lovelyhair's Blog

the punishment for what those kids did was outrageous.that is the reason they were prtesting. true two wrongs don't make it right, but if no ine stood up for those kids, they would be in jail for a long time. you have murderers, and predetors with lesser sentences. where is the justice

This episode in civil rights shows the disparity in the criminal justice system. I agree that two wrongs don't make a right, but the problem is in the punishment. There were several incidents that lead up to the fight and beating of the young man. Nooses have been hung, threats have been made and guns have been pulled on African American students. In these cases, none of the suspects were prosecuted. These six young men were also expelled from school where as the white antagonist were merely suspended for a few days and their noose hang incident dismissed as a childish prank. Furthermore, the District Attorney, J. Reed Walters allegedly threatened the African American children in the student body by saying he could end their lives by a stroke of his pen. In light of these events, it is doubtful that these yong men will be treated in a fair and equitable manner. Let the punishment fit the crimes for all parteis involved.

People can debate until they are blue in the face but the truth remains.....IT IS NEVER GOING TO END. I think its sad but I think things are going to be so much worse when my children are adults and it saddens me!!!

Hdrider-man beaten was not involved in the Noose deal.

Yes he was, he was the friend of the kids who put the nooses up, and no one is saying they shouldn't be charged, but ATTEMPTED MURDER- outrageous- The kid had a black eye and was out of the hospital in 2 hours.

And once again we have Republicans on this site trying to make it seem like they are being persecuted (persecution complex) to excuse racism- They have been manipulated into doing this by the Right Wing Media Talk Show hosts like racist scumbag Rush Limbag and others who tell them everyday how WASPS are under attack by Gays, Immigrants, Blacks, Humanists, Secularists, and Liberals.

It is the WASPS under the leadership of the Conservative Right Wing movement that are the ones who are persecuting people! And never forget what this case was about, Black students wanting to sit under a White's Only tree!

What happened to the protests before this came to what it is. Maybe stage a sit in under that whites only tree. Oh thats right we dont do that any more, now we wait until we get as much media coverage as possible and then we step in dont we NAACP. Does anyone think that MLK did what he did for national media attention or because it was right?

All you ignorant people who don't know the story stop freaking commenting on s**t you don't know about. The kids did silently protest under the tree after the nooses were put up and thats when they had the assembly where the district attorney threatened them!! Rebublicans, democrats who really gives a BLEEP!THE PUNISHMENT DOSEN'T FIT THE CRIME and this is an abuse of the legal system and anyone who dose't believe this was racial is a BLEEP mooron!!!!I'm just sick and tired of white people trying to make it seem like we're over exagerating when in my opinion we're not doing enough. And why are people complaining about the media coverage, until the media finally decided to cover the story that day some people had never even heard the story, so don't give me that bs that jackson and sharpton only showed up because of media because they have been involved throughout this whole process and it's because of them that it did get national coverage!!

Jena - LovelyHoney (con't)

And what does Bell’s arrest record have to do with THIS situation? Does it mean that these boys did not have the right to defend themselves? Seems to me, the White boys just met their match.

Now, had the powers-that-be (Jena adults) had half the sense of the Twinsburg teachers and administrators who let their students wear Black and march in support of Jena 6, maybe there would be NO Jena 6. Had the Jena adult community been “proactive” versus “reactive” to the situation, they could’ve brought those students together to talk about their biases – because WE ALL have them. But what was their solution – TO CUT THE DAMN TREE DOWN.

That’s the mentality in Jena 6 – and that’s why you have the protest – and rightfully so.

Thanks for keeping it real Gorbash

lovelyhoney where you been?

We need more Revolutionary Marches and Protests, to bring this Conservative madness to an end!

Protest Racism!

Protest the Occupation of Iraq!

Protest for HealthCare!

Protest for Peace!

Protest against Homophobia and for Equality!

Protest in support of our Hispanic and our Black Brothers and Sisters!

First off Whatever Gorebash, and the draft is being reinstated too right.
Second,This could have been handled differently by these kids. For example they could've started a rumor that a bunch of white kids wwere going to hang themselves, or at least fight 6 on 6. No, it had to be 6 on 1. Here in Summit county that's considered a gang, and holds much stiffer penalties.