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Jena 6
Sept 24, 2007 0:00:04 GMT -5
Post by Adelaide on Sept 24, 2007 0:00:04 GMT -5
Pretty fucking ridiculous.
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Jena 6
Sept 24, 2007 0:28:53 GMT -5
Post by aaron2344 on Sept 24, 2007 0:28:53 GMT -5
Pretty fucking ridiculous. I've been out-of-touch with current events. What is happening with this? Has it been a number of incidents, or one isolated event?
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Jena 6
Sept 24, 2007 0:41:03 GMT -5
Post by Adelaide on Sept 24, 2007 0:41:03 GMT -5
It was a number incidents of racism. Main event was that 6 black kids gang beat 1 white kid and apparently people are backing up the 6 black kids because it is some incident of racism? I don't know the whole story.
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Jena 6
Sept 24, 2007 0:45:11 GMT -5
Post by Dan on Sept 24, 2007 0:45:11 GMT -5
nah nah u got it all wrong pig, u gotta watch the video on youtube. Some white kids beat up a black kid, because he sat under there "white only" tree at thier school i guess. then 6 black kids beat up this white kid because nothing was done for their friend that got beat up.. here i will get the video
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Jena 6
Sept 24, 2007 0:46:13 GMT -5
Post by Dan on Sept 24, 2007 0:46:13 GMT -5
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Jena 6
Sept 24, 2007 1:02:46 GMT -5
Post by Adelaide on Sept 24, 2007 1:02:46 GMT -5
Honestly, I watched 2 minutes of that piece of propaganda bullshit and turned it off. Is their something that gives both sides of the story because there always is two sides of a story I wanna hear the facts from both sides and make a decision for myself. Not some white dude who is trying to tell me what I should believe.
I only say this because I have heard completley different shit on this whole thing.
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Jena 6
Sept 24, 2007 12:00:05 GMT -5
Post by garf2000 on Sept 24, 2007 12:00:05 GMT -5
You guys are all uninformed...
The jist of the story is that a black student asked if he could sit under the big tree outside of school (which is considered the "white" tree). The principal said yes of course, so the student and some friends sat under the tree. The next day there were nooses hanging from the tree. The principal expelled the students who hung the nooses, but the school board overruled the decision. There were several more minor incidences (fights here and there), but the major incident came when a white student called a black student the N word. After the white student called him that, a group of black kids beat the kid up outside of the school. The knocked him down, and kicked him until he pretty much couldn't move.
THE MAIN ISSUE is, one of the kids was charged with attempted murder, and aggravated battery which means they used a deadly weapon. The jury (which was ALL white and included a family friend of the victim) ruled that the sneakers one of the black kids was wearing was a "deadly weapon." The public defender that was representing one of the black kids failed to call any witnesses to the stand, and pretty much threw the case, whether or not it was unintentional.
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Jena 6
Sept 24, 2007 12:08:15 GMT -5
Post by The X-Factor on Sept 24, 2007 12:08:15 GMT -5
the point is racism is still very much present, especially in the South and this story is unfortunately not the first case of recent racism... it just happens to be the one getting the most media attention. This should help. youtube.com/watch?v=yeFkIj8HbZw
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Jena 6
Sept 24, 2007 12:17:09 GMT -5
Post by The X-Factor on Sept 24, 2007 12:17:09 GMT -5
and yeah the family of the kid who was beaten up say that their son had no idea why he got beaten up, but I'll tell you right now, from growing up in a city where it was mostly black/hispanic black people are the nicest people unless you provoke them. I have never met a black person who went around picking fights for no reason.
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Jena 6
Sept 24, 2007 12:18:22 GMT -5
Post by aaronjh on Sept 24, 2007 12:18:22 GMT -5
and yeah the family of the kid who was beaten up say that their son had no idea why he got beaten up, but I'll tell you right now, from growing up in a city where it was mostly black/hispanic black people are the nicest people unless you provoke them. I have never met a black person who went around picking fights for no reason. You should probably be called as a witness!
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Jena 6
Sept 24, 2007 15:23:21 GMT -5
Post by nova on Sept 24, 2007 15:23:21 GMT -5
Garf pretty much hit the nail on the head.
Basically, it just shows racism still exists in the judicial system, especially down south.
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Jena 6
Sept 25, 2007 14:14:34 GMT -5
Post by gmgreggor on Sept 25, 2007 14:14:34 GMT -5
and yeah the family of the kid who was beaten up say that their son had no idea why he got beaten up, but I'll tell you right now, from growing up in a city where it was mostly black/hispanic black people are the nicest people unless you provoke them. I have never met a black person who went around picking fights for no reason. Thats BS man. I grew up in a predominately black school till we moved when I was in 8th grade and there's just as many "bad or prejudiced" or whatever you wanna call it black dudes as there are white. I used to be picked on solely becuase I was white sometimes. And not a whole hell of a lot I could do about it. Try that BS somewhere else.
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Jena 6
Sept 25, 2007 14:28:24 GMT -5
Post by Adelaide on Sept 25, 2007 14:28:24 GMT -5
and yeah the family of the kid who was beaten up say that their son had no idea why he got beaten up, but I'll tell you right now, from growing up in a city where it was mostly black/hispanic black people are the nicest people unless you provoke them. I have never met a black person who went around picking fights for no reason. Thats BS man. I grew up in a predominately black school till we moved when I was in 8th grade and there's just as many "bad or prejudiced" or whatever you wanna call it black dudes as there are white. I used to be picked on solely becuase I was white sometimes. And not a whole hell of a lot I could do about it. Try that BS somewhere else. Greggor is my hero.
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Jena 6
Sept 25, 2007 23:41:17 GMT -5
Post by Lumley316 on Sept 25, 2007 23:41:17 GMT -5
Thats BS man. I grew up in a predominately black school till we moved when I was in 8th grade and there's just as many "bad or prejudiced" or whatever you wanna call it black dudes as there are white. I used to be picked on solely becuase I was white sometimes. And not a whole hell of a lot I could do about it. Try that BS somewhere else. So true Greggor is my hero.
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Jena 6
Sept 26, 2007 15:10:14 GMT -5
Post by ducky on Sept 26, 2007 15:10:14 GMT -5
and yeah the family of the kid who was beaten up say that their son had no idea why he got beaten up, but I'll tell you right now, from growing up in a city where it was mostly black/hispanic black people are the nicest people unless you provoke them. I have never met a black person who went around picking fights for no reason. Thats BS man. I grew up in a predominately black school till we moved when I was in 8th grade and there's just as many "bad or prejudiced" or whatever you wanna call it black dudes as there are white. I used to be picked on solely becuase I was white sometimes. And not a whole hell of a lot I could do about it. Try that BS somewhere else. Amen. This country is racist, racist towards white. fuck it.
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Jena 6
Sept 26, 2007 15:37:37 GMT -5
Post by duce on Sept 26, 2007 15:37:37 GMT -5
shut up whitey.
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Jena 6
Sept 26, 2007 17:47:16 GMT -5
Post by ducky on Sept 26, 2007 17:47:16 GMT -5
oh STFU, yu think your so hot with your 22 karma. But guess what "whatever" man, you've been smited.
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Jena 6
Sept 26, 2007 17:57:31 GMT -5
Post by duce on Sept 26, 2007 17:57:31 GMT -5
*stretches* it feels great to be at a superior 21!
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Jena 6
Sept 26, 2007 17:57:57 GMT -5
Post by duce on Sept 26, 2007 17:57:57 GMT -5
but whatever. exalted.
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Jena 6
Sept 26, 2007 22:02:02 GMT -5
Post by ducky on Sept 26, 2007 22:02:02 GMT -5
You will no longer be frowned upon
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Jena 6
Sept 27, 2007 20:50:06 GMT -5
Post by garf2000 on Sept 27, 2007 20:50:06 GMT -5
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