Hundreds March in Jena, Louisiana in Support of the Jena Six

Bullet1987

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Wed Aug-29-07 07:34 AM
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Hundreds March in Jena, Louisiana in Support of the Jena Six

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/01/1435233&mode=thread&tid=25">Democracy Now

A movement is growing in support of the Jena Six -- the black Louisana high school students charged with attempted murder for a school fight in which a white student was beaten up. The fight broke out after white students hung three nooses from a tree where the black students had sat. School board officials cut down the tree last week. Hundreds of people from all over the country gathered Tuesday for a march through Jena�s streets. Independent reporter Jordan Flaherty reports.
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The interview can be read on the link above. This case is an utter travesty though and needs much more attention than it's getting.

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underpants

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Wed Aug-29-07 08:09 AM
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1. I heard about this on NPR about a month ago

Really striking example of how things still are in some parts of the country.

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Bullet1987

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Wed Aug-29-07 11:39 AM
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2. I heard David Duke got like 60% of the vote there when he ran for office...

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Clark2008

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Wed Aug-29-07 11:46 AM
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4. You mean like Boston? New York?

Those "parts" of the country?

The most violent anti-busing demonstrations in America were not in Birmingham or Biloxi but Boston. In 1989, when Charles Stuart, a wealthy white businessman murdered his pregnant wife, he told police that a "Black guy" did it. The police believed him without a whisper of doubt. They launched a vicious manhunt, fanning out through housing projects and sweeping the streets. State politicians whipped up a further frenzy by calling for reinstatement of the death penalty. When Stuart committed suicide after his brother blew the whistle, all police spokeswoman Margot Hill could say without shame was, "(Stuart) took advantage of the environment he was in. He knew exactly what he was doing." It is precisely what Ms. Hill calls "the environment" that has found expression in the world of sports. The Boston Red Sox were the last team in major league baseball to integrate. They waited so long to sign African-Americans, that the hockey team, the Bruins, actually beat them to it. The Sox removed their color line in 1959 twelve years after Jackie Robinson broke through with the Brooklyn Dodgers. They begrudgingly brought marginal infielder Pumpsie Green up from the minors. But it didn't have to be Pumpsie.

http://www.counterpunch.org/zirin06232004.html (normally, I don't link to them, but, in this instance, the quote I pulled from is background and can be found at other sources - just not compiled all together like this one).

http://saxakali.com/edwatch/racism_in_schools.htm

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HiFructosePronSyrup

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Wed Aug-29-07 11:47 AM
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5. Or Jena, Ma.?

Wait a minute...

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underpants

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Wed Aug-29-07 12:06 PM
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6. That's exactly what I mean

That IS what I meant

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CatWoman

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Wed Aug-29-07 11:41 AM
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3. I am so glad that Jena continues to make headlines

I've heard that Oprah has contacted one of the families. I hope she does a show on this :thumbsup:

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Sequoia

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Wed Aug-29-07 12:13 PM
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8. That would be great.

I want a Tshirt. The kids were banned from wearing it in school.

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in_cog_ni_to

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Wed Aug-29-07 12:12 PM
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7. It's STUNNING how this story has been ignored by the MSM. Now they condone racism? They condone

Edited on Wed Aug-29-07 12:14 PM by in_cog_ni_to

a young man going to prison for defending himself?

I'm STILL waiting for C-SPAN's WJ to do a Jena show. A caller called last week and told Peter they needed to do a show on Jena, LA. and, of course, Peter said he had no idea what the guy was talking about! Is that SHAMEFUL or is that SHAMEFUL? I'm still waiting, Peter!

on edit: I forgot to add that Peter did ask the caller to send him an email on the Jena story and he would look into doing a show on it.

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