Comments on: CNN Finally Reports On the Jena Six http://brotherpeacemaker.wordpress.com/2007/09/05/cnn-finally-reports-on-the-jena-six/ It's about our community and our spirituality! Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:44:52 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: brotherpeacemaker http://brotherpeacemaker.wordpress.com/2007/09/05/cnn-finally-reports-on-the-jena-six/#comment-3960 brotherpeacemaker Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:04:40 +0000 http://brotherpeacemaker.wordpress.com/2007/09/05/cnn-finally-reports-on-the-jena-six/#comment-3960 Thanks for the feedback mary powell, Peace Thanks for the feedback mary powell,

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]]> By: mary powell http://brotherpeacemaker.wordpress.com/2007/09/05/cnn-finally-reports-on-the-jena-six/#comment-3958 mary powell Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:24:54 +0000 http://brotherpeacemaker.wordpress.com/2007/09/05/cnn-finally-reports-on-the-jena-six/#comment-3958 I am outraged over the Jena 6 incident,to think Dr. Martin Luther king spent most his adult life trying to bring the races together and here we are in the year 2008 and we are still no better off than when we slaves hundreds of years ago it's like reliving a night mare all over again.Where is located in this free world that you are not permitted to sit under a tree that God created.What give people the right to perdict another human being life.The fight that broke out between the six black boys and the white boy was not warranted for the six boys to face 100 years in a prison cell.Are we living in freedom or hell?.We are not animals we are human being like any other living thing.I think more people of status should not only voice your opinion but help these young men and let them know that we stand together united with them.To the parents of these young men my heart and prayers go out to you.I will continue the struggle to help people no matter what race ,color or creed. Thank-you I am outraged over the Jena 6 incident,to think Dr. Martin Luther king spent most his adult life trying to bring the races together and here we are in the year 2008 and we are still no better off than when we slaves hundreds of years ago it’s like reliving a night mare all over again.Where is located in this free world that you are not permitted to sit under a tree that God created.What give people the right to perdict another human being life.The fight that broke out between the six black boys and the white boy was not warranted for the six boys to face 100 years in a prison cell.Are we living in freedom or hell?.We are not animals we are human being like any other living thing.I think more people of status should not only voice your opinion but help these young men and let them know that we stand together united with them.To the parents of these young men my heart and prayers go out to you.I will continue the struggle to help people no matter what race ,color or creed. Thank-you

]]> By: brotherpeacemaker http://brotherpeacemaker.wordpress.com/2007/09/05/cnn-finally-reports-on-the-jena-six/#comment-900 brotherpeacemaker Fri, 21 Sep 2007 23:44:47 +0000 http://brotherpeacemaker.wordpress.com/2007/09/05/cnn-finally-reports-on-the-jena-six/#comment-900 I just witnessed the CNN interview with the US District Attorney Donald Washington. Mr. Washington admitted that the charges against the black students was within the law based on the charges by LaSalle Parish DA Reed Walters. However, Mr. Washington admitted that, "We have gone a little further afield than necessary." One of the witnesses that testified against Mychal Bell was one of the white students who hung the three original nooses from the "white tree." I haven't heard any news about the other thirty nine. Peace I just witnessed the CNN interview with the US District Attorney Donald Washington. Mr. Washington admitted that the charges against the black students was within the law based on the charges by LaSalle Parish DA Reed Walters. However, Mr. Washington admitted that, “We have gone a little further afield than necessary.”

One of the witnesses that testified against Mychal Bell was one of the white students who hung the three original nooses from the “white tree.” I haven’t heard any news about the other thirty nine.

Peace

]]> By: brotherpeacemaker http://brotherpeacemaker.wordpress.com/2007/09/05/cnn-finally-reports-on-the-jena-six/#comment-898 brotherpeacemaker Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:27:20 +0000 http://brotherpeacemaker.wordpress.com/2007/09/05/cnn-finally-reports-on-the-jena-six/#comment-898 I was going to write I wasn't aware of the US Attorney investigating the Jena events. But I just looked it up on CNN of all places. These are just a couple of excerpts, (<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/19/jena.six.link/?iref=mpstoryview" rel="nofollow">click here</a> for the full article): "The events, though likely symptoms of racial tension, were separate incidents, said Donald Washington, U.S. attorney for the Western District of Louisiana." "Asked if the incidents had been blown out of proportion, [Mr. Washington] replied, 'To a degree, I believe so, yes.'" Mr. Washington has his opinion and he is more than entitled to it. However, if we could simply rely on public officials to be totally fair and reasonable then the LaSalle Parish District Attorney Reed Walters would never have made his statement threatening the black students to "make their lives disappear with the stroke of his pen." Mr. Reed made good on that threat. You may think the black young men are being treated fairly and things have been blown out of proportions. To most people in the African American community it is evidence of the racial disparity associated with the justice system. Not everyone in the black community thinks this is a manifestation of racism. Mr. Washington probably thinks everything is appropriate and on the level. I don't think the fact that he is black means he is correct or impartial or sensitive to the needs of the black community. Clarence Thomas would probably say he doesn't see anything wrong either. Just because he's on the Supreme Court doesn't men he's impartial. Mychal Bell's original defense attorney was black. Lord knows the original defense attorney was either incompetent or didn't care to fight for his client. The original trial happened without the defense questioning a single witness. Something here stinks. This is not the first time a student has been ganged up on in school. However, it is the first time I've seen a school fight turn into charges of attempted murder. And the weapons were shoes. Something here really stinks. Peace I was going to write I wasn’t aware of the US Attorney investigating the Jena events. But I just looked it up on CNN of all places. These are just a couple of excerpts, (click here for the full article):

“The events, though likely symptoms of racial tension, were separate incidents, said Donald Washington, U.S. attorney for the Western District of Louisiana.”

“Asked if the incidents had been blown out of proportion, [Mr. Washington] replied, ‘To a degree, I believe so, yes.’”

Mr. Washington has his opinion and he is more than entitled to it. However, if we could simply rely on public officials to be totally fair and reasonable then the LaSalle Parish District Attorney Reed Walters would never have made his statement threatening the black students to “make their lives disappear with the stroke of his pen.” Mr. Reed made good on that threat. You may think the black young men are being treated fairly and things have been blown out of proportions. To most people in the African American community it is evidence of the racial disparity associated with the justice system.

Not everyone in the black community thinks this is a manifestation of racism. Mr. Washington probably thinks everything is appropriate and on the level. I don’t think the fact that he is black means he is correct or impartial or sensitive to the needs of the black community. Clarence Thomas would probably say he doesn’t see anything wrong either. Just because he’s on the Supreme Court doesn’t men he’s impartial.

Mychal Bell’s original defense attorney was black. Lord knows the original defense attorney was either incompetent or didn’t care to fight for his client. The original trial happened without the defense questioning a single witness. Something here stinks.

This is not the first time a student has been ganged up on in school. However, it is the first time I’ve seen a school fight turn into charges of attempted murder. And the weapons were shoes. Something here really stinks.

Peace

]]> By: rwelch http://brotherpeacemaker.wordpress.com/2007/09/05/cnn-finally-reports-on-the-jena-six/#comment-896 rwelch Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:48:00 +0000 http://brotherpeacemaker.wordpress.com/2007/09/05/cnn-finally-reports-on-the-jena-six/#comment-896 Does it matter to any of you that the "facts" put forth in this article are inconsistent with the conclusions made by the US Attorney sent to investigate the events leading up to the incident? Does it matter that said US Attorney is an African American? Does it matter that 40 witnesses of both involved races do not coroborate the accounts given by the Jena 6 or those that would exploit them for personal gain? Does it matter to any of you that the “facts” put forth in this article are inconsistent with the conclusions made by the US Attorney sent to investigate the events leading up to the incident? Does it matter that said US Attorney is an African American? Does it matter that 40 witnesses of both involved races do not coroborate the accounts given by the Jena 6 or those that would exploit them for personal gain?

]]> By: Lee Gottlieb http://brotherpeacemaker.wordpress.com/2007/09/05/cnn-finally-reports-on-the-jena-six/#comment-791 Lee Gottlieb Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:02:56 +0000 http://brotherpeacemaker.wordpress.com/2007/09/05/cnn-finally-reports-on-the-jena-six/#comment-791 Hello, The Jena episode is just another event caused by unregulated power in an ignorant, hostile world. I was born into a white, Jewish family 77 years ago. Throughout my early years I experienced discrimination and suffered more than a few beatings from white, Christian bullies. I have held the greatest of empathy and respect for black people all of my life and have spent a good part of life seeking answers to the problems of discrimination, poverty, and war. I humbly offer my solutions on the above website. Lee G. Hello,
The Jena episode is just another event caused by unregulated power in an ignorant, hostile world.

I was born into a white, Jewish family 77 years ago. Throughout my early years I experienced discrimination and suffered more than a few beatings from white, Christian bullies. I have held the greatest of empathy and respect for black people all of my life and have spent a good part of life seeking answers to the problems of discrimination, poverty, and war. I humbly offer my solutions on the above website.

Lee G.

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