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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 05:21 PM Original message |
Court overturns conviction in Jena beating case |
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Ex Lion Tamer (445 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. Double yay! |
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knowbody0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
2. im so glad the public became aware of this case |
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theoldman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
3. So is he going to get off without any conviction? |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 05:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. So did Chaney and bush. Whose crime was worse? Who is getting away with it? |
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Baby Snooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 05:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. What about the crime committed against him? |
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NOLALady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 06:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Hopefully he will be charged the same as the students who |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 06:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. He hasn't been found to commit a crime yet. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 01:13 PM Response to Reply #17 |
44. Thank you. His initial conviction as an adult was by an all-white |
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Limelight (402 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 07:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
22. It was a HIGH SCHOOL FIGHT!!! |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 11:10 AM Response to Reply #22 |
37. The articles I've read...it was not a high school fight. |
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appleannie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 12:31 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. almost died? |
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BronxBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 01:07 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Read up on the case |
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appleannie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 01:09 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. This is what I read |
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BronxBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 01:16 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Go here for another perspective |
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LeftHander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 08:55 AM Response to Reply #43 |
67. Repuke Prosecutor needs censure....nt |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 07:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
23. It was self defense. |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 11:13 AM Response to Reply #23 |
38. No, it wasn't. Several black kids jumped a white kid who was alone... |
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BronxBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 01:09 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. That wasn't the case... |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 01:20 PM Response to Reply #38 |
48. You don't think the FACT that Bell was convicted by an ALL-WHITE JURY |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 02:40 PM Response to Reply #38 |
58. The persecution of these kids is blatant, in your face, racism. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 09:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
28. And so did the kids who "stole" the sawed off shotgun from the guy who pulled it on them. |
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BronxBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 05:12 AM Response to Reply #3 |
31. Says Who? |
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Anita Garcia (869 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 09:11 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. I am very familiar with this case and "mingle city" does not |
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BronxBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 01:06 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Umm |
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Snarkturian Clone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 07:00 AM Response to Reply #3 |
32. I was thinking this too. |
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BronxBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 01:15 PM Response to Reply #32 |
45. Bullshit |
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Snarkturian Clone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 03:21 PM Response to Reply #45 |
59. charge the white kids too NT |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 01:23 PM Response to Reply #32 |
49. Here's a suggestion: try to avoid an ALL-WHITE jury (although I'm |
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BronxBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 01:30 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. I have a strong feeling |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 01:45 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. The thing is that while the black attack on the white might be morally wrong, |
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BronxBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 02:25 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. But |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 02:32 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. I agree with you. The point I was making is that the judicial system in Jean |
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BronxBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 02:33 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Understood |
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spotbird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 07:10 PM Response to Reply #51 |
65. Exactly, all was well an good |
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spotbird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 07:08 PM Response to Reply #32 |
64. If the law had been |
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nofurylike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
5. yes! thank you for posting this excellent news, RamboLiberal! nt |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
6. YES!!!- it's so good to hear this positive |
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Pastiche423 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
8. GREAT NEWS! |
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ClayZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
9. Yay again! K and R |
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NanceGreggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
10. Thanks for being the bearer ... |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
11. Great news! (see e-mail below from Color Of Change. org) |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
12. I hope the DA in this case gets the same scrutiny that Nifong has |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 01:24 PM Response to Reply #12 |
50. Any self-respecting black person in the Jena area should boycott |
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BronxBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 02:16 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. It wll be tough.. |
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BrightKnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 10:53 PM Response to Reply #12 |
60. He should be disbarred. - n/t |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
14. This is really better news than it appeared we'd be hearing. |
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emlev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
15. Fantastic news! Thank you for posting! eom |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
16. Good.... |
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AnnieBW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
18. WOOHOO!!! |
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pingzing58 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
19. That God someone has a sense of porportional justice in Louisiana Blanco unfortunately is powerless. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
20. Louisiana's motto is: Union, *Justice*, Confidence. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
21. What great news! |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 08:24 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. So am I. |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
25. good |
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hayu_lol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 09:34 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. It is really good to see... |
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Anita Garcia (869 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 09:07 AM Response to Reply #26 |
34. I have not learned anything and I doubt any one else has either |
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BronxBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 01:39 PM Response to Reply #34 |
52. No Shit |
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Anita Garcia (869 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 08:25 AM Response to Reply #52 |
61. Here is the link to the Times Picayune article |
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BronxBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 10:49 AM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Thanks |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
27. k&r |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
29. This is wonderful |
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girl_interrupted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 02:30 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Awesome News! |
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Anita Garcia (869 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
33. Not really about Bell it is really fear of the protest! |
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BronxBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 01:17 PM Response to Reply #33 |
47. Exactly |
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DinahMoeHum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
36. A-men (and women) !! |
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JustAnotherGen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
63. Yahoo! |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
66. That is good news |
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