoser ""] Yeti said:Hoser_NLI said:For hanging the nooses? I didn't know that hanging nooses was illegal...is hanging flower pots from my house illegal too because it hurts plants feelings? Is it illegal for me to wear a shirt with a swastika because Jews get offended? What should the whites be held accountable for in this situation? I'm dying to hear this.... this is one of the dumbest things i've ever read on this board. Of course you see it as dumb, you don't understand the point. You're as closed minded as the rest of the moron community. Everything I say is simply bark on the tree...you have to understand that beneath the bark there is wood, fascist. |
_______________________________ [Sep 21,2007 7:46pm - Hoser ""] GoatCatalyst said:Hoser said:Many honkies, niggers, spics, dinks, frogs, and waps were hung by nooses... it's WOPS, dullard WITH-OUT-PAPERS!!! Hahahahaha.....you are correct, sir. I retract that mis-representation. |
________________________________ [Sep 23,2007 9:39am - NIGGER ""] Everyone in America has now heard of Jena, Louisiana, and its alleged racial abominations. Its crimes are said to be so great that on Sept. 20, Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton had to lead a massive “civil rights” march through the sleepy town of 3,000 to drag it into the modern era. Young blacks from all over the country took part, many comparing the demonstration to events in Selma or Birmingham half a century ago. It takes some digging to find out what actually happened in Jena, but we are not witnessing a return to Jim Crow. Although blacks have treated LaSalle Parish District Attorney Reed Walters like a reincarnation of Bull Connor, the more closely his actions are examined the more reasonable they seem. These events have become a rallying cry for “civil rights” for only one reason: The national media have shamelessly warped them to fit the pattern of unregenerate Southern bigotry. Here is what actually happened. The Nooses On August 30, 2006, there was a back-to-school assembly for boys only at Jena High School. An assistant principal covered rules, dress codes, etc., and called for questions. One black asked a question that was clearly a joke: Could blacks sit with whites under a particular shade tree in the school’s courtyard. Everyone in the room laughed. The assistant principal answered that, of course, anyone could sit wherever he liked. There were a number of other questions—some funny, some serious—and the assembly broke up in good spirits. National commentators have assumed whites had been keeping blacks away from the tree, but no one in Jena says this. There are places where whites often sit and places where blacks often sit, but there are no rigidly enforced boundaries. The question would not have gotten a big laugh if there had been tension about who could sit under the tree. The next day, Aug. 31, the first students to arrive at school found nooses (some reports say three, some say two) hanging from the tree. Administrators immediately took them down, and the majority of students, who arrived after 7:15 a.m., never saw them. They later learned about the nooses from television and newspaper reports. The school quickly found the three white students who had hung the nooses but concluded—and this is admittedly surprising—that they had no racial motivation for what the school called a “prank.” It should be underlined that the local police and the FBI also interviewed the boys and found no racial motive. The local US Attorney, Donald Washington, who is black, later looked into the nooses incident, and he, too, and found no grounds for action. The nooses were painted in the Jena High colors—black and gold—which does suggest a non-racial motive. Jena High School does not release details about student disciplinary matters, but word leaked out that the culprits were imitating something from a television program. The high school principal nevertheless recommended expulsion, but the LaSalle Parish School Board overruled him and the three were suspended. For several weeks they attended a special school for expelled students, and were only later let back into Jena High. Meanwhile, blacks held meetings to complain about the nooses, in which they refused to see anything but racial hatred, and were angry that the white students were not expelled. The continuing press about the nooses seems to have raised racial tension in a school that had seen little of it. On September 6, there was a nasty argument between a black girl and a white girl, and a white boy went to the emergency room for stitches after he was hit in the head from behind. These were exceptional events for Jena High School, and police were assigned to the school all day September 7. The next day, there was a report that someone had brought a gun to school. Students were kept in classes for three hours while police searched students and school grounds. All the police found were a large number of cell phones, which are forbidden in school by state law. It is important to note that from Sept. 9 through Nov. 30—nearly three months—there were no racial incidents reported either at the high school or in the city or Jena. That night, however, someone set fire to the main high school building and gutted it. There are still no suspects, and nothing but speculation about motive. The Fights The school was closed for four days, during which there were some racial incidents in town. On Dec. 1, there was a private party at the Fair Barn, a big metal building used for social events. The crowd was mostly whites with a few blacks. At about 11:00 p.m. five black Jena High students tried to crash the party, but a woman told them they could not come in. The boys insisted, and a white man—not a student—stepped in front of the woman to prevent them. There was a fight, which continued outside. A number of other whites—not students—got involved, the police were called, and one of the whites was arrested and pleaded guilty to battery. At least two of the black students were later among the “Jena 6.” The next day, Dec. 2, there was a fight at a convenience store called Gotta Go, between three black students and the same white man. There have been conflicting accounts of what happened, with the blacks charging that the white man was brandishing a gun. Accounts from witnesses led police to charge one of the black students with battery and theft. Jena High student Robert Bailey, 17, was involved in both the Fair Barn and Gotta Go fights, as well as the famous assault that took place a few days later. December 4 was the first day of school after the fire. There was considerable chaos, with students meeting in makeshift classes. After lunch, black football star Mychal Bell walked up to a white student named Justin Barker and punched him to the ground from behind. Some eight to ten boys—all black—then started kicking him. Witness statements taken later used phrases like “stomped him badly,” “stepped on his face,” “knocked out cold on the ground,” and “slammed his head on the concrete beam.” According to court documents, Mr. Barker was probably unconscious before he hit the ground, where his attackers stomped his “lifeless” body. The Jena Times calls it “one of the most violent attacks in Jena High School’s history.” When Assistant Principal Gawan Burgess got to the scene, he thought the boy was dead. He was bleeding from ears and nose and showed no sign of life. An ambulance took Mr. Barker to LaSalle General Hospital, where he was in the emergency room for about 2-1/2 hours and racked up a bill of $5,467. A brain scan showed no anomalies, and he was released. Much has been made later of the fact that that evening he attended the school’s annual class ring ceremony where, as a junior, he was to get a ring. “I waited 11 years to go to it,” he has since explained. “I wasn’t going to let that get in my way.” Mr. Barker had a swollen face and was in considerable pain. He left the ceremony early, as soon as he got his ring. He says he was blind in one eye for three weeks, and was still suffering from headaches six months after the beating. At the trial of his main attacker, Mychal Bell, he said he had no idea why he was beaten, but this sounds disingenuous. Blacks claimed that earlier he had taunted one of them for having his “ass whipped” at the Fair Barn. A student who testified at the trial said that just before Mr. Bell attacked Mr. Barker she heard a black say, “There’s that white mother f***er that was running his mouth.” It should be underlined that Mr. Barker was not one of the three whites disciplined for the noose affair, nor did he have anything to do with the fights at the Fair Barn or at Gotta Go. He does not appear to be a choir boy, however. Just a few days before the end of the school year, he was expelled from school after a hunting rifle was found in his car on school grounds. Students are strictly forbidden to bring weapons to school. The Whooping Blacks were outraged when LaSalle Parish District Attorney Reed Walters charged six of the black attackers with attempted murder and decided to try Mr. Bell as an adult. He had good reasons to. Mr. Bell, who was 16 at the time of the attack, had been on probation since he committed battery on Christmas Day, 2005. Since then, he had been found guilty under the juvenile system of three other crimes—two violent attacks and one property crime—before he even attacked Mr. Barker. Bail was set at $90,000, a figure his family could not meet. His father, who is now being portrayed as the caring parent, has been living in Texas for years, and resurfaced only after the boy was charged. Just before the trial this summer, District Attorney Walters reduced charges to aggravated second-degree battery and conspiracy. On June 28, after deliberating for less than three hours, a jury of five women and one man found Mr. Bell guilty. He was to be sentenced on Sept. 20. Much has been made of the fact that all the jurors were white, but none of the blacks called for jury duty that day showed up (plenty of whites dodged jury duty, too). The jury pool was white, so the jury was white. The guilty verdict made Mr. Bell into a hero. He and the five other defendants were baptized “The Jena 6,” and the trial was soon being touted around the world as a classic case of bigoted white justice. On August 5, Al Sharpton came to town with his usual message: “You cannot have some boys assault and charged with nothing, some boys hanging nooses and finish the school year and other boys charged with attempted murder and conspiracy. That’s two levels of justice, and two levels of justice is an injustice.” Jesse Jackson was in town on Sept. 10, with a not-so-veiled threat. He demanded that the sentence for Mr. Bell be thrown out and that the charges for the remaining attackers be reduced to misdemeanors. If not, he said, there would be a “major demonstration” spurred by the “national and international outrage” with as many as 40,000 people likely to descend on poor little Jena. “The DA and the judge can go a long way to relieve this tension,” he said. Maybe the judge was listening. On Sept. 24, 28th Judicial District Court Judge J.P. Mauffray Jr. vacated Mr. Bell’s adult conviction, and ordered him retried in juvenile court. As an adult, the maximum sentence would have been 22-1/2 years; in juvenile court, Mr. Bell will face no more than 15 years. District Attorney Walters did not give in. He intends to try everyone on felony charges. On Sept. 20, Jena got its demonstration, with the usual bombast about racism and unequal justice for blacks. Perhaps as many as 10,000 people—almost all back—were bused in from as far away as Dallas, Nashville, St. Louis, Chicago and Philadelphia. Blacks all across the country have been whooping up the “Jena 6” as the great civil rights cause of our era. The whooping has been based on distortions that the media have done everything to encourage. The story now going around the world is that there were parts of Jena High School where blacks were not allowed. Whites strung up nooses when blacks asked to be let into those places. The whites got off scot-free. There followed a series of fights between blacks and whites—the off-campus fights in which no white students were involved get a lot of attention here—in which no white student even got arrested. Racism reached an ugly paroxysm when yet another “school-yard fight” resulted in attempted murder charges against blacks while whites again got off scot-free. The charge of attempted murder is obviously trumped up because the white “victim” went to a school function that same evening. Here is the storied Southern racism of old, come back from what all liberals will assure us was never the dead. Even British pop star David Bowie has given $10,000 to the NAACP’s “Jena 6 Legal Defense Fund” to help fight injustice. The media are almost entirely to blame for this. All too ready to assume the worst of whites, all too happy to encourage blacks to scream “racism,” they have, in effect, driven them to ask for freedom for thugs who knocked a boy down and stomped him as he lay unconscious. This is what “civil rights” now means for the NAACP and the likes of Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. http://www.amren.com/mtnews/archives/2007/09/jena.php THESE RACISTS ARE OPPRESSING ME |