Hot News: Update on Jena 6 and L.A. march for the Palmdale 4

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Jena 6 Update:
Mychal Bell has a juvenile court hearing today, we will be posting updates as we recieve them.


March for the Palmdale 4:

A march was held today in Lancaster, CA to demand that the Lancaster District Attorney's office drop all charges against the Palmdale 4. The next protest will be held on November 19th. Details are listed below.

Free The Palmdale 4 Protests

When: Monday November 19, 2007

Time: 8:00 am

Where: North District Michael D. Ant-on-o-vich Antelope Valley
Courthouse

Address: 42011 4th Street West
Lancaster, California 93534

Contact- www.islamichope.org

[vonmiwi]

Another fourteen year old teen was planning a Columbine type incident. This kid had a whole arsenal and was well prepared!

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20071011_High_school_open__teen_in_custody_as_thre at_investigated.html

[beachshopgirl]

I attended the march in Palmdale at the courthouse today. There were an estimated 50 -100 people there. I brought my two daughters 10 and 12. The SCLC was represented along with the Nation of Islam. We carried banners through the parking lot and sang "I Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around."

Naji Ali, as well as several members of the Palmdale community, the SCLC and a representative from the Nation of Islam spoke. The father of Plije Mervin also spoke. He said that he was looking to God to provide justice for what was done to his child. The defendants did not speak. One of the dfendants, the young man who did the video taping was not at the march, because he is on house arrest.

The consensus of the speakers is that we have to stand up and defend our children and change the laws to ensure and preserve the safety of our children. I spoke briefly to the mothers of Plije and the young man who video-taped the assault. I just shared with her that the state of California has what is called the California Safe Schools Act. This law states that every child is entitled to a "safe and peaceful learning environment."

The march was covered by some local media including a few television stations. It appeared that the majority of the reporters there were print media. One of the news station reporters (channel 7 ABC) obtained permission from Plije's mom to interview the doctor that treated her in the emergency room. Now, instead of a story about the march and the movement to protect and preserve our children, the tv station focused it's coverage on the emergency room doctor's claim that Plije's wrist is not broken. Nor is she injured in her neck or shoulder area. He claims that he only put her arm in the sling because she said that it was hurting. Of course, Plije's mom maintained that her daughter is truly injured. Whether Plije's wrist is fractured or not, is irrelevant. She was still assaulted by the security guard.

I believe that these incidents perpertuate themselves, because they are minimized by school districts and some media outlets.:( :(

[EyEz]

Mychal Bell Is Back In Jail. What Is Going On? Can Someone Please Tell Me How Can This Be.

[Patrice]

http://www.wafb.com/Global/story.asp?S=7203124

[filmoredollar]

Now, I've spend the last few weeks trying to give the benefit of the doubt to the justice system down in Jena. I think that Mychal who doesn't seem to be denying that he was a part of this fight should be punished for it. However, what this D.A. and judge down there has done is completely indefensible. Now am good and pissed off. This is retaliation, this is wrong and it makes me wonder what the hell this march and all this money is doing to help this kid. Those folks in Jena cannot sit there now and say that this court and this D.A. are not railroading this kid, in fact, WHY THE HELL DOES THE D.A. STILL HAVE A JOB.

[ThePhiladelphian]

Did he get re-arrested for probation violation? They say it stems from a previous drug charge....

[Brotha_Z]

What's going on is that those is a position of authority are clearly misusing that authority. Apparently, the judge and D.A. (which, by the way, as far as I'm concerned with this matter doesn't stand for District Attorney) will find anything they can to keep Mychal Bell locked up. That's why these young men can't get a fair trial - because the prosecution doesn't know what the hell a fair trial is! This whole incident just smacks of malicious prosecution and MUST be investigated.

Like Michael Baisden said, this is going to be a long, tough battle. For ever time they want to try and keep Mychal Bell imprisoned, we have to keep fighting to get him released.

Now the D.A. has crossed the line and needs to be looked at. So anyone living in Louisiana that's reading this post can go to this website (http://www.colorofchange.org/jena/walters/?id=2122-239871) to fill out and mail in to the Office of Disciplinary Counsel.

Let's keep the pressure on these clowns!

[gypsy1234]

http://www.wafb.com/Global/story.asp?S=7203124

MSNBC reported it as two counts of simple battery and two counts of destruction of property. Why are we getting two different reports? It appears that this young has been targeted.

[gypsy1234]

What's going on is that those is a position of authority are clearly misusing that authority. Apparently, the judge and D.A. (which, by the way, as far as I'm concerned with this matter doesn't stand for District Attorney) will find anything they can to keep Mychal Bell locked up. That's why these young men can't get a fair trial - because the prosecution doesn't know what the hell a fair trial is! This whole incident just smacks of malicious prosecution and MUST be investigated.

Like Michael Baisden said, this is going to be a long, tough battle. For ever time they want to try and keep Mychal Bell imprisoned, we have to keep fighting to get him released.

Now the D.A. has crossed the line and needs to be looked at. So anyone living in Louisiana that's reading this post can go to this website (http://www.colorofchange.org/jena/walters/?id=2122-239871) to fill out and mail in to the Office of Disciplinary Counsel.

Let's keep the pressure on these clowns!

Thank you Brotha_Z for the information. I will download form, make copies and distribute in my neighborhood so there will be no excuse for the neighbors to not fill this out. I will leave a note with it letting them know that I will gladly pick them up and deliver to the Office of Disciplinary Counsel. You're right. We have to stay on these clowns and we need to go back. We need to get back on the bus and keep getting on the bus.

[ChildoftheKing]

THIS IS AN OUTRAGE! WAS THE MARCH ALL IN VAIN!!?? WAS IT AFFECTIVE? WE MUST BOYCOTT POEOPLE AND STOP PLAYING AROUND. I AM SO SICK AND TIRED OF JUST TALKING ABOUT T. I KNEW SOME PEOPLE WERE GONNA GET BACK TO NORMAL AND NOT KICK UP DIRT! I AM TIRED OF OUR PEOPLE LOOKING LIKE A FOOL! IT'S TIME TO MARCH AND PROTEST ON EVERY COURTHOUSE AND CAPITAL STEPS. STOP PLAYING AND STAY FOCUSED. SHUT IT DOWN FOR REAL FOR REAL!!! IT'S TIME FOR FINACIAL BOYCOTT! MAKE BUST AND THEBLANCO FEEL IT BY OUR DOLLARS. DON'T SPEND NOTHING FOR 18 MOS. NO MOVIES, RSTAURANTS, MALLS AND SO FROTH. PEOPLE COME TOGETHER STRONGJena 6 Update:
Mychal Bell has a juvenile court hearing today, we will be posting updates as we recieve them.


March for the Palmdale 4:

A march was held today in Lancaster, CA to demand that the Lancaster District Attorney's office drop all charges against the Palmdale 4. The next protest will be held on November 19th. Details are listed below.

Free The Palmdale 4 Protests

When: Monday November 19, 2007

Time: 8:00 am

Where: North District Michael D. Ant-on-o-vich Antelope Valley
Courthouse

Address: 42011 4th Street West
Lancaster, California 93534

Contact- www.islamichope.org

[darmitab]

Mychal Bell was sent back to jail and sentenced to 18 months for a probabtion violation. Here is my question what about the time he served? Does that count for anything? This is a classic example of being made an example. I am ready to roll to DC...they are playing. This is out of control. Check out what is going on in Philly, PA...WAKE UP!!!



Jena 6 Update:
Mychal Bell has a juvenile court hearing today, we will be posting updates as we recieve them.


March for the Palmdale 4:

A march was held today in Lancaster, CA to demand that the Lancaster District Attorney's office drop all charges against the Palmdale 4. The next protest will be held on November 19th. Details are listed below.

Free The Palmdale 4 Protests

When: Monday November 19, 2007

Time: 8:00 am

Where: North District Michael D. Ant-on-o-vich Antelope Valley
Courthouse

Address: 42011 4th Street West
Lancaster, California 93534

Contact- www.islamichope.org

[winnerinlife]

I just read a report that Mychal Bell is back in jail! Family, don't be surprised if we have to go back there. Get ready: The struggle continues!

[winnerinlife]

Family, please read this! This sista survived a horrific attack and she now speak out about it.


Final Call Exclusive: One-on-One Interview with West Virginia Race Torture Victim Megan Williams
By FinalCall.com News
Updated Oct 10, 2007, 10:37 pm

The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan sent a delegation consisting of Attorney Abdul Arif Muhammad, editor-in-chief of The Final Call newspaper, Student in the Ministry Abdul Khadir Muhammad of Washington, D.C. and Final Call Contributing Writer Ashahed M. Muhammad to Charleston, West Virginia to determine the facts of the case, and also to minister unto the family of the young woman who was the victim of this heinous and barbaric attack.

What follows is an exclusive interview with Megan Williams and her adopted mother, Carmen Williams, conducted on Thursday, October 4, 2007, at their home. For the first time here you will see, in Megan Williams’ own words, the description of this repugnantly vicious assault.


The Final Call (FC): We know this was a difficult experience for you, but in order for the public to know the full truth of what happened, you have agreed to tell us in this interview. We want you to go as slow as you need and if you have any questions, or feel uncomfortable, just let us know. Tell us the story. Tell us what happened.

Megan Williams (MW): When I first went up there, a girl I knew named Christa, she took me up there, she said we were going to a party.

FC: When Christa took you there (the trailer home in Big Creek in Logan County) what did she do?

MW: She said she had to make a run and she would be right back. She didn’t come back.

FC: Do you believe Christa was involved in arranging this?

MW: (Nodding.)

Carmen Williams (CW): Yes, it was a setup, she left her there. When Megan was in the hospital, Christa called and I answered the phone. Christa was asking, ‘how is my friend?’ I told her that she wasn’t a friend of Megan’s because she left her. Christa then hung up the phone. We have not seen or heard from Christa since that time.

The police investigators say they are trying to locate her for an interview, but have not been able to find her.

FC: There were some news reports that you had a relationship with one of the defendants, Bobby Brewster. Is this accurate?

MW: We were just friends. It was nothing like that.


FC: No dating relationship between you and defendant Bobby Brewster?

MW: No. They kicked me in the head with steel toed boots, they hit me in the head with several objects, I remember seeing a knife, and they tried to cut my foot off. They told me that is what they did to Kunta Kinte when they cut his foot off so he couldn’t run and that is what they were going to do to me.

FC: When exactly was this?

MW: It was like in August. When she (Christa) dropped me off up there, that’s when they started beating on me, and calling me names. When they were hitting me and stabbing me, they called me n----r, they said ‘this is what we do to n----rs up here’ and they said they were going to kill me.

They didn’t feed me, didn’t give me no water, they said when they came back they were going to finish me off. They made me eat rat poop, dog poop and human feces. I had to do it to stay alive. They were taking my head and drowning me in a toilet, taking it back out and putting it back in (starting to cry). They were stabbing me in the leg, and I was screaming for my mom, and they would cover my mouth up.

They made me pick green beans out of the garden, they made these switches into a braid and they were whipping me as I was picking the greens. They made me pick weeds out of the garden and they were calling me n----r and said they were going to take me out to a creek and cut my throat and throw me in a river. All I was saying is I wanted to get back to my mom, and they were like, ‘you ain’t ever going to see your mom ever, ever again, never.’ I wanted to get back home so bad.


FC: When they were forcing you to go out into an open field was this a secluded area where no one could see you?

MW: Nobody seen me, nobody knew where I was at; it was a wooded area.

FC: At any time did you try to scream for somebody to help you ?

MW: Yep, they kept kicking me and stuff and saying that if I screamed again they were going to cut me and all kinds of stuff.


FC: Describe what was going through your mind when you first realized that Christa might not be coming back?

MW: I was scared and frightened.


FC: Megan, you went with an associate to this place for a party, did you know where she was taking you?

MW: No.

FC: When you got there, did you know where you were, did you know the house?

MW: No.


FC: After you got to the “party,” how long was it before you realized that Christa was not coming back?

MW: A couple of days. She said ‘I’m going down to my friends house and I’ll be right back’ two days went by and she never came back up, I got worried and then they said she wasn’t going to come back and get me, and that no n----rs were allowed up there, and they were going to kill me.

FC: What kind of party did you see?

MW: They were just up there doing drugs, it was not a party.

FC: What kind of drugs?

MW: They were making Meth. (Methamphetamines)

FC: Anything else besides Meth?

MW: Crack.

FC: They were actually doing these drugs, were they trying to make you do drugs?

MW: No. I wouldn’t.


FC: Did you start praying to God for help?

MW: Yes, I was asking Him to get me out of this. The only thing I was thinking about was my mom.

FC: Did you ever try fighting back?

MW: I did. I fought back when they would cut me, and they had me taped up with duct tape around my neck, my hands and feet, and when they left to get drugs and stuff, they said they were going to finish me off; they were going to take me down to a river, cut my throat and throw me in it, and I would never get to see my family ever again.

FC: There were several people involved. Who was the most vicious?

MW: All of them passed the knife around when they were stabbing me, all I remember is that when they were stabbing me, I passed out, and I guess that’s when they quit because I passed out, because I lost so much blood. I had noticed the stab wounds and they were this big and my meat was hanging out (shows the location on her left thigh). All I can remember was the knife, and I wake up every night now. That’s the only thing I see when I close my eyes is that knife.

FC: Ms. Williams (Megan’s mother), you told me since this happened, she has nightmares?

CW: I sleep with her actually, because if she doesn’t feel me near her, she’ll wake up and scream out in the middle of the night hollering ‘Mom! Mom!’

FC: At the point you realized after one or two days that you didn’t hear from your daughter—is it customary for her to be absent for long periods of time without checking in?

CW: Yes, she’s 20 years old, so she goes when she wants to and comes back when she wants to. At the time, she didn’t live with me. She would call me every now and then, but at the time, she was not living with me.

FC: How did you find out that something had happened to Megan?

CW: Logan Hospital called me and they asked me if I had a daughter named Megan Williams, and I said yes. Then they proceeded to tell me what happened to her, and they asked me how soon we could get up there.

FC: Megan, while you were being held there, can you tell us more about what happened?

MW: Yes. Bobby kicked me in my stomach a few times, kicked me in my back and my face and all I remember is that they hit me with several objects, a cedar stick, a fly swatter handle, a belt, a shoe, and you know the gloves with the lead in them, they were smacking me in the face with those. Both my eyes were black and every night, they made me sleep outside.

FC: While they were doing all of these drugs, what were you doing?

MW: I just wanted to get away. I asked one of them if they could let me go, they said no because ‘ain’t no n----rs allowed up here,’ and they were going to kill me. One day, I was asleep in the room, one of them came in and was kicking me and said ‘hey n----r, we got a noose out there for you, want to come look at it? We’re going to hang you, come on.’ I got really scared. I just wanted to get out of there. I was fighting for my life.

FC: You said that they cut your hair?

MW: As they would cut it, they were literally pulling my hair out, and pulling it out in patches. They were all sitting on the porch drinking beer, and they had that knife out. Bobby made me lick his mom’s bottom at knife point, and then he made me suck her toes. They were laughing and calling me names. One of them held me at gun point with a 9 mm.

FC: Now where did they have you sleeping?

MW: In the shed. They told me there were no n----rs allowed in the trailer.

FC: What male members of the group raped you?

MW: Danny (Combs) and Bobby (Brewster).

FC: Do you know who made the anonymous tip to the police?

MW: Yep, it was a boy named Eddie that was up there. He lived a couple of houses down. He was walking and saw my hands out the window and went for help.

CW: He said he heard her holler for help, he ran back down the street and called police. I spoke to him on the phone and he said ‘ma’am, I’m the one that made the call.’


FC: Since this ordeal have you been harassed or received any threats?

CW: No. We haven’t been staying here. We just came home about a week ago.

FC: Have you received any support from the Religious Community?

CW: Yes, my pastor Bishop James Carter has been to every pretrial hearing that they have had, and he is going there today; and Allen Hill and Emanuel Heyliger.

FC: How are you feeling now Megan?

MW: I feel a lot better.

FC: If there was one thing you could get across to people who hear about this case, what would it be?

MW: There are dangerous people in the world and everybody needs to keep an eye on their kids so that their kids will be safe.

FC: What do you hope happens to the people who did this to you?

MW: I think they need to be put away and never get out again. They should never again see daylight.

CW: I just hope they get what they deserve. I hope they get life. I don’t wish nobody dead, because that’s not my belief, but they should be in prison for the rest of their lives.

[Midnight1973]

http://news.aol.com/story/_a/judge-sends-jena-6-teen-back-to-jail/20071011232209990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001

JENA, La. (Oct. 12) - A teenager at the center of a civil rights controversy was back in jail after a judge decided the fight that put him in the national spotlight violated terms of his probation for a previous conviction, his attorney said.

Mychal Bell, who along with five other black teenagers had been accused of beating a white classmate, went to juvenile court Thursday expecting another routine hearing, said Carol Powell Lexing, one of Bell's attorneys.

Instead, after a six-hour hearing, state District Judge J.P. Mauffrey Jr. sentenced him to 18 months on two counts of simple battery and two counts of criminal destruction of property, Lexing said.

He had been hit with those charges before the Dec. 4 attack on classmate Justin Barker. Details on the previous charges, which were handled in juvenile court, were unclear.

"He's locked up again," Marcus Jones said of his 17-year-old son. "No bail has been set or nothing. He's a young man who's been thrown in jail again and again, and he just has to take it."

After the attack on Barker, Bell was originally charged with attempted murder, but the charges were reduced and he was convicted of battery. An appeals court threw that conviction out, saying Bell should not have been tried as an adult on that charge.

Racial tensions began rising in August 2006 in Jena after a black student sat under a tree known as a gathering spot for white students. Three white students later hung nooses from the tree. They were suspended but not prosecuted.

More than 20,000 demonstrators gathered recently in Jena to protest what they perceive as differences in how black and white suspects are treated. The case has drawn the attention of civil rights activists including the Revs. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton.

Sharpton reacted swiftly upon learning Bell was back in jail Thursday.

"We feel this was a cruel and unusual punishment and is a revenge by this judge for the Jena Six movement," said Sharpton, who was instrumental in organizing the protest held Sept. 20, the day Bell was originally supposed to be sentenced in the case.

Mauffrey, reached at his home Thursday night, had no comment.

Bell and the other five defendants have been charged in connection with the attack on Barker, which left him unconscious and bleeding with facial injuries. According to court testimony, he was repeatedly kicked by a group of students at the high school.

Barker was treated for three hours at an emergency room but was able to attend a school function that evening, authorities have said.

Bell, Robert Bailey Jr., Carwin Jones, Bryant Purvis and Theo Shaw were all initially charged - as adults - with attempted second-degree murder and conspiracy to commit the same. A sixth defendant was charged in the case as a juvenile.

Bell, who was 16 at the time, was convicted in June of aggravated second-degree battery and conspiracy to commit that crime. LaSalle Parish prosecutor Reed Walters reduced the charges just before the trial. Since then, both of those convictions were dismissed and tossed back to juvenile court, where they now are being tried.

Charges against Bailey, 18, Jones, 19, and Shaw, 18, have been reduced to aggravated second-degree battery. Purvis, 18, has not yet been arraigned.

[CarolynW]

Mychal Bell is back in jail, (http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/10/11/bell.jail/index.html) but he did NOT do anything new to put himself there. Please read the story on CNN for all the latest news. He's being held in jail because in a two-day hearing on the juvenile charges, the judge (yes, the same one who presides over every case in Jena, Judge Mauffrey) said he had violated his parole on the previous juvenile charges from last year so ordered him to spend an additional 18 months in the Juvenile facility. So my question is this, WHY WAS HE RELEASED IN THE FIRST PLACE THEN? This case is getting stranger and stranger by the minute. You don't keep a kid in jail for 10 months, try him as an adult, have the Appeals Court overturn the conviction, let him go on bond, only to throw him back in jail again and say he has to serve 18 additional months when he has NOT committed any new violation of the law. He's already served 10 months, doesn't that count for something? And how in the WORLD can Mychal get a fair hearing, trial or anything else in Jena? He needs a change of venue! He MUST HAVE a change of venue to have any fair decision handed down to him.

[IDoEmpowerU]

they put that baby back in jail. they are doing all they can to ensure justice does not reach us! i've attached the link below

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g_B895UEtV38cUvZWav9zg08hh3QD8S7F9080

[sq357]

I just read a report that Mychal Bell is back in jail! Family, don't be surprised if we have to go back there. Get ready: The struggle continues!
Man, this guy is a criminal--let him do his time and get own with it...this should be a reality check--60,000 was misled to believe that they can stomp into Jena and free Mr. Bell.

O.K., you should be happy that the young man is out of adult prison, not serving 15-20 years.

[sq357]

they put that baby back in jail. they are doing all they can to ensure justice does not reach us! i've attached the link below

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g_B895UEtV38cUvZWav9zg08hh3QD8S7F9080
Come on people, we know that the Justice system is not fair--this is why you should go home a hug your kids, give them guidance and most important...hold them accountable. This is troubling, that people want to go back to jena. Try standing up in your own community, handle business in your own home.

The March of all Marches should stand as a symbol--it's a parable to unlocking mind and standing firm. If you got kids, give them a T-shirt and march around your house, in your church. Make a change in your life and get rid of the those free loading sharptons and jackson.

[anonymus1]

We are going to have to be radical about this judicial system all over America.
We need to go to DC and not leave until they make every state correct the blatant injustices done everywhere.

I'm not saying that Mychall Bell should not pay for what he has done, but the time spent should be considered for something. That judge is trying to tell us that he can do whatever the hell he wants just like the man that said he could write their lives away with the stroke of a pen.

We can go over to all other countries to kill and be killed, but can't handle our own over here.

[2kids&me]

THIS IS BLOWS MY MIND BACK IN JAIL...THAT'S WHY I'VE BEEN WEARING BLACK IF NOT EVERYDAY I MAKE SURE ME & MY KIDS WEAR IT ON THURSDAY(9/20). EVERYBODY KEEP WEARING THE BLACK & MAKE SURE YOU HAVE WEAR IT ON THURSDAY....WEAR YOUR BLACK UNTIL THE JENA 6 IS FREE/OVER. I JUST TEXT MY KIDS IN SCHOOL TO SPEAD THE WORD WE NEED EVERYBODY IN BLACK IN SCHOOL UNTIL THIS IS OVER EVERY THURSDAY. LET'S MAKE THURSDAYS BLACK THURSDAY COME FAMILY WE GOT TO STAND ON THIS IF WE DONT THEN LOOK FOR MORE TO COME.......2KIDS&ME

[Novinha]

Mychal Bell is back in jail, (http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/10/11/bell.jail/index.html) but he did NOT do anything new to put himself there. Please read the story on CNN for all the latest news. He's being held in jail because in a two-day hearing on the juvenile charges, the judge (yes, the same one who presides over every case in Jena, Judge Mauffrey) said he had violated his parole on the previous juvenile charges from last year so ordered him to spend an additional 18 months in the Juvenile facility. So my question is this, WHY WAS HE RELEASED IN THE FIRST PLACE THEN? This case is getting stranger and stranger by the minute. You don't keep a kid in jail for 10 months, try him as an adult, have the Appeals Court overturn the conviction, let him go on bond, only to throw him back in jail again and say he has to serve 18 additional months when he has NOT committed any new violation of the law. He's already served 10 months, doesn't that count for something? And how in the WORLD can Mychal get a fair hearing, trial or anything else in Jena? He needs a change of venue! He MUST HAVE a change of venue to have any fair decision handed down to him.



Exactly! This judge is twisting the law to exact revenge. I'm not saying that Bell is an angel, but people must realize that this is not just about Bell! If this injustice can happen to him, it can happen to anyone. Please stop examining reactions to this injustice as if it were all about Bell!

[sq357]

THIS IS BLOWS MY MIND BACK IN JAIL...THAT'S WHY I'VE BEEN WEARING BLACK IF NOT EVERYDAY I MAKE SURE ME & MY KIDS WEAR IT ON THURSDAY(9/20). EVERYBODY KEEP WEARING THE BLACK & MAKE SURE YOU HAVE WEAR IT ON THURSDAY....WEAR YOUR BLACK UNTIL THE JENA 6 IS FREE/OVER. I JUST TEXT MY KIDS IN SCHOOL TO SPEAD THE WORD WE NEED EVERYBODY IN BLACK IN SCHOOL UNTIL THIS IS OVER EVERY THURSDAY. LET'S MAKE THURSDAYS BLACK THURSDAY COME FAMILY WE GOT TO STAND ON THIS IF WE DONT THEN LOOK FOR MORE TO COME.......2KIDS&ME
What, where it until the Jena six are free! What! We need to where black T-shirts, until Gangsta rap is not on public air waves, where black T-shirts until we build up our educational system, where black T-shirts until Drugs, HIV, Alcohol is not a plague in our communities.

Where a black T-shirt to FREE YOUR MIND!

[saleemjurnee]

i can't even imagine what that family feels like... and poor Michael ......... good grief....

[sq357]

i can't even imagine what that family feels like... and poor Michael ......... good grief....
Poor Michael! That sound be a song for this---what ever this is?

[Novinha]

What, where it until the Jena six are free! What! We need to where black T-shirts, until Gangsta rap is not on public air waves, where black T-shirts until we build up our educational system, where black T-shirts until Drugs, HIV, Alcohol is not a plague in our communities.

Where a black T-shirt to FREE YOUR MIND!

until we have equality in the legal system. Can't you see that this is just wrong?

[2kids&me]

What, where it until the Jena six are free! What! We need to where black T-shirts, until Gangsta rap is not on public air waves, where black T-shirts until we build up our educational system, where black T-shirts until Drugs, HIV, Alcohol is not a plague in our communities.

Where a black T-shirt to FREE YOUR MIND!

:) YOU ARE SO RIGHT SIS/BRO WE NEED TO FREE OUR MINDS

[mighty mike]

HEY MINGLE CITY, THE SPIRIT OF JENA LIVES ON IN FT. PIERCE FLORIDA. This is Mike with THE YOUNG MILLIONAIRES GROUP, INC. Our firm went to Jena to support and have not quenced the spirit. On Monday we are marching against the FPUA. (Fort Pierce Utilities Authority) The utility bills for one month are consistantly over $400 and only in a "certain" part of town. We have seen bills as high as $800, that is some "frak-a-nakle-bull". we are at the same time protesting against the Ft. Pierce Police for punching and pepper spraying a 15 year old girl, who was out after curfew. she was stopped a block from her house. The story has been picked up by CNN, FOX NEWS, MSNBC and local news agencies. Go to www.tcpalm.com and click on arrest stop protest. Thanks MINGLE CITY, we are keeping hope alive. We are praying for the Jena 6.

[aturner06]

Lawyer: 'Jena 6' Teen Mychal Bell Sent Back to Jail for Probation Violation
Friday, October 12, 2007

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NEW ORLEANS — A judge decided the fight that thrust a teenager into the center of a civil rights controversy violated his probation for a previous conviction and ordered the boy back to jail, the teen's attorney said.

Mychal Bell, who along with five other black teenagers is accused of beating a white classmate, had gone to juvenile court in Jena on Thursday expecting another routine hearing, said Carol Powell Lexing, one of his attorneys.

Instead, state District Judge J.P. Mauffrey Jr. sentenced Bell to 18 months in jail on two counts of simple battery and two counts of criminal destruction of property, Lexing said.

"We are definitely going to appeal this," she said. "We'll continue to fight."

Bell had been hit with those charges before the Dec. 4 attack on classmate Justin Barker. Details on the previous charges, which were handled in juvenile court, were unclear.

Mauffrey, reached at his home Thursday night, had no comment.

"He's locked up again," Marcus Jones said of his 17-year-old son. "No bail has been set or nothing. He's a young man who's been thrown in jail again and again, and he just has to take it."

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Racial tensions began rising in August 2006 in Jena after a black student sat under a tree known as a gathering spot for white students. Three white students later hung nooses from the tree. They were suspended but not prosecuted.

More than 20,000 demonstrators gathered last month in the small central Louisiana town to protest what they perceive as differences in how black and white suspects are treated. The case has drawn the attention of civil rights activists including the Revs. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson.

Sharpton reacted swiftly upon learning Bell was back in jail Thursday.

"We feel this was a cruel and unusual punishment and is a revenge by this judge for the Jena Six movement," said Sharpton, who helped organize the protest held Sept. 20, the day Bell was originally supposed to be sentenced.

Bell's parents were also ordered to pay all court costs and witness costs, Sharpton said.

"I don't know what we're going to do," Jones said. "I don't know how we're going to pay for any of this. I don't know how we're going to get through this."

Bell and the other five defendants have been charged in the attack on Barker, which left him unconscious and bleeding with facial injuries. According to court testimony, he was repeatedly kicked by a group of students at the high school.

Barker was treated for three hours at an emergency room but was able to attend a school function that evening, authorities have said.

Bell, Robert Bailey Jr., Carwin Jones, Bryant Purvis and Theo Shaw were all initially charged — as adults — with attempted second-degree murder and conspiracy to commit the same. A sixth defendant was charged in the case as a juvenile.

Bell, who was 16 at the time, was convicted in June of aggravated second-degree battery and conspiracy to commit that crime. LaSalle Parish prosecutor Reed Walters reduced the charges just before the trial. Since then, both of those convictions were dismissed and tossed back to juvenile court, where they now are being tried.

Charges against Bailey, 18, Jones, 19, and Shaw, 18, have been reduced to aggravated second-degree battery. Purvis, 18, has not yet been arraigned.


http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,301303,00.html

[bignay]

:mad: How in the hell can you now tell me that after having 10 months in jail, he now has to spend another 18 months for violating his probation. DOES THIS SOUND LIKE RETALIATION TO ANYONE ELSE!!!!!! I am sadden that this is still going on, and we seem to still be in the same old take two steps forward, then 4 steps backward. Is it me or has our society continued to take steps to keep us in the dark ages. This is some BULL S---!!!! How can a country that can envade other countries and say that they are fighting for freedom, still keep a group of people unfree

[sq357]

until we have equality in the legal system. Can't you see that this is just wrong?
I don't want to discourage your belief that one day Black america will be treated fair in the Justice System, but until we get more of our people working in the system--we can forget it. Therefore, I advocate bring your kids up with a sense of his surroundings (the justice system) and teaching them how to survive. So often we give them the basic skills to find food and shelter, but we need to go further.

The discussion should not be about the fairness of the Justice system--the discussion should be about how to keep you kids from being lock up. Which means you got to hold them accountable.

It's hard to accepted, but if we stop making Mr. Bell a Victim--he will be better for it. He will move in a direction to stop injustice. We are disabling him for life with what is be done. He is out of prison! That fight is won! He is in juvenile detention, where he should be.

[zion]

A judge ordered a black teenager back to jail, deciding the fight that put him in the national spotlight violated terms of his probation for a previous conviction, his attorney said.

Mychal Bell, who along with five other black teenagers in the so-called Jena Six case is accused of beating a white classmate, had gone to juvenile court in Jena on Thursday expecting another routine hearing, said Carol Powell Lexing, one of his attorneys.

Instead, state District Judge J.P. Mauffrey Jr. sentenced Bell to 18 months in jail on two counts of simple battery and two counts of criminal destruction of property, Lexing said.

"We are definitely going to appeal this," she said. "We'll continue to fight."

Bell had been hit with those charges before the Dec. 4 attack on classmate Justin Barker. Details on the previous charges, which were handled in juvenile court, were unclear.

Mauffrey, reached at his home Thursday night, had no comment.

"He's locked up again," Marcus Jones said of his 17-year-old son. "No bail has been set or nothing. He's a young man who's been thrown in jail again and again, and he just has to take it."

After the attack on Barker, Bell was originally charged with attempted murder, but the charges were reduced and he was convicted of battery. An appeals court threw that conviction out, saying Bell should not have been tried as an adult on that charge.

Racial tensions began rising in August 2006 in Jena after a black student sat under a tree known as a gathering spot for white students. Three white students later hung nooses from the tree. They were suspended but not prosecuted.

More than 20,000 demonstrators gathered last month in the small central Louisiana town to protest what they perceive as differences in how black and white suspects are treated. The case has drawn the attention of civil rights activists including the Revs. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson.

Sharpton reacted swiftly upon learning Bell was back in jail Thursday.

"We feel this was a cruel and unusual punishment and is a revenge by this judge for the Jena Six movement," said Sharpton, who helped organize the protest held Sept. 20, the day Bell was originally supposed to be sentenced.

Bell's parents were also ordered to pay all court costs and witness costs, Sharpton said.

"I don't know what we're going to do," Jones said. "I don't know how we're going to pay for any of this. I don't know how we're going to get through this."

Bell and the other five defendants have been charged in the attack on Barker, which left him unconscious and bleeding with facial injuries. According to court testimony, he was repeatedly kicked by a group of students at the high school.

Barker was treated for three hours at an emergency room but was able to attend a school function that evening, authorities have said.

Bell, Robert Bailey Jr., Carwin Jones, Bryant Purvis and Theo Shaw were all initially charged — as adults — with attempted second-degree murder and conspiracy to commit the same. A sixth defendant was charged in the case as a juvenile.

Bell, who was 16 at the time, was convicted in June of aggravated second-degree battery and conspiracy to commit that crime. LaSalle Parish prosecutor Reed Walters reduced the charges just before the trial. Since then, both of those convictions were dismissed and tossed back to juvenile court, where they now are being tried.

Charges against Bailey, 18, Jones, 19, and Shaw, 18, have been reduced to aggravated second-degree battery. Purvis, 18, has not yet been arraigned.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071012/ap_on_re_us/jena_six

[mawp01]

We need to let them know we mean business by BOYCOTTING BUSINESSES ARE AROUND THIS GREAT USA, I am more that willing to not spend one time except for bare nescessites, for evey month MYCAL BELL is locked up, i will not give one dime to any merchant, all of my AFRICAN AMERICA BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THE STATE OF LA especially need to be involved in this and if you live any where near JENA, LOUISANA keep your money in your pockets. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!!!! BOYCOTTE, BOYCOTTE, BOYCOTTE!!!!!

[sq357]

We need to let them know we mean business by BOYCOTTING BUSINESSES ARE AROUND THIS GREAT USA, I am more that willing to not spend one time except for bare nescessites, for evey month MYCAL BELL is locked up, i will not give one dime to any merchant, all of my AFRICAN AMERICA BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THE STATE OF LA especially need to be involved in this and if you live any where near JENA, LOUISANA keep your money in your pockets. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!!!! BOYCOTTE, BOYCOTTE, BOYCOTTE!!!!!
March, March, March--before long we will be called the Elephant patrol! Boycott what! Spinning rims or Grillz.

[enpowermentnow]

March, March, March--before long we will be called the Elephant patrol! Boycott what! Spinning rims or Grillz.

Money is the only thing that will get their undivided attention.

[Novinha]

I don't want to discourage your belief that one day Black america will be treated fair in the Justice System, but until we get more of our people working in the system--we can forget it. Therefore, I advocate bring your kids up with a sense of his surroundings (the justice system) and teaching them how to survive. So often we give them the basic skills to find food and shelter, but we need to go further.

The discussion should not be about the fairness of the Justice system--the discussion should be about how to keep you kids from being lock up. Which means you got to hold them accountable.

It's hard to accepted, but if we stop making Mr. Bell a Victim--he will be better for it. He will move in a direction to stop injustice. We are disabling him for life with what is be done. He is out of prison! That fight is won! He is in juvenile detention, where he should be.
I basically agree with you. But the fact that he already served 10 months and is now facing another 18 bothers me. It seems like a matter of revenge, not justice. And when you go back to how others were punished, it seems downright strange.
The entire justice system needs to be overhauled! I realize it's not going to happen today. So, yes, teach your children well. But, I feel we can't exclude the blatant disparity in the legal system from the discussion!

[sq357]

Money is the only thing that will get their undivided attention.
People, I love you--but we have to agree to disagree on this one--where is the led Monarch on this...He got his promo by supporting Jena and Yet, not a word--no comments even in the credits of the show, after dark---

[enpowermentnow]

Poor Michael! That sound be a song for this---what ever this is?

Seems like they methodically figured out how to get the bail money, let him be with family for a short period of time (without letting him attend school or church), after serving nine months in an adult prison, this is emotional torture,
I agree with whomever said we need to wear black until this is over. I am not purchasing anything from anywhere unless it's black owned and operated.

[AlmondDoll]

A judge ordered a black teenager back to jail, deciding the fight that put him in the national spotlight violated terms of his probation for a previous conviction, his attorney said.

Mychal Bell, who along with five other black teenagers in the so-called Jena Six case is accused of beating a white classmate, had gone to juvenile court in Jena on Thursday expecting another routine hearing, said Carol Powell Lexing, one of his attorneys.

Instead, state District Judge J.P. Mauffrey Jr. sentenced Bell to 18 months in jail on two counts of simple battery and two counts of criminal destruction of property, Lexing said.

"We are definitely going to appeal this," she said. "We'll continue to fight."

Bell had been hit with those charges before the Dec. 4 attack on classmate Justin Barker. Details on the previous charges, which were handled in juvenile court, were unclear.

Mauffrey, reached at his home Thursday night, had no comment.

"He's locked up again," Marcus Jones said of his 17-year-old son. "No bail has been set or nothing. He's a young man who's been thrown in jail again and again, and he just has to take it."

After the attack on Barker, Bell was originally charged with attempted murder, but the charges were reduced and he was convicted of battery. An appeals court threw that conviction out, saying Bell should not have been tried as an adult on that charge.

Racial tensions began rising in August 2006 in Jena after a black student sat under a tree known as a gathering spot for white students. Three white students later hung nooses from the tree. They were suspended but not prosecuted.

More than 20,000 demonstrators gathered last month in the small central Louisiana town to protest what they perceive as differences in how black and white suspects are treated. The case has drawn the attention of civil rights activists including the Revs. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson.

Sharpton reacted swiftly upon learning Bell was back in jail Thursday.

"We feel this was a cruel and unusual punishment and is a revenge by this judge for the Jena Six movement," said Sharpton, who helped organize the protest held Sept. 20, the day Bell was originally supposed to be sentenced.

Bell's parents were also ordered to pay all court costs and witness costs, Sharpton said.

"I don't know what we're going to do," Jones said. "I don't know how we're going to pay for any of this. I don't know how we're going to get through this."

Bell and the other five defendants have been charged in the attack on Barker, which left him unconscious and bleeding with facial injuries. According to court testimony, he was repeatedly kicked by a group of students at the high school.

Barker was treated for three hours at an emergency room but was able to attend a school function that evening, authorities have said.

Bell, Robert Bailey Jr., Carwin Jones, Bryant Purvis and Theo Shaw were all initially charged — as adults — with attempted second-degree murder and conspiracy to commit the same. A sixth defendant was charged in the case as a juvenile.

Bell, who was 16 at the time, was convicted in June of aggravated second-degree battery and conspiracy to commit that crime. LaSalle Parish prosecutor Reed Walters reduced the charges just before the trial. Since then, both of those convictions were dismissed and tossed back to juvenile court, where they now are being tried.

Charges against Bailey, 18, Jones, 19, and Shaw, 18, have been reduced to aggravated second-degree battery. Purvis, 18, has not yet been arraigned.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071012/ap_on_re_us/jena_six

This is ridiculous and an outrage. Racism is being thrown right in our face telling us that we have no power in this country. I say it is time to pressure the state and the governor’s office. Let us all write a letter to Kathleen Blanco and let her know that she needs to step in and do something. Her contact information is:
Send a Letter to
Office of the Governor
Attn: Constituent Services
P.O. Box 94004
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9004

Call: 866-366-1121, 225-342-0991, or 225-342-7015
Fax: 225-342-7099

In order to send an email go to her website at: http://www.gov.state.la.us/index.cfm?md=pagebuilder&tmp=home&cpid=8
We have to let Louisiana know that we are not backing down, we are coming back even stronger.

[enpowermentnow]

People, I love you--but we have to agree to disagree on this one--where is the led Monarch on this...He got his promo by supporting Jena and Yet, not a word--no comments even in the credits of the show, after dark---

I was speaking in terms of a boycott on the econmy. This is too serious to even entertain the negativity. Baisden after dark was filmed prior to the Jena6 issue.

[sq357]

Seems like they methodically figured out how to get the bail money, let him be with family for a short period of time (without letting him attend school or church), after serving nine months in an adult prison, this is emotional torture,
I agree with sq357 we need to wear black until this is over. I am not purchasing anything from anywhere unless it's black owned and operated.
I'm sorry enpower--those were not my comments, further if we take that approach to only purchase black own, we will not eat, we will not have utilities...we need to go back to the basics on this.

We get mad when our neighbors try to correct our kids--now the law has them and we wonder where we went wrong.

[AlmondDoll]

Seems like they methodically figured out how to get the bail money, let him be with family for a short period of time (without letting him attend school or church), after serving nine months in an adult prison, this is emotional torture,
I agree with sq357 we need to wear black until this is over. I am not purchasing anything from anywhere unless it's black owned and operated.

I am with you 100%. It is time to look for the label and make sure it is black owned before purchasing. We have the power, let's us it.

We have to stop supporting those who have continuously left us behind and only use us to take themselves ahead.

[enpowermentnow]

I'm sorry enpower--those were not my comments, further if we take that approach to only purchase black own, we will not eat, we will not have utilities...we need to go back to the basics on this.

We get mad when our neighbors try to correct our kids--now the law has them and we wonder where we went wrong.

I was never that kind of parent, but this generation is really out of control. I live on a busy street in Chicago and you would be suprised how many people did not even know about the Jena 6. I informed those who would listen. After, the conversation they would throw up the black power fist. Money is the only answer in my opinon for change. You refered to the basics, elborate please. It's not marching or boycotting. What else?


Sorry about the comment.

[AlmondDoll]

I'm sorry enpower--those were not my comments, further if we take that approach to only purchase black own, we will not eat, we will not have utilities...we need to go back to the basics on this.

We get mad when our neighbors try to correct our kids--now the law has them and we wonder where we went wrong.

The majority of Black America work hard to earn their money. We can at least purchase black owned when we can. Besides food and shelter we spend tons of money on material items which can be replaced with black owned products. Of course it will not happen overnight, but with one item at a time we can do it. When we grow in supporting black own business then more will rise, including supermarkets, mortgage companies, and etc..

Do not give up on the neighborhood kids... even if some parents get mad. When we see wrong doing we have to step in. Better we fight among ourselves to save our children then have to fight the government later.

[enpowermentnow]

The majority of Black America work hard to earn their money. We can at least purchase black owned when we can. Besides food and shelter we spend tons of money on material items which can be replaced with black owned products. Of course it will not happen overnight, but with one item at a time we can do it. When we grow in supporting black own business then more will rise, including supermarkets, mortgage companies, and etc..

Do not give up on the neighborhood kids... even if some parents get mad. When we see wrong doing we have to step in. Better we fight among ourselves to save our children then have to fight the government later.

It's amazing to me how we continue to spend money with folks and that dollar is not circulating in our neighborhood.

[Peaches16]

Dear MB and the crew,
Has the Bell family received any $$ at all? Because I’m listening Mychel's Dad WOL AM talk radio (who is devasted) that he’s saying there isn’t enough money for court costs since Mychel Bell is back in jail again. What is going on Mr. Baisden—I know the legal fund was set up for the reason but what is going on?

Sincerely,
Devoted fan
:confused:

[uncdec01]

THIS IS AN OUTRAGE! WAS THE MARCH ALL IN VAIN!!?? WAS IT AFFECTIVE? WE MUST BOYCOTT POEOPLE AND STOP PLAYING AROUND. I AM SO SICK AND TIRED OF JUST TALKING ABOUT T. I KNEW SOME PEOPLE WERE GONNA GET BACK TO NORMAL AND NOT KICK UP DIRT! I AM TIRED OF OUR PEOPLE LOOKING LIKE A FOOL! IT'S TIME TO MARCH AND PROTEST ON EVERY COURTHOUSE AND CAPITAL STEPS. STOP PLAYING AND STAY FOCUSED. SHUT IT DOWN FOR REAL FOR REAL!!! IT'S TIME FOR FINACIAL BOYCOTT! MAKE BUST AND THEBLANCO FEEL IT BY OUR DOLLARS. DON'T SPEND NOTHING FOR 18 MOS. NO MOVIES, RSTAURANTS, MALLS AND SO FROTH. PEOPLE COME TOGETHER STRONG


I agree I am sick and tired of being sick and tired. We must ban together and do whatever it takes. This is incident is just a wake up call and a warning if you think it is bad or has been bad you have not seen anything yet. We can not sit back any more and hope things get better we must take ACTION boycotts, sit ins, marches, civil disturbances we must pull out all the stops.

[enpowermentnow]

The majority of Black America work hard to earn their money. We can at least purchase black owned when we can. Besides food and shelter we spend tons of money on material items which can be replaced with black owned products. Of course it will not happen overnight, but with one item at a time we can do it. When we grow in supporting black own business then more will rise, including supermarkets, mortgage companies, and etc..

Do not give up on the neighborhood kids... even if some parents get mad. When we see wrong doing we have to step in. Better we fight among ourselves to save our children then have to fight the government later.

In my experiences even the low life parents will adjust when approached.

[mimi_in_dc]

When We Stand, They Will Do Anything To Try And Set Us Off,
Mad As Hell Right Now ,

But We Will Not Stop ,

[nomoidoagain]

:mad: I dont know what kind of crap that is...the judge shouldnt have been the same one anyways!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????????????? HOW DID THAT HAPPEN!!!?????:confused: Mychal Bell Is Back In Jail. What Is Going On? Can Someone Please Tell Me How Can This Be.

[enpowermentnow]

I am with you 100%. It is time to look for the label and make sure it is black owned before purchasing. We have the power, let's us it.

We have to stop supporting those who have continuously left us behind and only use us to take themselves ahead.

The bar you go to for happy hour, the major grocers, resturants, car dealerships etc do not support the local little league teams or mentorship programs, however, we continue to spend our money with them....?

[sq357]

Dear MB and the crew,
Has the Bell family received any $$ at all? Because I’m listening Mychel's Dad WOL AM talk radio (who is devasted) that he’s saying there isn’t enough money for court costs since Mychel Bell is back in jail again. What is going on Mr. Baisden—I know the legal fund was set up for the reason but what is going on?

Sincerely,
Devoted fan
:confused:
THis is a hustle, I'm telling you...you have been hood wink. First the Mr. Bell, has anyone ask his neighbors what kind of child this is? I have!

Why did the lawyers take this case! They thought it was going to be easy, but instead we went shouting to Al and Jessy. And now the the money is in their hands. THose boys will do there 18 mos and then Jessy and Al will get another victim to parade on TV. People only you can save your child...DO IT!

[Vaiton]

Mr. Bell, has anyone ask his neighbors what kind of child this is? I have!

Why did the lawyers take this case! They thought it was going to be easy, but instead we went shouting to Al and Jessy. And now the the money is in their hands. THose boys will do there 18 mos and then Jessy and Al will get another victim to parade on TV


This is bigger than Mychael Bell, Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. This is about the misuse of power and unequal justice in this country. This has got to stop. Do you have any positive suggestions?

[sq357]

Mr. Bell, has anyone ask his neighbors what kind of child this is? I have!

Why did the lawyers take this case! They thought it was going to be easy, but instead we went shouting to Al and Jessy. And now the the money is in their hands. THose boys will do there 18 mos and then Jessy and Al will get another victim to parade on TV


This is bigger than Mychael Bell, Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. This is about the misuse of power and unequal justice in this country. This has got to stop. Do you have any positive suggestions?
Raise your kids, and stop blaming the justice system when they get in trouble. We do have some real issue, but they are sidelined because of this mess...read previous comments for other suggestions, I've submitted

[ybrown0825]

I want to know too. What in the world is going on? I never know what I'm going to be faced with when I wake up the next day.

[Vaiton]

There are many measures we can take and should take, but I do believe that the most important at this time is Boycott!
The word must be spread beginning now. If you cannot buy Black, hold onto your $$$ except for absolute basics.
Now is the perfect time as they are counting on Holiday spending to boost their profits.

[sq357]

Everyone want to stand under the banner of MLK for Jena....Do you really believe MLK would be marching in Jena? I think Not!

If we discussed each incident that happen in Jena on it's own merit, we will be saying the say thing. The people that hung the noose (should be in Jail), the school adminstration (some should be fired) the Attorney (should be disbarred) the attacks on black kids (suspect should be tried and sent to Jail)


And MICHAEL BELL should be in jail!

[Vaiton]

Raise your kids, and stop blaming the justice system when they get in trouble

The majority of people are raising their children. No one is blaming the justice system when their children gets into trouble. But, I can't speak for everyone, maybe your friends and relatives are different. I can only speak for the people that I know who are doing a fantastic job of raising good and successful children.

This is not about blaming the justice system, this is about an unfair and unequal justice system. Telling someone to raise their children does not address the issue.

[anonymus1]

There are many measures we can take and should take, but I do believe that the most important at this time is Boycott!
The word must be spread beginning now. If you cannot buy Black, hold onto your $$$ except for absolute basics.
Now is the perfect time as they are counting on Holiday spending to boost their profits.

If we could find a way to band all people together to get a fast reaction to something. Money is the way. How can we get everyone to shut the whole thing down just for one week and watch the numbers fall. No gas, clothes, movies, nothing for a whole week just to see what kind of dent we could put in the numbers. Then we can prepare to do it for the long haul until the desired results are achieved.

[uncdec01]

I agree with the person that said we do not have time for the negativity. We must come together with solutions that is the only thing we need to focus on What Are We Going To Do??????????? Enough is Enough.

To the people who bring up all the other problems in the black community. Please refer to history, this is all by design. We have rebuilt our community and thrived sooooo many times and everytime they find a way to undermine, destroy and kill our efforts.
Learn about
Rosewood FL
http://www.displaysforschools.com/rosewood.html

Wilmington NC
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmington_Insurrection_of_1898

Tulsa Oklahoma
http://www.blackwallstreet.freeservers.com/

How they flooded our communities with drugs and guns
http://www.finalcall.com/features/cia-dope.html
http://www.blackcommentator.com/amendment.html

We have been here before this is just yet another plot to keep us down. Once again we must rebuild our community but this time we must learn the lesson history has tried to teach us. Rebuilding our community without addressing and stamping out racism is pointless. We must do both rebuild uplift our community while fighting oppression and racism. We must take control of our destiny.

[sq357]

Raise your kids, and stop blaming the justice system when they get in trouble

The majority of people are raising their children. No one is blaming the justice system when their children gets into trouble. But, I can't speak for everyone, maybe your friends and relatives are different. I can only speak for the people that I know who are doing a fantastic job of raising good and successful children.

This is not about blaming the justice system, this is about an unfair and unequal justice system. Telling someone to raise their children does not address the issue.
We all know people who are doing a fantastic job raising good and successful children---that's my point, they are good and successful. Telling people to do what you have oviously done (raise fantastic kids) is the only solution. As you may know, there is a lot to doing that, so please don't make it sound so easy. You may have some fall, but it's easier for them to get back up.

[enpowermentnow]

We all know people who are doing a fantastic job raising good and successful children---that's my point, they are good and successful. Telling people to do what you have oviously done (raise fantastic kids) is the only solution. As you may know, there is a lot to doing that, so please don't make it sound so easy. You may have some fall, but it's easier for them to get back up.

Not all of the dislocated young people came from a destitute enviornment.

[sq357]

Not all of the dislocated young people came from a destitute enviornment.
I said raising kids to be good and successful, there are some who come from a "GOOD" enviornment, but they wasn't raised to be accountable, respectful, humble or focused

[uncdec01]

Everyone want to stand under the banner of MLK for Jena....Do you really believe MLK would be marching in Jena? I think Not!

If we discussed each incident that happen in Jena on it's own merit, we will be saying the say thing. The people that hung the noose (should be in Jail), the school adminstration (some should be fired) the Attorney (should be disbarred) the attacks on black kids (suspect should be tried and sent to Jail)


And MICHAEL BELL should be in jail!

I agree that everyone has a right to their opinion but now we do not have time for the negativity. These type of beliefs are why we as a race have been asleep for the past 20 years, this is why we have been inactive. We spend to much time debating the facts instead of learning our history and doing what we know in our hearts we must do. Some in our community perpetuate the negativity out of fear, ignorance, Self Hate or personal gain.


I agree you have the right to the negativity, but could you take it to another site, there are many many sites out there were you will be welcomed with open arms!!

[Taffiday]

Am I the only one that is mad a hell, because they put this young black brother back in jail? Am I the only one that can seem to see that certain people would love to put that noose around our necks, hang us from a tree? Am I the only one who thought that this was the land of the free, but can still hear the crackle of the whip and the coldness of the chains? Am I the only one who is feeling sick from seeing my brothers suffering cause a new "Massa" trying to make us feel as if we are being lynched, by the stroke of a pin. When are they going to learn that a oppressed people will NEVER give up, or NEVER give in.

A young women with a lot of questions :(

[enpowermentnow]

Mr. Bell, has anyone ask his neighbors what kind of child this is? I have!

Why did the lawyers take this case! They thought it was going to be easy, but instead we went shouting to Al and Jessy. And now the the money is in their hands. THose boys will do there 18 mos and then Jessy and Al will get another victim to parade on TV


This is bigger than Mychael Bell, Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. This is about the misuse of power and unequal justice in this country. This has got to stop. Do you have any positive suggestions?

Priviatized prison systems

Question the motivation behind privately run prisons. When a publicly-traded company, accountable to its stockholders and driven by profits, earns profits through the housing of prisoners, what motivation exists for rehabilitation and the possibility of early release as a reward for good behavior?

[sq357]

I agree that everyone has a right to their opinion but now we do not have time for the negativity. These type of beliefs are why we as a race have been asleep for the past 20 years, this is why we have been inactive. We spend to much time debating the facts instead of learning our history and doing what we know in our hearts we must do. Some in our community perpetuate the negativity out of fear, ignorance, Self Hate or personal gain.


I agree you have the right to the negativity, but could you take it to another site, there are many many sites out there were you will be welcomed with open arms!!
You called this being negative! I call it the truth...and some of you hate the truth. I have not disrespected you or anyone here...but if you want to March, go ahead...if you want to blame white people, go ahead. I refuse to give white people or disallussion blacks that type of power.

If saying that Michael Bell should be in Jail...and saying that we should reclaim our children...is self hate. Then so be it...from your comment you are not in these rough communities seeing drugs and HIV rippin communities.

But, oh--you have all the answer.

People like you are critical by the likes of Colin Powell, Bill Cosby, Miss Rice. For what, not wanting to be a victim. I fight white racism every day by telling little black boys--you are better than world gives you credit...now go out a make a difference and don't be a statistic like some in your race want you to be.

[girlmocha]

The people in Jena figure why not try and make a profit from this case. They are going to continue to hit Mychal Bell with any stupid charge they can come up with to keep Mychal in jail and keep the money flowing. His parents have to come up with the money for the court fees. Did anyone hear about Dr. Stephen Ayers, the stranger that posted $5,400 for Mychal's bail bond?

[enpowermentnow]

I agree that everyone has a right to their opinion but now we do not have time for the negativity. These type of beliefs are why we as a race have been asleep for the past 20 years, this is why we have been inactive. We spend to much time debating the facts instead of learning our history and doing what we know in our hearts we must do. Some in our community perpetuate the negativity out of fear, ignorance, Self Hate or personal gain.


I agree you have the right to the negativity, but could you take it to another site, there are many many sites out there were you will be welcomed with open arms!!

Who spoke out about the negativity.

You mention twenty years asleep and I agree witcha

This incrementally started in 1980.

with voodoo economics under the reagan administration and has been trinkling down to cutting funds for education, the iran contra scandal, the unfair sentencing between crack and powered cocaine, the privatized prison system, the patriot act, no funds for federally funded abortions, 911 controversy and to top it all off people. BUSH HAS STILL NOT BANNED ASSULT RIFLES. In addition look how long it took for him to sign the bill for blacks to vote. They spent more of our time and money exploiting the Monica Lewinsky/Bill Clinton affair than addressing these issues above that affect us on a daily basis.....It's all about the money

[enpowermentnow]

I said raising kids to be good and successful, there are some who come from a "GOOD" enviornment, but they wasn't raised to be accountable, respectful, humble or focused

Individuals make choices.

[uncdec01]

You called this being negative! I call it the truth...and some of you hate the truth. I have not disrespected you or anyone here...but if you want to March, go ahead...if you want to blame white people, go ahead. I refuse to give white people or disallussion blacks that type of power.

If saying that Michael Bell should be in Jail...and saying that we should reclaim our children...is self hate. Then so be it...from your comment you are not in these rough communities seeing drugs and HIV rippin communities.

But, oh--you have all the answer.

People like you are critical by the likes of Colin Powell, Bill Cosby, Miss Rice. For what, not wanting to be a victim. I fight white racism every day by telling little black boys--you are better than world gives you credit...now go out a make a difference and don't be a statistic like some in your race want you to be.


I am working in the community to fight against HIV, that is exactly what I do on a daily basis. I see the youth who do not have enough love for themselves to protect themselves by using a condom. I have met youth who feel they have no opportunity or hope for the future so they feel so what if I die from AIDS, I do not have much to live for anyway. I know kids who feel the gang, hustling lifestyle is the only way they can have money in their pocket. I agree we must educate the youth and encourage them to do better but it can not stop there. I have had different family members who have been brutilized by police and thrown in jail on charges that were later found to be unfounded. These cases cost our family a considerable amount of money, time, and emotions. When the charges are found to be unfounded there is no apology, restitution or anything. Raising kids to be responsible human beings or your other suggestions, does little to address, this issue.

My mother is a teacher in the school system. I have written several posts about her experiences.
You must understand and consider the context and the situation that created these problems and others, not just blaming the victim. Please read my previous post on the end of the last page. We must uplift our community and fight against racial injustice. It must be a two part strategy.

[sq357]

Individuals make choices.
I'm going to Canada!

[enpowermentnow]

I am working in the community to fight against HIV, that is exactly what I do on a daily basis. I see the youth who do not have enough love for themselves to protect themselves by using a condom. I have met youth who feel they have no opportunity or hope for the future so they feel so what if I die from AIDS, I do not have much to live for anyway. I know kids who feel the gang, hustling lifestyle is the only way they can have money in their pocket. I agree we must educate the youth and encourage them to do better but it can not stop there. I have had different family members who have been brutilized by police and thrown in jail on charges that were later found to be unfounded. These cases cost our family a considerable amount of money, time, and emotions. When the charges are found to be unfounded there is no apology, restitution or anything. Raising kids to be responsible human beings or your other suggestions, does little to address, this issue.

My mother is a teacher in the school system. I have written several posts about her experiences.
You must understand and consider the context and the situation that created these problems and others, not just blaming the victim. Please read my previous post on the end of the last page. We must uplift our community and fight against racial injustice. It must be a two part strategy.

You can not only look at this situation. The big economic picture.

[uncdec01]

To the people who bring up all the other problems in the black community. Please refer to history, this is all by design. We have rebuilt our community and thrived sooooo many times and everytime they find a way to undermine, destroy and kill our efforts.
Learn about
Rosewood FL
http://www.displaysforschools.com/rosewood.html

Wilmington NC
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilming...ection_of_1898

Tulsa Oklahoma
http://www.blackwallstreet.freeservers.com/

How they flooded our communities with drugs and guns
http://www.finalcall.com/features/cia-dope.html
http://www.blackcommentator.com/amendment.html

We have been here before this is just yet another plot to keep us down. Once again we must rebuild our community but this time we must learn the lesson history has tried to teach us. Rebuilding our community without addressing and stamping out racism is pointless. We must do both rebuild uplift our community while fighting oppression and racism. We must take control of our destiny.

[enpowermentnow]

I'm going to Canada!

BYE BYE and when you get there I hope you know about the The North American currency union. Have a safe trip

[sq357]

To the people who bring up all the other problems in the black community. Please refer to history, this is all by design. We have rebuilt our community and thrived sooooo many times and everytime they find a way to undermine, destroy and kill our efforts.
Learn about
Rosewood FL
http://www.displaysforschools.com/rosewood.html

Wilmington NC
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilming...ection_of_1898

Tulsa Oklahoma
http://www.blackwallstreet.freeservers.com/

How they flooded our communities with drugs and guns
http://www.finalcall.com/features/cia-dope.html
http://www.blackcommentator.com/amendment.html

We have been here before this is just yet another plot to keep us down. Once again we must rebuild our community but this time we must learn the lesson history has tried to teach us. Rebuilding our community without addressing and stamping out racism is pointless. We must do both rebuild uplift our community while fighting oppression and racism. We must take control of our destiny.
Good info...and believe me, I bookmarked them when you first posted them. My dear friend, I hear everything you are saying and do value every comment/post.

I personally feel...just my opinion, that in order to make the life lasting changing we must be critical of the BS that we create in our communities. It's there, only there where the past and future meets. We can not go forward as a people without addressing the disgracful acts that has entered our homes and communities.

Racism is here...we can not act as though we are the only ones discriminated against. We make more difficult by high violent crime rates, high school drop rate, high teen pregnancy, HIV is off the chart.

Please, don't take what I'm saying as an attack against you--it's the behaviors--the behaviors of young blacks that we sometime make excuses for. Yes there are those who are falsely accuse and judge, but when a black man can rob and beat an old black lady we have fail to address the issues (example).

Stay black and stay strong--GOD loves you!

[CarolynW]

This is bigger than Mychael Bell, Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. This is about the misuse of power and unequal justice in this country. This has got to stop. Do you have any positive suggestions?

You are so right, Vaiton. This is much bigger than the Jena Six. And I too would like to hear positive SUGGESTIONS as to what we can all do, not tear each other down over it.

[anonymus1]

I agree with the person that said we do not have time for the negativity. We must come together with solutions that is the only thing we need to focus on What Are We Going To Do??????????? Enough is Enough.

To the people who bring up all the other problems in the black community. Please refer to history, this is all by design. We have rebuilt our community and thrived sooooo many times and everytime they find a way to undermine, destroy and kill our efforts.
Learn about
Rosewood FL
http://www.displaysforschools.com/rosewood.html

Wilmington NC
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmington_Insurrection_of_1898

Tulsa Oklahoma
http://www.blackwallstreet.freeservers.com/

How they flooded our communities with drugs and guns
http://www.finalcall.com/features/cia-dope.html
http://www.blackcommentator.com/amendment.html

We have been here before this is just yet another plot to keep us down. Once again we must rebuild our community but this time we must learn the lesson history has tried to teach us. Rebuilding our community without addressing and stamping out racism is pointless. We must do both rebuild uplift our community while fighting oppression and racism. We must take control of our destiny.

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I'm going to get into this when I return from work. Hope to get back with you on some things.

[Vaiton]

If we could find a way to band all people together to get a fast reaction to something. Money is the way. How can we get everyone to shut the whole thing down just for one week and watch the numbers fall. No gas, clothes, movies, nothing for a whole week just to see what kind of dent we could put in the numbers. Then we can prepare to do it for the long haul until the desired results are achieved.
We banded together to go to Jena. We should be able to do this in pretty much the same way.

I would not want an organization or a talk host to call a boycott as that could make them legally liable (I don't know for sure). I wouldn't want to see someone try to sue them for loss of revenue.

We could make a grassroots effort. Decide on a date. Then spread the word, via internet bloggers, facebook, myspace, you tube etc. Ask our local ministers to spread the word. The radio hosts could mention it on their shows. Ask sympathetic celebrities to spread the word.

I have all the faith in the world in us. We can do this. We can try it for a week as you suggested. If that gets no ones attention, prepare for the long haul.

[Midnight1973]

Something continuously pisses me off about this case. More than the fact that Bell is back in jail. More than anything else, it irks me that months later, the news stories STILL only reference the final act of the Jena 6 jumping the White kid as the only thing that happened. Don't believe me, just look back on each & every news link posted in this thread about Mychal Bell returning to prison. No mention of the the Sloan party incident. No mention of a White kid pulling a shotgun on people in the Gotta Go incident. Nothing but "6 Black kids jump & assult 1 White kid".

[uncdec01]

We banded together to go to Jena. We should be able to do this in pretty much the same way.

I would not want an organization or a talk host to call a boycott as that could make them legally liable (I don't know for sure). I wouldn't want to see someone try to sue them for loss of revenue.

We could make a grassroots effort. Decide on a date. Then spread the word, via internet bloggers, facebook, myspace, you tube etc. Ask our local ministers to spread the word. The radio hosts could mention it on their shows. Ask sympathetic celebrities to spread the word.

I have all the faith in the world in us. We can do this. We can try it for a week as you suggested. If that gets no ones attention, prepare for the long haul.


You have made a very very good point, we need to utilize the internet to our advantage just as we did with Jena. Just as we did with Jena in bringing to light the injustice within the criminal justice system, While spreading the word about the boycott we can also spread the word about us taking back our power and dignity and taking control of our money and thus our destiny. We can show them examples of when we did it before under even more extreme circumstances (http://www.blackwallstreet.freeservers.com/ this site provides many examples) but this time we will not be denied, we will be prepared on all fronts.

[uncdec01]

Something continuously pisses me off about this case. More than the fact that Bell is back in jail. More than anything else, it irks me that months later, the news stories STILL only reference the final act of the Jena 6 jumping the White kid as the only thing that happened. Don't believe me, just look back on each & every news link posted in this thread about Mychal Bell returning to prison. No mention of the the Sloan party incident. No mention of a White kid pulling a shotgun on people in the Gotta Go incident. Nothing but "6 Black kids jump & assult 1 White kid".


Yes, you are exactly right and that is all on purpose. Racism covert, overt, conscious, unconscious, unintentional, subliminal,systematic, institutional, Racism in any form threatens our community. We must learn to recognize it, fight it and overcome it.

[fholmes]

Having well-funded legal teams and more media attention is important, but we can't forget that these young men could be free of these charges completely if not for one man: LaSalle Parish District Attorney Reed Walters. He is still representing the State of Louisiana in the case and needs to be removed and disciplined for his misconduct immediately.

Can you file a letter of complaint with the Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board asking them to investigate Walter's conduct?
http://www.colorofchange.org/jena/walters/?id=2126-366052

After nooses were hung from the "white tree" at Jena High School in September 2006, the adults in Jena could have taken actions to reduce tensions and help the community heal, but their actions only further aggravated tensions. Reed Walters was one of the main instigators. He came to the school and threatened Black students who protested peacefully under the "white tree."2 He used his prosecutorial discretion to refuse to pursue incidents of white-on-black violence that preceded the beating of Justin Barker, and then abused that same discretion to overcharge the young men who allegedly beat Barker, claiming that tennis shoes were a "dangerous weapon" and the assault was attempted murder.3 From the day he threatened to "make [their] lives disappear with the stroke of a pen," Walters has had a clear agenda, and has followed it aggressively, unfairly, and outside of the boundaries of his position.
Now he's trying to cover his tracks. In a public statement on September 19, 2007, DA Walters claimed that there was no connection between the assault on Justin Barker and the hanging of nooses in the "white tree" several months before.4 In an op-ed in the New York Times, Walters claimed that the noose hanging "broke no law. I searched the Louisiana criminal code for a crime that I could prosecute. There is none." 5 But two attorneys we're working with easily found Louisiana Revised Statute 14:107.2, which creates a hate crime for any institutional vandalism or criminal trespass motivated by race. Walters was creative enough to turn a schoolyard assault into an attempted murder case; he surely could have figured out how to make nooses into hate crimes.6
After the massive protest on the 20th, Governor Blanco was forced to act, but sadly her only action was to give Walters cover to continue his aggressive prosecution. Blanco grandly proclaimed that Walters was not going to appeal the 3rd Circuit Court's nullification of Mychal Bell's conviction in adult court, and would instead prosecute him as a juvenile.7 Sounds good until you remember that 4 young men still face charges in adult court, and 2 are still facing charges as juveniles, for a fight that occurred at school. And Walter's "generosity" sounds even worse when you remember that only one of the young men who attacked Robert Bailey three days before Justin Barker was assaulted was even charged; that he was charged with a misdemeanor; and that he has never spent a minute in prison.8
It is outrageous that Walters is still pursuing charges against the Jena 6, and it's even more outrageous that he's being given political cover by the Governor, by Louisiana's District Attorney Association, and even by the New York Times. Anyone can file a complaint against an attorney by sending a letter to the Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board, the organization that has the power to take action against Walters, and we want them to hear from as many of us as possible. We've prepared the letter. All you have to do is add your address and put it in the mail. When you send your letter, please let us know at walterscomplaint@colorofchange.org. If lots of you send letters, we'll use those numbers to get the media to cover the story, adding more pressure on the Disciplinary Board to act.
Justice should be blind, but unfortunately, prosecutors are not. They see color and it can impact how they exercise their prosecutorial discretion. This is the case for the Jena 6. Reed Walters' attacks have already damaged the lives of these 6 teenagers. He shouldn't be given the opportunity to keep at it a minute longer. Please send your letter of complaint requesting a thorough investigation into Reed Walters' conduct today.
http://www.colorofchange.org/jena/walters/?id=2126-366052
Thanks and Peace,
-- James, Van, Gabriel, Clarissa, Mervyn, and the rest of the ColorOfChange.org team
October 7th, 2007
REFERENCES
1. ColorOfChange.org Jena 6 Defense Fund information page
http://www.colorofchange.org/jena_fund/info.html
2. North Texans marching behind 6 young men in Jena. The Dallas Morning News, September 20, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/2ku47v
3. Injustice in Jena as nooses hang from the "white tree". Truthout.org, July 3, 2007.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/070307B.shtml
4. US Attorney: Nooses, beating at Jena High not related. CNN.com, September 19, 2007
http://beta.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/19/jena.six.link/index.html
5. Justice in Jena. New York Times, September 26, 2007.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/26/opinion/26walters.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
6. The Stroke of a Pen. Southern Poverty Law Center, September 28, 2007.
http://www.splcenter.org/news/item.jsp?aid=286
7. La. Governor says DA won't challenge ruling that sent Jena 6 teen's case to juvenile court. Boston Herald, September 27, 2007.
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1034518
8. See reference 5

[tbillue]

Outrageous! I have a Professor that is a Judge and during our discussion last evening stated the following:

The Judiciary Commission of Louisiana has the following powers:

1. On recommendation of the Judiciary Commission, the Supreme Court may censure, suspend with or without salary, remove from office, or involuntarily retire a judge for willful misconduct relating to his official duty, willful and persistent failure to perform his duty, persistent and public conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice that brings the judicial office into disrepute, and conduct while in office which would constitute a felony, or conviction of a felony.

2. On recommendation of the Judiciary Commission, the Supreme Court may disqualify a judge from exercising any judicial function, without loss of salary, during pendency of disciplinary proceedings in the Supreme Court.

3. On recommendation of the Judiciary Commission, the Supreme Court may retire involuntarily a judge for disability that seriously interferes with the performance of his duties and that is or is likely to become permanent.

4. The Commissions' jurisdiction includes justices and judges of all courts of this state, including commissioners, magistrates, justices of the peace, and mayors who perform judicial functions.

I am including the link to Cannons of Professional Conduct ( I have the orgainal copy, will scan if any want a copy) that she gave me

These are the Cannons that govern any judge in Louisiana -http://www.lasc.org/rules/supreme/cjc.asp



These are the areas she felt he has violated

A. Adjudicative Responsibilities.

(1) A judge shall be faithful to the law and maintain professional competence in it. A judge shall be unswayed by partisan interests, public clamor, or fear of criticism.

(3) A judge shall be patient, dignified, and courteous to litigants, jurors, witnesses, lawyers, and others with whom the judge deals in an official capacity, and should require similar conduct of lawyers, and of staff, court officials, and others subject to the judge's direction and control.

(4) A judge shall perform judicial duties without bias or prejudice. A judge shall not, in the performance of judicial duties, by words or conduct manifest bias or prejudice, and shall not permit staff, court officials or others subject to the judge's direction and control to do so.

(5) A judge shall require lawyers in proceedings before the judge to refrain from manifesting, by words or conduct, bias or prejudice against parties, witnesses, counsel or others.



Sisnce this is the same judge that held him for 10 months on adult charges when he should have been treated a juvenile misconduct has already occurred as well as a couple of other Cannon violations

“This is certainly reminiscent of what happened to those in the Civil Right era”!

[tbillue]

Outrageous! I have a Professor that is a Judge and during our discussion last evening stated the following:

The Judiciary Commission of Louisiana has the following powers:

1. On recommendation of the Judiciary Commission, the Supreme Court may censure, suspend with or without salary, remove from office, or involuntarily retire a judge for willful misconduct relating to his official duty, willful and persistent failure to perform his duty, persistent and public conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice that brings the judicial office into disrepute, and conduct while in office which would constitute a felony, or conviction of a felony.

2. On recommendation of the Judiciary Commission, the Supreme Court may disqualify a judge from exercising any judicial function, without loss of salary, during pendency of disciplinary proceedings in the Supreme Court.

3. On recommendation of the Judiciary Commission, the Supreme Court may retire involuntarily a judge for disability that seriously interferes with the performance of his duties and that is or is likely to become permanent.

4. The Commissions' jurisdiction includes justices and judges of all courts of this state, including commissioners, magistrates, justices of the peace, and mayors who perform judicial functions.

I am including the link to Cannons of Professional Conduct ( I have the orgainal copy, will scan if any want a copy) that she gave me

These are the Cannons that govern any judge in Louisiana -http://www.lasc.org/rules/supreme/cjc.asp



These are the areas she felt he has violated

A. Adjudicative Responsibilities.

(1) A judge shall be faithful to the law and maintain professional competence in it. A judge shall be unswayed by partisan interests, public clamor, or fear of criticism.

(3) A judge shall be patient, dignified, and courteous to litigants, jurors, witnesses, lawyers, and others with whom the judge deals in an official capacity, and should require similar conduct of lawyers, and of staff, court officials, and others subject to the judge's direction and control.

(4) A judge shall perform judicial duties without bias or prejudice. A judge shall not, in the performance of judicial duties, by words or conduct manifest bias or prejudice, and shall not permit staff, court officials or others subject to the judge's direction and control to do so.

(5) A judge shall require lawyers in proceedings before the judge to refrain from manifesting, by words or conduct, bias or prejudice against parties, witnesses, counsel or others.



According to the Judge: This is the same judge that held him for 10 months on adult charges when he should have been treated a juvenile. “This is certainly reminiscent of what happened to those in the Civil Right era”!

[rational_mind]

Let me first say that I absolutely feel that there has been a violation in the equal distribution of justice in the Jena 6 case. While it appears to be racially motivated, the fact is, I don't live there and don't have the whole story.
A significant portion of the story that I was missing at the time of the Jena 6 march was the fact that Mr. Bell was ALREADY a juvenile criminal. According to some reports I've read, for violent offenses! This gentleman seems to be demonstrating a PATTERN of violent behavior. It seems to me that, if he weren't on PROBATION/PAROLE at the time the whole Jena 6 thing went down, then he wouldn't be in juvenile detention today. Why are we supporting a parole violator...who was jailed for a similar offense that instigated the parole? There are many people...innocent people in jail who need help.

With regard to our youth, it seems to me that to overriding message we should get from this situation is that violence/bullying/criminal behavior is never the answer. We should focus 90% of our efforts in teaching our youth to live in a civilized manner that will keep them AWAY from the judicial system to begin with. True power comes from within and is exercised over ones self. If we live THAT life, and teach that to our kids, we will have a lot less Michael Bells out there.

So in a nut-shell, while I deeply sympathize with the innocent people who may be suffering in Jena, I cannot extend my support to someone who displays a pattern of criminal, violent behavior.

[Vaiton]

Let me first say that I absolutely feel that there has been a violation in the equal distribution of justice in the Jena 6 case. While it appears to be racially motivated, the fact is, I don't live there and don't have the whole story.
A significant portion of the story that I was missing at the time of the Jena 6 march was the fact that Mr. Bell was ALREADY a juvenile criminal. According to some reports I've read, for violent offenses! This gentleman seems to be demonstrating a PATTERN of violent behavior. It seems to me that, if he weren't on PROBATION/PAROLE at the time the whole Jena 6 thing went down, then he wouldn't be in juvenile detention today. Why are we supporting a parole violator...who was jailed for a similar offense that instigated the parole? There are many people...innocent people in jail who need help.

With regard to our youth, it seems to me that to overriding message we should get from this situation is that violence/bullying/criminal behavior is never the answer. We should focus 90% of our efforts in teaching our youth to live in a civilized manner that will keep them AWAY from the judicial system to begin with. True power comes from within and is exercised over ones self. If we live THAT life, and teach that to our kids, we will have a lot less Michael Bells out there.

So in a nut-shell, while I deeply sympathize with the innocent people who may be suffering in Jena, I cannot extend my support to someone who displays a pattern of criminal, violent behavior.
Well, suit yourself.

Did you know that the only adult who witnessed the punch said Mychal Bell didn't throw it. Coach Benjy Lewis gave two statements immediately after the incident in which he clearly states that Justin Barker was facing him when Malcolm Shaw (not Mychal Bell) struck Barker from behind. He was not called as a witness. Most witnesses agreed that it was the single punch that knocked Barker out cold.

Two female students testified that the person who knocked Barker cold was wearing a green jacket. Mychal Bell was initially cleared of responsibility because he was wearing a black jacket.

It seems to me this DA went after Bell because of his previous violations. He was an easy target. He figured if he could drop Bell first, the others would follow without a whimper. Mission Accomplished! Blacks in Jena would learn to stay in their place.

This is NOT about Bell, this is about injustice. It's time to stand up and at least TRY to put an end to unfair treatment. I don't think we can afford to decide who's worthy of justice.

[uncdec01]

Well, suit yourself.

Did you know that the only adult who witnessed the punch said Mychal Bell didn't throw it. Coach Benjy Lewis gave two statements immediately after the incident in which he clearly states that Justin Barker was facing him when Malcolm Shaw (not Mychal Bell) struck Barker from behind. He was not called as a witness. Most witnesses agreed that it was the single punch that knocked Barker out cold.

Two female students testified that the person who knocked Barker cold was wearing a green jacket. Mychal Bell was initially cleared of responsibility because he was wearing a black jacket.

It seems to me this DA went after Bell because of his previous violations. He was an easy target. He figured if he could drop Bell first, the others would follow without a whimper. Mission Accomplished! Blacks in Jena would learn to stay in their place.

This is NOT about Bell, this is about injustice. It's time to stand up and at least TRY to put an end to unfair treatment. I don't think we can afford to decide who's worthy of justice.

Thank you for this information, how do you know this.

[Vaiton]

Warren Ballentine has called for a Blackout from Nov 1-3. Let's honor that big time. Spread the word, now. Options should be left open to extend the Blackout if necessary.

[Vaiton]

Thank you for this information, how do you know this.
http://friendsofjustice.wordpress.com/2007/07/02/ineffective-assistance-of-counsel-what-blane-williams-should-have-known/

[anonymus1]

Warren Ballentine has called for a Blackout from Nov 1-3. Let's honor that big time. Spread the word, now. Options should be left open to extend the Blackout if necessary.

I'm with you on that. Nothing should be spent on anything for those days nationwide by every single person who wants a change. We need people to inform us on the numbers and exactly what we need to look for. Is it the stock +/-, or where else will we see this drastic change, and how long does it take to show up. Will 3 days make a difference or a whole week?

[filmoredollar]

I agree that everyone has a right to their opinion but now we do not have time for the negativity. These type of beliefs are why we as a race have been asleep for the past 20 years, this is why we have been inactive. We spend to much time debating the facts instead of learning our history and doing what we know in our hearts we must do. Some in our community perpetuate the negativity out of fear, ignorance, Self Hate or personal gain.


I agree you have the right to the negativity, but could you take it to another site, there are many many sites out there were you will be welcomed with open arms!!


At some point, considering the totality of the evidence and the fact that this kid has screwed up back to back to back don't we as sensible people have to say no we can no longer defend this. I am all for the fighting off a twenty year sentance but, beyond this even with the way that this D.A. is actin I think that this kid has some sort of punishment coming to him. Hopefully this expierence will teach him that the criminal justice system is not a joke.

I Also believe that this city and D.A. need to be watched carefully to insure that they don't try to sneak in another funny style adult trial.

[filmoredollar]

I'm with you on that. Nothing should be spent on anything for those days nationwide by every single person who wants a change. We need people to inform us on the numbers and exactly what we need to look for. Is it the stock +/-, or where else will we see this drastic change, and how long does it take to show up. Will 3 days make a difference or a whole week?


Quarters and yearly results are what matter to a company. Unless it's a smal business. A bad month could kill them easily. Does anyone know of anyone who is organizing an indefinate boycott?

[filmoredollar]

Raise your kids, and stop blaming the justice system when they get in trouble

The majority of people are raising their children. No one is blaming the justice system when their children gets into trouble. But, I can't speak for everyone, maybe your friends and relatives are different. I can only speak for the people that I know who are doing a fantastic job of raising good and successful children.

I've said here repeatedly that our children are not as bad or as bad off as many of us would love to believe. So am with you here.

Telling someone to raise their children does not address the issue.

Actually I think it does, at least in part. Parents need to raise kids that know how to move in a world full of traps set especially for them. With that said we need to raise our kids to seak change in a system which is set up to lock us up. And the first step on the road to that change is for your kid to avoid screw up that will get them place into the vary system that they need to challenge. The justice system is tha one system that is not likely to be chaged for the better from the inside.

We should be discussing the criminal justice system as if it were a child molestor and every cop and was named chester.

[filmoredollar]

A soilder in a mine field cannot defuse the one if it blows his leg of first.