David Bowie Donates $10K to Jena 6 Defense

[Triana]

Rock icon donate $10,000 to the defendent's legal fund.
by IGN Music

US, September 18, 2007 - The high profile Jena 6 case taking place in Jena, Louisiana, just got a little hotter.

Musical icon David Bowie has reportedly donated $10,000 to the Jena 6 Legal Defense Fund. The case, involves the prosecution of Mychal Bell, 17, Robert Bailey Jr., Theo Shaw, Carwin Jones, Bryant Purvis, and an unnamed minor for their role in an altercation with a classmate following a series of racial incidents in the town of 3,000 after three nooses were hung in a tree at the local high school.

"There is clearly a separate and unequal judicial process going on in the town of Jena," Bowie said. "A donation to the Jena 6 Legal Defense Fund is my small gesture indicating my belief that a wrongful charge and sentence should be prevented."

Presently, the NAACP, in conjunction with the American Civil Liberties Union, the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Southern University Law Center, has provided some additional legal support and resources to the defendants' attorneys.

"We are gratified that rock star David Bowie was moved to donate to the NAACP's Jena campaign," said NAACP National Board of Directors Chairman Julian Bond. "Mr. Bowie shares our outrage. We hope others will join him."

http://uk.music.ign.com/articles/820/820683p1.html

[rusty quoin]

1. Bowie still rocks.

[MonkeyFunk]

2. indeed he does!

[Triana]

5. Absolutely. C'est mon homme! (n/t)

[Bjornsdotter]

3. Gotta love Bowie

....:applause:

[EFerrari]

4. Thanks to all the people who made it possible for Bowie to hear about this

case.

:loveya:

[MagickMuffin]

6. K&R for David and the Jena 6

:applause:for Truth and Justice. Here's hoping the Jena 6 can achieve both.

[bananas]

7. k&r one more needed for the greatest page

There's a starman waiting in the sky
He'd like to come and meet us
But he thinks he'd blow our minds
There's a starman waiting in the sky
He's told us not to blow it
Cause he knows it's all worthwhile

He told me -
Let the children lose it
Let the children use it
Let all the children boogie

[Bassic]

8. Bowie kicks ass.

And he's musical genius as well, in my view.

[malaise]

9. K &R

Bowie rocks

[gollygee]

10. I knew there was a reason I love that man so much!

:loveya:

[southern_belle]

11. k & r n/t

[YOY]

12. The Thin White Duke still has a concience despite his money

Good on him.

[cascadiance]

13. I play this song of his nearly every other day as a "theme" for what's happening now!

Bowie rocks and is timeless!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3osvs63aPUs

[MagickMuffin]

14. This Is NOT A M E R I C A

A little piece of you
The little peace in me
Will die
For this is not america

Blossom falls to bloom
This season
Promise not to stare
Too long
For this is not a miracle

There was a time
A storm that blew so pure
For this could be the biggest sky
And I could have
The faintest idea

Snowman melting
From the inside
Falcon spirals
To the ground
So bloody red
Tomorrows clouds

A little piece of you
The little piece in me
Will die
For this is not america

There was a time
A wind that blew so young
For this could be the biggest sky
And I could have the faintest idea

This could be the biggest sky
This could be a miracle
This could be etc

[DangerDave921]

15. Forgive me

Sorry, but my first thought to this was "only $10,000?"

I know -- petty of me. And Bowie is doing something great. But in reality, attorneys fees for defending multiple defendants in a major criminal case could be a couple hundred thousand dollars. For someone of Bowie's wealth, 10 grand is not all that much.

[Catherine Vincent]

18. But it's better than nothing. Every little bit helps. n/t

[mikeytherat]

16. “...And these children that you spit on as they try to change their worlds,

they are immune to your consultations, they're quite aware of what they're going through..."

mikey_the_rat

[Catherine Vincent]

17. Rock on David Bowie!

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/entertainment/5147740.html

[in_cog_ni_to]

19. FANTASTIC! Thank you, David Bowie!