JENA'S D-DAY
--The Injustice Resistance Movement WE WILL RESIST THIS INCURSIONIST REGIME UNTO THE FULL!! Resistance!Now!!
Remember Durban Sept 2001?!
In Jena, Louisiana September 9, 2007; 6 years to the date, [6 the number of man], Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. appeared at Goodpine.
Selma's Brown Chapel AME 7-19-07- ->
Is it possible to have not only a New South but also a New America.
The Six's parents are catching it. Can you really bury the past?
As the black students were being tormented with racial epithets, a group of boys suddenly turned and, went off. It may have not been the right response, but certainly the racially derogatory words were not appropriate either, coming from the lips of Justin Barker & others on that fateful day in December 2006. This day, is a day, which will live on in infamy in the minds of true Americans.
A Day that set the tone for the incorrigible society in which we live to be exposed, fully. We must repent; all of us, young and old, for our violent past. Stop the video games, the television programs, the movies and all such purveyance of violence as the rule of the day! So that means we must then STOP THE WAR.
There were at least 10 to 15 boys, involved in the melee at Jena High School. All things considered, whose foot actually inflicted the unconciounable blow! And why wasn't Justin Barker, dealt with appropriately about the firearm on Campus?
UNEQUAL JUSTICE!
What were the Fair Barn fighters charged with? UNEQUAL JUSTICE!
The public display of a weapon or brandishing a weapon, at the Gotta Go - Store!
UNEQUAL JUSTICE.
The teachers stating [in the initial situation] they wouldn't teach if the 6 were allowed back in school. And to this day, that theory is in existence as evidenced by the Judges own words.
Its unequal justice in education, when tax dollars are utilized to prostitute black boys athletic abilities to their own detriment, for the greater good of the school. All the while, the "system" [coaches, principals, assistant d a's & so forth] allow tendencies toward violence to to pervade unchecked, as long as the athlete performs.
That's called systematic racism & is capitalism at its best. Capitalism=extract the goods at any cost, reap the benefit no matter who gets hurt.
Its UNEQUAL JUSTICE, when the judicial system, try you as an adult; and deny you the Constitutional Right to an [un] excessive bond, on [sealed] juvenile charges, most likely, presumably for the greater good in their minds; why, because the person is a detriment or danger to society.
Well, it is now eight months hence, the legal authority that handles the indivdual in question; whose custody he's in, admits, submits and says, the boy has been affected by the now eight months of incarceration and is well changed. Not the same!
Well on the way to Rehabilitation!
Mos Def for Black August speaks to American Criminal Justice Systems in NY,NY.'Jena Six' defendant's criminal history comes to light; bond denied
By Abbey Brown
abrown@thetowntalk.com
(318) 487-6387
JENA — In addition to Mychal Bell’s recent felony conviction, his criminal history was revealed today to include four other violent crimes.
Because of that, a LaSalle Parish judge denied the 17-year-old bond in his current scrape with the law.
Bell was convicted in June of aggravated second-degree battery and conspiracy to commit that crime for his part in a Dec. 4 incident at Jena High School that left fellow student Justin Barker unconscious.
Bell is one of six black students, known as the “Jena Six,” who have been charged in connection with the attack on Barker, who is white.
According to court documents, someone hit Barker from behind, knocking him out, and then others began to kick and stomp his “lifeless” body. He spent about three hours in a local emergency room for treatment of injuries to his head and face.
Three months prior to that attack, Bell committed two violent crimes while on probation for a Christmas Day battery in 2005, according to testimony. Later that same week, he led the Jena Giants to a shutout victory in a football game against the Buckeye Panthers.
Bell was adjudicated – the juvenile equivalent to a conviction – of battery on Sept. 2 and criminal damage to property on Sept. 3, said Cynthia Bradford, LaSalle Parish deputy clerk.
A few days later, on Sept. 8, Bell rushed 12 times for 108 yards and scored three touchdowns – one of the best performances of the year for the standout athlete.
Mack Fowler, Jena High’s football coach at the time, said Friday he hadn’t heard about Bell’s specific criminal history.
“That’s the first I’ve heard of these,” Fowler said of the September incidents. “And in a small town like this, you would think I would have heard about it.”
Fowler said that at one point he had a policy in place more severe than the school’s when it came to students with discipline problems. But he said he discovered that while he was punishing his players, the school “wasn’t doing anything” to them.
Fowler said he decided then that he was going to do the same thing the school did – nothing.
The issue of bail
According to Louisiana code, “bail may be allowed” after conviction but before sentencing if the maximum sentence is more than five years’ imprisonment. Bell faces as many as 22½ years.
The code gives an exception of “when the court has reason to believe, based on competent evidence, that the release of the person convicted will pose a danger to any other person or the community.”
LaSalle Parish District Attorney Reed Walters pointed out that Bell was placed on probation until his 18th birthday – Jan. 18, 2008 – after an incident of battery on Dec. 25, 2005. After being placed on probation, he was adjudicated of three other crimes, the two in September and another charge of criminal damage to property that occurred on July 25, 2006.
“Mr. Bell has proven he doesn’t deserve bail,” Walters said. “The state suggests that bail should not be allowed.”
Bell’s defense attorney, Louis Scott, pointed out that Bell’s father, Marcus Jones, and a number of area ministers have pledged their support to Bell to keep him on the right path.
Jones testified that he already had scheduled an interview for his son at Holy Savior Menard Central High School in Alexandria to see if Bell could attend there if released on bond. Jones testified that he didn’t move back to Jena until February – after all of the incidents involving his son – but that he was committed to staying here to exercise greater supervision over Bell.
Jones said he had been living in Dallas for the past seven years.
Judge J.P. Mauffray Jr., with the 28th Judicial District Court, went over the factors in Louisiana code used to determine bail, pointing out specifics in Bell’s case:
-- The seriousness of the offense: “It is a serious offense because it is a crime of violence,” he said.
-- The weight of the evidence against the defendant: Mauffray said it was “pretty weighty” considering the jury convicted Bell.
-- The previous criminal record of the defendant: He said a criminal record was obviously present considering that Bell had been adjudicated on three offenses that were committed while he was on probation and then convicted this year in adult court.
-- The nature and seriousness of the danger to any other person or the community that would be posed by the defendant’s release: Again, Mauffray pointed out that Bell now has either been adjudicated or convicted of five crimes of violence.
uWhether the defendant is currently out on bond on a previous felony arrest: He cited Bell’s presence on probation and the fact that there were three other cases – not including the case Bell is currently in jail for – awaiting disposition.
“Past behavior is the best prediction of future behavior,” Mauffray said.
Melissa Bell, Mychal’s mother, grabbed her son’s hand, squeezing hard and began to cry when court was dismissed. With denial of bail, Bell will remain behind bars until the completion of his still-undetermined sentence. He has been behind bars since his December arrest.
A motion hearing is scheduled for Sept. 4. Bell’s attorneys are hoping their client’s adult conviction will be voided and the case remanded to juvenile court. If that motion is denied, attorneys have filed a motion for a new trial based on insufficient defense counsel for Bell among other things.
Sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 20.
Town Talk reporter Bob Tompkins contributed to this report.Mos Def for Black August
"Pressed out of measure"2Cor.1:8-------->The Prophet & Bishop himself.Durban Sept 2001?!
Al Sharpton/sermon
