There was only one crime committed in Jena, LA.  That was the crime that was committed when Justin Barker got beat up.  If Justin was black and got beat up by 6 white kids I would expect this circus, but Jesse and Al are on the offense trying to spare these 6 from the justice that is due them.  They are trying to intimidate the law enforcement officials.

Law enforcment needs to sit tight and wait for the circus to leave town then do what the law requires.  The DA needs to file charges for assualt and battery and a hate crime, if Louisianna has such a thing. It is time someone stands up to the race merchants. Send them packing.

“Government’s first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.”  Ronald Reagan

What if it had been 6 white kids and a (name your race) student instead? Where is JJ and Sharpton for the white kid?

This kid had nothing to do with the nooses hung in the tree.  He was in the wrong place, at the wrong time, and the wrong color.

Why are these kids not charged with a hate crime also? Oh I'm sorry, only those of color can be discriminated against.  How non-liberal of me to think this way.  Now I will be called a bigot for pointing to the obvious.

Sounds like racism is on the other foot to me.

The only thing you should feel when shooting insurgents is the rifle recoil.

I don't know where to begin.  Going by what Savidge said, hanging a noose from a tree is equal to a gang beating someone enough that they have to be hospitalized!

The insinuation is, of course, that the white students are to blame.  Can you imagine if six whites beat up a black student!  So much for a colorblind society.

This is a perfect example of why I included the MSM in my list of culprits in the alleged deteriorating race relations we hear about so much. They are harming our society by their biased reporting. They are inciting and provoking people with misinformation.

Actually, race-relations are better now than they were when I was a kid. I have black, white and hispanic relatives...this would have been unheard of a generation ago.

Stories like this, and like Duke, and like the Imus fiasco, emphasize the tabloidization of the MSM and demonstrate how dangerous the media can be in the wrong hands.

Any media outlet using this story to incite racial strife and gin up emotions, whether it's for political reasons or for mere ratings/sales, is an enemy of American civilization.

Which is what I believe the liberal MSM wants.

Both Al Sharpton & Jesse Jackson have been steadily losing influence in recent years. This ludicrous liberal MSM-manufactured incident is going to be the vehicle they will use to attempt to regain it.

Based on the abject ignorance I have seen displayed on the part of the "protesters" down in LA, along witht the disinformation being purpousely spread by the MSM, it just may work for them, too.

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"... after a schoolyard fight that resulted in no serious injuries."

It's statements like this that disgust me the most about the way most of the media is handling this situation. The attack in no way, shape, form, or fashion was merely a "schoolyard fight". But, much like the Duke incident, we can't let facts get in the way of a good story.

It will be interesting to see how this sorts out. The outcome that should occurr is that the so-called Jena 6 are tried and convicted. If that doesn't happen, expect one or more of these same black men to committ other crimes with excalating violence and mayhem. If you don't think this is a valid prediction, look at the FBI crime statistcs. Black men committ the MAJORITY of the crime in America. While the black race represents just under 13% of the population. 50% of the crimes are committed by them. In regards to the Duke case, note that the woman who accussed the LaCross players of crimes is still walking free. She was never charged with any crime even though she lied to the police and made up false charges.

Moral relativism in action.  Right or wrong depends on the race of the perpetrator and race of the victim. Years ago "liberals" ripped the blinfold from the face of lady justice and assaulted the Constitution of the United States of America. 

NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"

And the one who was beaten (almost to death) was not even involved in the original provocation.

Rev. Al is alsways fighting for the double standard.

This is the dream that Rev. King had?

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ABC's Terry Moron: "Six, black teenagers, some minors, charged as adults, after a schoolyard fight that resulted in no serious injuries."  A "schoolyard fight"?  Six thugs attack and beat a person, and Terry Moron calls the mauling a "schoolyard fight"!!!  ROTFLMAO!!!  "[N]o serious injuries" according to whom?  Terry Moron?  I've seen the photos of the victim, and he had a hell of lot more serious injuries than someone sprayed with a water pistol.  Should we be happy that Terry Moron is "reporting" on these six thugs rather than "reporting" on Washington politics or the 2008 election?

From what I have heard, 

The kid that was beaten was not involved in the noose hangings

The kids that were involved with the noose hangings were disciplined by the school, suspensions, are my understanding.

If I heard right, the beating started with the kid being knocked unconscious using a bar bell bar?

The protesters were intimidating the locals whom did not ask them to come.

And last, but not least, the trial hasn't even played out. Their are many assumptions that nobody can validate, not the protesters or me.

Living here in La we are all pretty disgusted by the way this has played out. Let the law run its course. If anyone is so delusional to think that the violence should go unpunished, I sincerely hope that they receive the next unprovoked beating. If you want to argue that the noose hangers were not punished enough, well fine that is a valid argument. But don't think for a second it justifies the beating this young man took. I am very concerned that if the protesters don't let the law run it's course, then this will only expand. Knowing the leaders of this mob, maybe that is what they are hoping for.

What is truly unfortunate in my opinion, is there seemed to be a certain amount of segregation that was common at this school. The school and the parents of most of these young men should be fully ashamed of themselves for the level of bigotry achieved here.

Look at this article:

<a>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/20/roland.martin.jena6/index.html</a>

Yet another journalist tries to downplay the actions of the Jena 6. Not only that but suggests that the rally held by Sharpton and Jackson was about equal justice.

Here's my take on things. Martin Luther King Jr praised pacifism. He fought segregation and racism with nonviolence. I do not believe that he would lead a protest in defense of six black men who ruthlessly stomped and beat a white man, no matter what that white man may have said or done to provoke it. Sharpton and Jackson are obviously not MLK Jr and are not even interested in carrying on his teaching of non-violent protest to victims of racism. Instead it seems that they are so consumed with trying to etch themselves into the pages of history that they don't care if they go against the very principles that made the Civil Rights Movement successful. They organize protests that I am sure Martin Luther King Jr would not stand behind. They put their own radical beliefs before the teachings of a man who paved the way to the end of segregation. They feed on the ignorances of people who don't even know their own history, telling them that they should be exonerated for defending their race through violence. The Civil Rights Movement ended just 39 years ago and yet the courage, strength, and dedication of the people who made it all possible is already forgotten. Instead, 6 teenagers who could not keep their cool and end racial tension through education and pacificism are now the Media Icons of Racial Equality.

Sounds about right for the world that we are living in these days.