Man faces charges over nooses on truck

Hugabear

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Fri Jan-25-08 10:55 AM
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Man faces charges over nooses on truck

http://news.aol.com/story/_a/man-faces-charges-over-nooses-on-truck/20080124163609990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001

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WASHINGTON (Jan. 24) - A man has been indicted on federal charges for allegedly displaying hangman's nooses from the back of a pickup truck during a civil rights march last year in Jena, La.

Jeremiah Munsen, 18, of Grant Parish, repeatedly drove slowly past a group of marchers gathered at a bus depot in Alexandria, which is near Jena, as they awaited buses to return them to Tennessee, federal authorities said Thursday.
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Good. It's about time we start cracking down on this racist, 19th century bullshit.

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Echo In Light

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Fri Jan-25-08 10:57 AM
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1. Macho, macho man. He's got to be a macho man...

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Marrah_G

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Fri Jan-25-08 11:27 AM
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2. I actually feel badly for this kid- not that he is being charged, but rather...

... that he was raised by such horrible people. He never had a chance and will probably spend his life in and out of jail, if he lives very long.

It's truly sad to see such a young man, brainwashed into hating other because they have different ancestors.

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Echo In Light

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Fri Jan-25-08 01:04 PM
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4. It's always a tough balance: one sympathizes w/the kid who is raised to be that way

Yet, there's that kid, grown, acting in monstrous ways of his or her own accord, beliefs, etc

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Marrah_G

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Fri Jan-25-08 01:20 PM
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5. There generally isn't alot of free thought going on in those homes.

Edited on Fri Jan-25-08 01:22 PM by Marrah_G

That usually comes once they leave the nest and aren't constantly under the pressure of a family like that.

17-18 is not grown, we all know that. At that age you are usually still a product of your environment.

This kid never had a chance, from the moment his mother gave birth to him.

I personally think extreme racist homes should have the children removed. I mean the ones who actively teach aggressive and violent hatred. It is a form of child abuse.

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Echo In Light

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Fri Jan-25-08 01:22 PM
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6. True. And people's mindset is usually quite fixed by 18, and unlikely to change

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Fri Jan-25-08 11:33 AM
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3. A slack-jawed yokel

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