September 20, 2007

Jena Justice

Hatched by Dafydd

There is a terrible tale of racism and racial hysteria unfolding in a tiny town called Jena in Louisiana:

Traffic jammed the two-lane road leading into the tiny town of Jena early Thursday as thousands of demonstrators gathered in support of six black teens initially charged with attempted murder in the beating of a white classmate. [The victim, Justin Barker, was selected randomly and beaten, in broad daylight, just outside his high school, by six black youths, five of them of majority age; Barker was chosen for this honor because he was white.]

The Rev. Al Sharpton said it could be the beginning of the 21st century's civil rights movement, one that would challenge disparities in the justice system.

"You cannot have justice meted out based on who you are rather than what you did," [the Rev.] Sharpton told CBS's "The Early Show" Thursday.... [Justin Barker was beaten by the black youths for who he was rather than what he did (he didn't do anything).]

"This is the most blatant example of disparity in the justice system that we've seen," [the Rev.] Sharpton said Thursday. "You can't have two standards of justice. We didn't bring race in it, those that hung the nooses brought the race into it...." [Justin Barker did not hang any nooses, and he did not bring "the race" into it.]

Thursday's protest had been planned to coincide with [defendant Mychal] Bell's sentencing, but organizers decided to press ahead even after the conviction was thrown out. Bell remains in jail while prosecutors prepare an appeal. He has been unable to meet the $90,000 bond.

"We all have family members about the age of these guys. We said it could have been one of them [any "one of them" could have beaten some random white kid because he was angry at other white kids]. We wanted to try to do something," said Angela Merrick, 36, of Atlanta, who drove with three friends from Atlanta to protest the treatment of the "Jena Six". [Nobody rallied to protest the beating of Justin Barker.]

The rally was heavily promoted on black Web sites, blogs, radio and publications.

Students came from schools across the region, including historically black colleges like Morehouse College, Spelman College, Clark Atlanta University, Howard University, Hampton University and Southern University. [But the Rev. Al Sharpton assures us that the protesters didn't inject "the race" into the beating of Justin Barker.]

Tina Cheatham missed the civil rights marches at Selma, Montgomery and Little Rock, but she had no intention of missing another brush with history. The 24-year-old Georgia Southern University graduate drove all night to reach tiny Jena in central Louisiana.

"It was a good chance to be part of something historic since I wasn't around for the civil rights movement. This is kind of the 21st century version of it," she said.... [The 21st century version of the civil rights movement seems strangely silent about Justin Barker's right not to be beaten for "walking home while white".]

[The Rev.] Sharpton, who helped organize the protest, met Bell at the courthouse Wednesday morning. He said Bell is heartened by the show of support and wants to make sure it stays peaceful. [Nobody showed any support for Justin Barker, lying peacefully in the street unconscious after his beating.]

"He doesn't want anything done that would disparage his name - no violence, not even a negative word," [the Rev.] Sharpton said. [Let's not disparage the name of the victim -- Mychal Bell -- forced to endure a trial merely for beating a random white boy. Where's the justice for poor Mychal Bell?]

Justin Barker was attacked from behind without warning; he never even saw who hit him first. He was jumped by six black youths because he was the nearest white boy around when their "black rage" overwhelmed them. This is what news agencies across the world refer to as a "school fight;" and the rallies for the defendants were populated by "veterans of the civil rights movements," as reported in the caption to this photograph:



The Blalocks prepare for joyous rally supporting racism in Jena, LA

Big Lizards caption: The Blalocks prepare for joyous rally supporting racism in Jena, LA

Actual caption:

Andrea Blalock, left, checks out a shirt for her husband Thomas Blalock, both from Stockbridge, Ga. as they prepare for a march in support of the Jena 6 in Jena, La., Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007. Hundreds of people dressed in black, from college students to veterans of the civil rights movements, boarded buses bound for Jena and a rally Thursday in support of six black teenagers who were initially charged with attempted murder in the beating of a white classmate.

"Enough is enough," says Mr. Blalock's t-shirt. Enough what -- enough white people? Enough prosecutions for black kids who violently assault random whites? I suppose Mrs. Blalock believes that's exactly the message that Jesus taught.

It appears that the core demand of the "21st century's civil rights movement" is that, if "Whitey" offends some blacks, then all other blacks have the civil right to retaliate against "Whitey;" and any old Whitey who comes along will do. Just as in one of the cases that first brought the Rev. Al Sharpton to prominence, the Crown Heights riot, where he argued that if Mr. Jew loses control of his car and accidentally kills a black girl, then Mr. Jew should be beaten to death. Of course, any "Mr. Jew" will do: Jews -- and Whites -- are fungible. We exist only as representatives of our race.

And across the nation -- across the world -- there are rallies in support of six black youths who beat a random white teenager until he had a concussion, was bleeding from his ears, and was blind in one eye for weeks. His crime was racial guilt: Other people who were also white -- just like Justin Barker! -- hung nooses from a tree to scare some black students.

There is a terrible tale of racism and racial hysteria unfolding in a tiny town called Jena in Louisiana, and in Europe, and in Asia: Flip the races around; say that six white youths beat a black teenager because some other black teenager Mau-Maued them.

How many around the globe would rally for the "civil rights" of the assaulters?

Hatched by Dafydd on this day, September 20, 2007, at the time of 10:25 AM

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The following hissed in response by: CAL

Why are they called the Jena Six if there were five attackers?

The above hissed in response by: CAL [TypeKey Profile Page] at September 20, 2007 11:22 AM

The following hissed in response by: Dafydd ab Hugh

CAL:

Sorry, that was just a mistake on my part. Five were adults, one was a minor; the number "five" lodged in my mind, and I typed that instead of six.

I actually caught the mistake before I read your comment... but thanks for noting it anyway!

Dafydd

The above hissed in response by: Dafydd ab Hugh [TypeKey Profile Page] at September 20, 2007 12:41 PM

The following hissed in response by: Davod

One of the talk shows had someone saying the white guy was in and out of hospital and attended a function that evening.

The above hissed in response by: Davod [TypeKey Profile Page] at September 20, 2007 2:01 PM

The following hissed in response by: Dafydd ab Hugh

Davod:

One of the talk shows had someone saying the white guy was in and out of hospital and attended a function that evening.

Yes. What's your point?

Dafydd

The above hissed in response by: Dafydd ab Hugh [TypeKey Profile Page] at September 20, 2007 2:46 PM

The following hissed in response by: MarkD

Yes. What's your point?

No harm, no foul?

When do we get to the need for a national monologue (I'm not going to lie) on race relations by Jesse Jackson?

The above hissed in response by: MarkD [TypeKey Profile Page] at September 20, 2007 5:55 PM

The following hissed in response by: Dafydd ab Hugh

MarkD:

No harm, no foul?

Er... so it's all right for six to assault one because of his race, so long as he eventually recovers from his injuries?

Dafydd

The above hissed in response by: Dafydd ab Hugh [TypeKey Profile Page] at September 20, 2007 6:52 PM

The following hissed in response by: sanddog

Er... so it's all right for six to assault one because of his race, so long as he eventually recovers from his injuries?

Apparently so....at least in the minds of some.

When does whitey get to seethe and rampage? I sense some inequality here.....

The above hissed in response by: sanddog [TypeKey Profile Page] at September 20, 2007 8:00 PM

The following hissed in response by: snochasr

The point of the hospital report, now verified, is that these six were charged with attempted MURDER. That simply must be seen as over-prosecution, and in fact, I believe, the charges have already been reduced. So long as these professional race-baiters and their unwitting shills are satisfied with these six being prosectuted for crimes they actually committed, I would say justice had been served.

The above hissed in response by: snochasr [TypeKey Profile Page] at September 24, 2007 6:02 AM

The following hissed in response by: Dafydd ab Hugh

Snochasr:

First, six guys jumping one from behind and beating him in the head with a blunt instrument is attempted murder, in my opinion. Just as it was perfectly proper that Damian Monroe "Football" Williams was charged with attempted murder for hurling a chunk of concrete into Reginald Denny's head... even though the jury later decided it was merely assault.

I believe if the attackers had been white and the victim black -- the prosecutors would never have dropped the attempted murder charge; and not one single person at those rallies would have turned out to protest the white six being tried for that crime.

Second, the charges had already been reduced before this rally for the "Jena Six" was called... so how can the rallies be merely to protest a charge that had alrady been dropped?

Third, many attendees at the rally were demanding, not that the "Jena Six" be prosecuted and convicted of assault with a deadly weapon, or even simply assault and battery... they demanded that the assaulters be freed.

Finally, it disgusts me that people rally -- purely for racist reasons -- on behalf of violent criminal thugs in the name of civil rights... as if blacks have the civil right to vote, the civil right to call for justice... and the civil right to beat random Whiteys into unconsciousness as a catharsis for their sense of wounded entitlement.

Dafydd

The above hissed in response by: Dafydd ab Hugh [TypeKey Profile Page] at September 24, 2007 11:49 AM

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