I saw this on the 9:00pm news tonight. Please report an actual story before asking us what our opinion is. You explained how this story involving 6 black men beating up 1 white man should involve all races fighting against the cause. That was the extent of your story.

I don't suppose you would EVER consider reporting the facts huh? .............by the way; here's the actual story you  jackasses!.........."The following Monday, Dec.4, a white student named Justin Barker was loudly bragging to friends in the school hallway that Robert Bailey had been whipped by a white man on Friday night. When Barker walked into the courtyard, he was attacked by a group of black students. The first punch knocked Barker out and he was kicked several times in the head................."

Enough is enough,

If 6 White males beat A Black male enough to send him to the hospital, they would be charged with hate crimes on top of the other charges. Let’s analyze that possible situation for a moment.

1. There would be protest rallies and parades to get the six white males prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

2. If citizens held protest rallies to try to alleviate the charges of the six white males, there would be more conflict and racial connotations thrown in the mix, and if the protesters where white, they would be risking their safety of they families and security of their jobs!!!!

The black community has pushed the double standard to the limit. The racial card has been played too many times to list and every time it is, there is an immediate golden path paved so that no white person is accused of being racist. Enough is enough. The majority of the racial issues that arise in this country are because the black community keeps it alive. Never wanting to except responsibility for your actions and inflicting a double standard will get you no where. It proves the low intelligence of the parties involved when they spend more time pressing such irrelevant issues when they could be using their time to educate and advance themselves.

The fact is that students were fighting due to racially charged tension in the now integrated and equal United States of America and used violence to express hatred and anger at the young ages that they are and the result of that has sparked a fuse that was supposedly damp due to our so called unity after the events that transpired in 9/11. Wow. And all you people (you=EVERYBODY) have to say is get the facts straight, report the story and STILL the absolute point is missed.......this is exactly why it happened.

The fact is that students were fighting due to racially charged tension in the now integrated and equal United States of America and used violence to express hatred and anger at the young ages that they are and the result of that has sparked a fuse that was supposedly damp due to our so called unity after the events that transpired in 9/11. Wow. And all you people (you=EVERYBODY) have to say is get the facts straight, report the story and STILL the absolute point is missed.......this is exactly why it happened.

If ANYONE participates in a group attack on an individual, no matter the color of skin, they should serve THE MAXIMUM allowed by law.  The brutality of the crime should be considered in sentencing.  THE LAW SHOULD BE COLORBLIND!!!!

If it wasn't for Michael Baisden, I would have never known this story.  Your broadcast never mentioned White only tree, White students beat Black Student, And,,where is the Jena six mentioned on the news page of this site...Will anyone even read these blogs???

I have to agree with Chris in Oakland, to a certain degree. I have seen and been a victim of reverse racism. Racism is racism regardless of the people who start it. In this case however, if the report on Youtube is correct,the students are being unfairly charged. I do not think they should get off, but attemped second degree murder seems harsh. I don't know the exyent of the situation, if they stopped when he could not defend himself anymore,it would be assault, if they contiued beating him then maybe they should be charged as they are. The white person that beat up the black student should also be charged.
But it does seem a little odd that it was one on one when the black student was beaten, but 6 on one when it was the white boy that was beaten. We need more details to form an accurate judgement. None of us black or white or whatever race need to go off half cocked, untill we know the whole story.

Again, where is the Jena 6 story and transportation information of groups traveling to Jena that was mentioned in the extremely short feature of your newscast  ???  Also, please report the entire story, or not at all.

Vana, all of that is horrible. All of that should be addressed. NONE of that justifies knocking someone down and kicking them in the head. And if you're kicking someone in the head, YOU ARE TRYING TO KILL HIM.  Everyone needs to learn how to deal with adversity and intolerance and even prejudice. Would this 6-on-1 beat down be a method used by Dr. King? I don't think so. Don't be apologists for people that deserve to be given justice. These aren't innocents.

Opinions are like butt holes everyone has one and is entitled to their own. I think that it is simply ridiculous that we still tend to act or speak in such ugly matters when it comes to issues that involve race or color. Because if any of us (all races) were to take a step back and really look at ourselves we would see that life is so much more than a color and then maybe we would see that everyone is speaking from a low intelligence level as Chris from Oakland so gladly pointed out. Our lives should be impacted by more than just the color of our skin but the content of our character...Dr.Martin Luther King Jr for those who don't know. My take on the whole Jena 6 situation is that the punishment is a little harsh. Students get into fights everyday at school and they are punished. I've personally been jumped before and the students that participated as well as myself were suspended from school,but no one was charged with murder,none of us were expelled from school,but we were punished. Do I think the guys should recieve punishment for their crime or wrong doing yes. Do I think the punishment fits the crime no. More should be considered were these young men known trouble makers both the victim and the accusers.Had they previously had criminal records or charges brought against them...There is so much more that should play into this case and the charges. Maybe the full story wasn't broadcasted by the media and to be honest I don't even like the station,but I watched their broadcast of this story in particular, but that is why we as people of all races have to be more proactive about the things that is going on around us and in our country that we love so much. We can't depend on the news media for everything, we then have to be intelligent enough to do more investigating and then be able to form our opininons from the extra work that we did. As you read the stories or see the commentaries on this case we shouldn't look at it as so much of a race thing but our hearts should go out to the people involved the victim, the six  young men, the other young man that was beaten, their families, the other students that attend the school, it's an injustice to everyone involved. That is what we should see not the color because it goes deeper than that. If I'm cut and you are cut we will bleed the same red blood once it hits air. It's a sad case. The name calling of those leaders who are going is childish and mediocre. Our children are watching and if we are teaching them that things like this(that the world is driven by race) is okay then we are raising and preparing a future of ignorance. My prayer is that we take the blindfolds off and see people for people not their color.

First of all Dee, some people didn't get the point of the blog on where it is asking what do you think about the Jena 6 situation not have you heard about this story already.  

But back to the story on Jena 6, the Mayor of the City and Governor of the State should have fired any school official who said or accepted this as a school prank or joke.

Next, it is very obvious that these charges are extreme because of racial ethnicity.  Some of your bloggers made the correct call on the unlawful act of the attacks by the six(6) students on a legal premise.

Let's look at this as a single situation.  When a victim is attack; it is assault.  If a victim is attacked and can no longer defend himself or herself and no weapon is used in the attack, then this would be an aggravated assault.  

What would increase the severity of the attack or charge would be the use of weapons or a time of prolonged attacks or beating over 1-2 minutes- as this is the time of exhaustion for most school yard fights or fights among people period before someone breaks it up, the other person gives up, or the person or group think they have done enough beating to get there point across- this occurs when the victim normally appears defenseless.  

The mindset of the attackers is the point is made and the person is not standing to resist or argue their point or position anymore.  The group or a person in the group would normally think what the heck or use in keep hitting the victim.  

Anyway, if a weapon or an item was used as a weapon; then it is an aggravated attack with a deadly weapon.  If the attack occurred for a period of 3 minutes or more with blows with the fists intentionally to crucial and crital areal of the body; then it should be charged as aggravated assualt with the intent to do bodily harm.  

The attackers maybe liable for medical treatment to the victim or the charges may be upgraded from aggravated assault with intent to do bodily harm to manslaughter or murder(first or second degree) if the victim dies from the attack.  Clearly, this was not the case in this situation.  An attempted murder charge is normally associated with the use of a weapon-gun, car, knife, stick, etc... or some extreme action that is done for a period of time to the person or parts of their body, i.e.-  choking or strangulation.  Once again, none of this occurred in this case.  

Since these are school kids acting out; and there are no weapons and this did not occur for some prolong period of time, this is no more than an aggravated assault charge that each of the student would face.  Since they did it in a group, an intent to do bodily harm charge may be applied but no severe charge beyond this.  I hope this help, please forward if necessary.  TTYL, AJ  

Chris in Oakland, I couldn't have said it any better than what you had to say about this whole situation, especially "The black community has pushed the double standard to the limit."

I live in the Memphis are and I see and hear this all the time around it.  It makes me so sick at times I just about want to forget about the news.  However, I do see a need in keeping up with what is going on around me.  I just wish we could all get along with one another and quit looking at skin color.  Again, here in the Memphis area, I see the bigotry even with our 'big' politicians commenting about how blacks are mistreated, and these are the blacks that are constantly complaining.  

If the wolf would quit crying wolf, then we'd all have something else to bicker about!

 Imagine your child was assaulted by a group of people like this, and Al Sharpton came to your town and declared he or she had no right to justice.  They are making excuses for barbarians with the "race card".  What a slap in the face to the victim and the family.  Imagine the roles reversed.  I just can't envision Al Sharpton making a plea to save some misunderstood white boys.        

This is a waste of time. They bought it on themselves. If a white person walked around in the hood would they not expect to get beat up?

If you live in a racist known city. Why would you act out in such a manner?

Some may view this as some type of Civil Rights Movement but I view it as  a waste of time and resources.

BTW I am black.

Why insist on sitting under a so called "white tree"? Now look what it got them. Nothing but trouble and still nothing will change.

How about getting a solid education and getting the H*ll out of there?

The facts suck but "Mychal" will go to jail soon - he is an animal and can't fight his nature.

http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070825/NEWS03/708250353/1062/NEWS03

'Jena Six' defendant's criminal history comes to light; bond denied


JENA — In addition to Mychal Bell's recent felony conviction, his criminal history was revealed Friday to contain four other violent crimes.

Because of that, a LaSalle Parish judge denied a request to reduce the 17-year-old's bail in his current scrape with the law. Bell remains in jail in lieu of a $90,000 bond.


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, 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 battery Christmas Day 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 Sept. 2 and criminal damage to property 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.

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.

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 District Attorney Reed Walters pointed out that Bell was placed on probation until his 18th birthday — Jan. 18, 2008 — after an incident of battery 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.

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:

n The seriousness of the offense: "It is a serious offense because it is a crime of violence," he said.

n The weight of the evidence against the defendant: Mauffray said it was "pretty weighty" considering the jury convicted Bell.

n 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.

n 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.

n Whether 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.

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. Sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 20.

"The black community has pushed the double standard to the limit. "

One of the best statements I have heard in years.

Greetings Dee,

The first time I heard of this story was on 103.5 (Michael B. talk show).  As a black male in law enforcement it is a appalling that in this date and time people are still living in the past.  As for Mr. Logan's comment, I have this to say to him.  If you don't fight for something you will fall for anything.  I am also glad that you wasn't in the civil rights era, because Dee and I wouldn't have a job worth working.  Now, you should pick you fight.  As a law enforcer I have to make decision everyday that effect the lives of other people.  I try to make a decision that is within the law, because I know that I will have to pay for it (on Judgement Day).  I think that it is a great thing that people are talking about this, whether you are black or white.  Now, it is in the open about Jena, LA.  Now I don't condon the actions of the black students, I do believe that the law should apply to all and not some.  One thing that the DA in LA. said is that the pen is mighty.  That is no lie.  But he should know, what is done in the dark will come to the light.  Ask the DA in the Duke LaCross case, last I check he was looking for a job at Wal-Mart.

Dee,

All I can say about this blog is, it is ovious we are in backwards Memphis, TN.  You all did a horrible job at reporting the story.  Then you post all "white racist" point of views in your 9PM news cast....I will take the high road and say that this is why the post is reading the way it is, the news reported it poorly and whites dont have the full story, or perhaps whites are living up to their southern heritage.

I don't think a simple fight should be called attempted murder. Most white people don't see the big picture. If six of you all jumped on me, would you want to go to jail for attempted murder? A fight is a fight. Maybe the boys should be charged, but only with simple assault. It was only a fight and no weapons were used.

The Black community that supports lessened charges against these brutal thugs have a warped sense of justice. Perhaps that same warped sense of justice which plays apologist to all crimes black is the reason that the black community, as a whole, is plagued with disproportional crime, drug use, and academic failure, not only in the United States, but worldwide.
I guess that justice, fairness, and the ability to successfully police ones own, is 'a white thing'

"BP said:

I don't think a simple fight should be called attempted murder."

The fact that six thugs stomping on an unconscious white kid is consedered a "simple fight" says it all.  The black race is doomed to more and more violence and decay.

The murder rate and victimization among blacks is TEN TIMES HIGHER than among "whites".  And when the statistics say "whites" they are including hispanics in the white category.

"Tykia said:

I will take the high road and say that this is why the post is reading the way it is, the news reported it poorly and whites dont have the full story, or perhaps whites are living up to their southern heritage."

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You might consider getting the whole story yourself.  Once again the race baiters are inflaming passions with half the story.

The only thing "fair" about releasing "Mychal" is that he will victimize many more blacks than whites before he lands in jail again.  The ten fold difference in the black and white murder and victimization rates is largely the fault of the "tolerance" blacks show for violent criminals in their midst.  White people don't want them - black or white.

For those of you who say that "The black community has pushed the double standard to the limit." until you have been in our shoes you WONT EVER know what we go through. And for Mr Logan you are just plain stupid...why should they be afraid to set under a dam tree that the white students claim is theirs...Nothing on this earth is The fact that we are wanting to get across is that when the white students hung up nooses it was a "prank" and beat up the black student nothing was said or done but the minute black students places a scar on a white student its 20yrs+ in prison ..the justice system is in a white mans hand until us BLACK PEOPLE speak up

So, its a much worse crime for white kids to sit under a tree, or even hang a mock noose, than it is for 6 black kids to so severly beat a white kid that he must be hospitalized in the intensive care unit for over a day.
Looking at the reaction and the feting of these thugs as heroes, I'd say - next time kids, just gang up and beat a black kid, put him in the hospital. Don't bother with silly prankish nooses. Just a solid attack and beating, the blacks will understand. They certainly approve of it when its black-on-white; and downplay it, and try to  morally equate a near killing with a mock prank.

Chris,in oakland i am black ,What happen to the white kids  that beat up the black  kid the night before this  incident .This white kid was hospitalized for 1 day in the intensive care unit,and at school the next day at a function.........lets be serious!!!!I am so sick of hearing our Black kids being called thugs,Is okay for our thug kids to fighting a senseless war for this county,to protect your white asses!!!!!!!!!

You need to report all the facts correctly. Mr. Bell was already on probation when this incident took place. He violated his probation several times. The six black youths sucker punched the white student and continued to kick the white young man even after he was unconscious until another white student threw himself over the white student. Now black America is asking the DA for all charges to be dropped against the black students that beat the white student. The media has sensationalized this story and conveniently left out a lot of what actually took place. This was a gang attack and not a typical schoolyard fight. I am so sick of hearing this portrayed as a black injustice. These kids and their parents need to take responsibility for their actions and be punished justly for what they did and not make this a racial issue.
Mad White Woman

MAD WHITE WOMAN WITH KIDS IN LA.WHEN IT COMES TO OUR BLACK CHILDREN WE WANT THEM TO BE TREATED AS YOUR PRECIOUS WHITE KIDS,WHAT HAPPEN TO THE WHITE KIDS THAT BEAT THE BLACK KID?I LIVED IN THE SOUTH AND MADE A PROMISE TO MY  BLACK SON (WHICH YOU ALL CALL THUGS)THAT HE WOULD NEVER GO UP IN THE SOUTH.NO WE HAVE THE STORY RIGHT,MAD WHITE LADY!!!!!

"   Mad Black Woman said:

Nothing on this earth is The fact that we are wanting to get across is that when the white students hung up nooses it was a "prank" and beat up the black student nothing was said or done but the minute black students places a scar on a white student its 20yrs+ in prison ..the justice system is in a white mans hand until us BLACK PEOPLE speak up"

Obviously you are a product of a school system where students like the Jena 6 made it impossible to learn proper sentence construction.  However I will try to decipher it.

""Nothing on this earth is The fact that we are wanting to get across is that when the white students hung up nooses it was a "prank" and beat up the black student nothing was said or done but the minute black students places a scar on a white student its 20yrs+ in prison"

OK a white boy hangs up a rope.  A frenzy ensues.  People tell the blacks to get over it.  They don't.  Blacks subsequently try to crash a mixed race private party.  Girl at door tells them to get lost. "Disrespected" they started talking smack and a SINGLE white boy jumps out and smacks Mr. footbal stars face and puts the run on all three.  The rest of the people at the party throw the guy who smacked the black kid out.

The three young thugs then go out into the parking lot and antagonize a group of whites.  Same result they get smacked down.  They decide to leave and go to a convenience store and hang out.

Lone white boy appears and the THREE thugs jump single small white boy.  White boy manages to get gun out of the truck and ends up getting it taken away.

Next day at school a white boy talks about how Mychal got his but kicked.  Mychal couldn't bear the "disrespect" and gathered a gang of six youths to stomp the white "disrespecter" head in.

They (6 punk cowardly blacks) catch him walking out of the cafeteria and knock him unconscious and they proceed to kick and stomp on him for several minutes while he was defenseless.

All over a rope!!

Well Mychal has had his conviction overturned and blacks say that is "justice".  The true justice will occur when he is back in your hood.  With his lengthly violent felony record he will offend again.  Guess who is going to be victimized - mostly blacks.  

Maybe blacks didn't get told the story of the scorpion and the frog - if you didn't it is in Mychals nature to be a violent punk who acts in groups.  Welcome Mychal with open arms - maybe he will shoot someone and further widen the 10 fold (1000%) difference in murder rate and victimization between blacks and whites (actually hispanic and white).

Good luck keeping people like Mychal around you.  That is justice indeed.

Your neighborhoods are violent, filled with trash (human and otherwise), the black run school system is at the BOTTOM.  Gangs are flourishing in your neighborhoods, black men murder at a 10 fold rate ove the rest of society. Got to be whitey's fault.

Keep blaming everything on Whitey - because whitey is coming to his senses and is full up to his ears hearing how he owned slaves and owes blacks something.  This just adds to it.

Mychal is just your kind of man Mad Black Woman.

We've heard again and again across the entire country; that to convict these kids of this severe crime (assault) is wrong and racist. We've heard that the fact the a white kid was put in the hospital is of no consequence and that blacks are the victims here. We're told that its just racism that these attackers should face the law.
Maybe, just maybe, this is they way it's always been. Maybe blacks always denied their own guilt in their crimes. I'm rethinking the whole 'back in the day it was so racist and bad' things. It's not at all racist now, but the blacks are howling that it is, maybe those lynchings of long ago the we endlessly hear about - actually had a reason and a cause?  If people make lies and excuses now, maybe they alwasy did.
--rethinking the whole story based on OJ and this.

I’ll forewarn you this is going to sting and I will revel in your agony as you crawl back in your hole and lick your wounds. Ask and you shall receive!!!! I’ll start with MAD BLACK WOMAN & BRENDA. You both are prime examples. Here are the critical mistakes you’ve made:
- Remained ignorant on subject matter by not doing your research.
- Made assumptions towards bloggers race and background.
- Provided false information and accusations
- Actually posted your pathetic thoughts on the web.

So, that being said we’ll get down to the point. The previous fight that ensued was a ONE on ONE fight(this is where you didn’t research). The kid was suspended. Sorry to Say, but these situations happen every day…it even happened to me. It’s normal, teenagers will get into fights. They get suspended. It wasn’t a 6 on 1 beating that sent a kid to the ICU. (Here’s where it gets fun) Did you catch that? He went to the hospital! The law gets involved now, it wasn’t a scuffle like the previous fight that you keep whining about, it was a beating!!!! Lets not forget that this did go before a judge and was ruled on. If you don’t like the way a judge handles cases, get your lazy behind to the poles and vote for a new one. It’s your civic duty. That’s the beauty of our government in America. Heck we can even impeach those that we feel aren’t doing a good job.

Second, Don’t play coy on the DOUBLE STANDARD issue. We all know its there, I was just pointing out the obvious. We live in a town were the Mayor was actually quoted to say “I won’t stop until I see the White kids in Cordova suffering”!!!! Reverse that and tell me a severe recourse would not happen. You can’t! Know why? Want me to spell it out for you? I promise I could fill a book with quotes and situations that would plainly depict and expose reverse racism. Tell me “until you’ve been in our shoes”, Ha! this is one ignorant statement if I ever heard one (this is where you assumed race). Give me a break. Like I said you are trying to beat a dead horse.

Third, “20yrs+ in prison”??? Where did you come up with that figure(this is where you provided false info)? Oh, that’s right. Out of thin air, I should have known this. Look, if you speak up, at least try to show a little dignity and intelligence by at trying to form a logical or correct statement.  Then “I am so sick of hearing our Black kids being called thugs,Is okay for our thug kids to fighting a senseless war for this county,to protect your white asses!!!” This is the absolute most pathetic thing I think I’ve ever read. It’s to the point that it is just down right sad. How can one survive on a day to day basis with such horrible instincts. I didn’t call anybody a thug, how the choice for young men to serve in the military got thrown in there I surely don’t know, and you should support our troops for protecting our AMERICAN freedoms.

Anything else you dare to throw at me? A little advice….THINK before you speak. You embarrass yourself by proving your stupidity.

CHECKMATE

"Third, “20yrs+ in prison”??? Where did you come up with that figure(this is where you provided false info)? "

That is true.  I believe it was actually 22 years he was facing.

I just want to say that I'm a African American woman, and I don't know why everyone has to bring up race issues even now in the 21st century. Times have changed, but yet everyone still brings it up. Ok, All the kids should be charged because violence is never the answer. I don't care who you are Violence never solves anything, and It drives me nuts when Rev. Jesse Jackson can work hard to try and get guns off the street, but yet he wants justice for these men who beat up a white kid. A Reverand would know the God doesn't like violence.

The point I'm making is that everyone has different views. There will always be Blacks hating Whites, or whites hating blacks, but it depends if someone acts on it. Saying is different than doing... I don't know the whole situation that happened here, but if nooses where hung from the trees, the black students should have asked the school board to do something, if they didn't do anything, then take it to court, but never use violence.

I don't care who you are if anyone does anything that hurts anyone else, they should be punnished. I wanted micheal vick to be locked up forever when I heard he was abusing those dogs. Nobody should ever treat an animal like that, or anybody else like that.

It makes me sick with today's society. whenever something goes wrong, it always either racist, sexist, or a hate crime. GROW UP PEOPLE STOP COMPLAINING.

Another point I make is that Racism still exist today, but in a different form. I knew a white man who was trying to get a scholarship for college, he was turned down because they said he didn't have the right qualifications, he was so depressed that he had failed in life, that he killed himself, Yet when my daughter went to college she was offered a African American scholarship just for being black. They didn't look to see if she had the right qualifications for the scholarship, they just gave her it because she is black.. THIS IS A FORM OF RACISM.... The term racism means that someone is being treated differently because of their color of skin, this is happening in our society.. We have all these special programs and scholarships for blacks. We are being treated differently because of our race... Our great leaders such as Martin luther King, and Rosa parks faught hard to get EQUAL RIGHTS, they didn't want special rights, they wanted equal rights that any white man would have...

The same goes towards women. We have all these special organizations and even women scholarships for women. We are just getting these things because we are women, it's sexism. Great women in the past have also worked hard to get EQUAL Rights.. they wanted the same rights as men.. Now it's the opposite, Women are overpowering men, we are basically telling men that they are worthless, There is not national organization for men, and it's nots considered sexist if a woman makes fun of a man.. My nephue who was 9 years old got suspended because he pushed a girl aside who was making fun of him. He is in a wheelchair, and a group of girls were up by him teasing him, The school didn't do anything, but yet when he pushed one of the girls, the teachers quickly ran over and started comforting the girl. He was suspended from school, and the teachers sent a note out to his parents saying he was a dangerous child.. what message are we sending our sons.. Everyone is so focused on special rights... Why can't we all just stop complaing and focus on more important things like working together to stop global warming, or working together to help save an endangered species. WE ARE ALL CHILDREN OF GOD, WE ARE ALL LIVING ON THE SAME EARTH, WE ALL BREATH THE SAME AIR...so why are we worried about special rights for certain people, or focusing everything on racism, prejudice, hate crimes etc... just learn to love one another like God intended, and help those who need help, and just live life....

I think it is just stupid to have things like that to happen around the MidSouth and you know that if it happens at Wynne High School, you will be EXPELLED immediately.  You know what, I don't think that should happen at all.

I think it is just stupid to have things like that to happen around the MidSouth and you know that if it happens at Wynne High School, you will be EXPELLED immediately.  You know what, I don't think that should happen at all.

i feel this is wrong because students white or black fight in school each and every day....i think it is sooooo wrong that ppl are still being put down because of their color.....this should not happen to the kids at alll........STOP THE JENA 6!!!!!!!!!

i feel this is wrong because students white or black fight in school each and every day....i think it is sooooo wrong that ppl are still being put down because of their color.....this should not happen to the kids at alll........STOP THE JENA 6!!!!!!!!!

So, let me get this right.  I am a veteran.  If I see someone burn the flag, I can go kick their ass and not be held in prison?  If someone says Hitler was the greatest man, I can kick their ass too and not go to jail.
Everyday it is the same old thing.  Someone sues because the Ten Commands are being put on State property, someone else sues because they don't want their kids to pray in school, someone else because their money says in God we trust, someone else because a Confederate flag is being shown.
Now, we can't say certain words, we have to say "N word", yet I still hear Chris Rock call me a cracker, whitey, The Man that holds a race down (didn't know I had that much power), and we let it go.  
Soon, blacks will lose their past all together because they fight so hard to do away with it.  Thier will not be a 'struggle' the their kids will remember.
What IS next?  I don't like a lot of things and a lot of people.  Nothing to do with race.  Maybe I should just kick their ass or sue.  Maybe a rock star will perform to the beat of my fist pounding into their heads.

Ok.  First, let's look at the story.  Caucasian males hung nooses from a school-yard tree in an attempt to warn African-American males not to sit there (or go near it, however you want to interpret it).  Following a group of 6 African-American males assaulted 1 Caucasian male, and were charged.  Next, let's make it clear that neither party is innocent.  According to law there is nothing the Caucasian student could be charged with, barring "defacing of public property," which is a misdemeanor.  Also, the Caucasian student should probably be expelled from school.  However, the African-American students were aptly charged.  Assault is assault.  Whether or not they had reason to assault the Caucasian male is of not concern.  For example, just because your husband is abusive it does not give you the right to assault him in his sleep.  If you assaulted him while he was abusing you, then it would be considered self defense.  What the 6 African-American students did was not self-defense.  Again, neither party is innocent in the "Jena-6" event.

** The use of "African-American" and "Caucasian" labels was solely for the purpose of clarification, and in no way implies that this is a racial debate.

My heart goes out to the Jena 6.EVERY BLACK AMERICAN NEED TO BE SUPPORTING THIS NOT JUST BLACK WHITE AS WELL. WE AREN'T SAYING THEY SHOULDN'T SERVE TIME BUT YOU GIVE THEM A FAIR CHANCE. ALSO IF THE 6 BLACK THE WHITE BOY SHOULD GO TO AND LET THEM SERVE THE SAME TIME. THE JUDGE DOING THIS CASE GOD I ASKED YOU TO COVERING HIM OR HER  WITH THE BLOOD. BLESS HIM THAT HE OR SHE IS ABLE TO MAKE A DECISION NOT ON THE BLACK OR WHITE SITUATION. BUT MAKE IT ON THE FACTS OF THE CASE. GOD I ASK YOU TO COME IN LIKE NEVER BEFORE AND BLESS THE LAND OF LOUSIANA AND PROTECT OUR KIDS I'M NOT SAYING JUST BLACK OR WHITE. JUST PRAY 4 THE FAMILYS. AND UNDERSTAND THA GOD WILL WORK IT OUT AND WEEPING MAY ENDURE FOR A NIGHT BUT OUR JOY WILL COME IN THE MORNING LIGHT. AND I THANK YOU NOW GOD FOR YOUR A GOOD GOD AND I KNOW YOU CAN FIX ALL THINGS. I JUST SAY AMEN CAUSE IT'S ALREADY DONE N THAT WHAT I FEEL. I SUPPORT JENA 6 N GOD WILL MAKE A WAY FOR YOU ALL. THANKS GOD FOR IT NOW.

Whatever sympathy blacks may have deservedly earned on account of slavery/racism/jim crowe laws,etc. has been squandered so fucking thoroughly by the devolution of black culture.PATHETIC.I had to call the police on my"neighbors" 3 times tonight to get the ignorant assholes to stop screaming and yelling and blasting their car stereos so loud it shook my  and everyone elses house for hours on end.I bought the bullshit liberal white guilt ethos hook line and sinker until I actually lived amongst these fucking lowlifes,as I do now,in Atlanta,and saw what a bunch of degenerate parasites these people are.The ones that are not like that,and there are some of them,are willing to put up with this ***.In fact,when I call the cops to get some peace,they all circle the wagons and call me a racist.People need to wake the *** up and see this for the problem it is:A group of people who wallow in illiteracy and thug culture and will take advantage of any sign of sympathy and charity from those with a sense of decency.Wait til the economy finally shits the bed and take note of who is looting YOUR house.  

I'm Jewish.  I can't wait for someone to start hanging swastikas from a tree (or make that a Malcom X flag) so I can get upset and ambush him with 5 of whatever low-life friends I can find and give him the ass beating of his life.

Then I can count on 2 well known Jewish idiots (and a throng of thousands of mush-minds) to come to my defense and demand that my charges be mitigated simply because of my ethnicity and the 'provocation' that a symbol caused me.  This will become an international cause du-jour and my original crime will be largely marginalized and forgotten.

I'll beat the rap and get a tennis shoe (Deadly Weapons) endorsement out of the deal.

That'll never happen.  Why?  We were killed by the millions within the last 70 years....no matter what Al or Jesse say, we've got the black community beat in spades there (pun intended).  However, our collective response was not to wallow in self-pity or look for a German behind every missed opportunity, but to educate ourselves, work harder, invest better, and own more.  I'm with ray-ray......up until this week, I've never used the word ***.  Now I won't be able to stop.

Police in Norfolk, Va., are investigating whether an alleged attack against a 13-year-old boy that witnesses caught on tape Saturday was racially motivated, WAVY-TV reported Monday.

The tape shows the victim, Damien O'Rourke, who is white, being violently beaten by a group of African American teenagers. According to the report, Damie and his mother, Reesha Price, said the fight was unprovoked and believe Damien was attacked because he is white.

Damien said he was attacked while going to meet friends to play football. Price told WAVY-TV that she found her badly beaten son just blocks from her home after receiving a phone call alerting her to the attack Saturday afternoon.

The family had just recently moved to the Norfolk area, WAVY-TV reported. Damien said one of his alleged attackers was among a group of students at his school that mistreated him because he was the new kid. Price told WAVY-TV that she now fears her son is being targeted because of his race.

Norfolk police reportedly told WAVY-TV that their gang unit will be investigating the case.

I copied this story straight from FOX NEWS....are they going to be marching to get these kids out to???

its seems as if most of the things i read were from people who are narrow minded and at some point raciest. people are people and we all should be treated as equals. its sad reading some of this things and they are direct causes behind the things going on in this country.

as a human being who doesn't see race or color, ask your self if the charges in jena six fair?

where i am from a  white kid doesn't have to beat a black kid up. haning nooses of any kind will get your ass kicked...the white kids in my nieghborhood would be the ones kicking the ass but then again we know better and some of the people on this site don't. i see some of your hanging nooses thinking its funny..

First of all why did the school allow a "white only tree" being named. We were all created by the same man. Everyone who was involved should be punished equally, but also the teachers or whoever just passed this off as a prank should be punished. Where are the parents of these kids and what do they have to say about what has happened?  If we had a different mayor maybe Memphis would be a better place to live but I can see all this happening here also.  If parents would just know where their children were or what they might be into, things would be so different for our town.  

I think people do things all the time without thinking about the consiquences, no matter what they committed a crime and should have to pay

I don't think we have anything that draws so many opinons than the race card, particualry when it comes to black people and white people.  For those of you who live in a box, this story has been every where, television, radio, email, etc.  What you do next before you get all hot and bothered, is google the story and find out the details, don't just jump on Dee because you missed out.  Who ever heard of such a thing in this day and age, "a white only tree" come on now let's be honest.  If it wasn't for that issue alone, this whole incident might not have occured.  But obviously someone forgot to tell the people in Jena that we are legit citizens of the United States.  And in actuality it's against the law to have a "whites only" anything any more!  So now you people are mad because the black guy jumped the white guy after the white guy beat him for sitting under the designated white people's tree.  None of it is right, but look who instigated the issue in the first place.  Let's be honest, and realistic!