Wed 29 Aug 2007
Jena, Louisiana. Ever heard of it? Me neither.
Anyway, this is what happened there: at a high school there, part of the campus outdoors was declared segregated by some students — specifically, the shade of a certain tree was declared “white”. Some black students sat under the tree, after which white students hung nooses from it. Those white students got a slap on the wrist, if anything, for that behavior from the school. Complaints about the obviously biased treatment were met by a threat from the DA.
After awhile of threats and outright violence against black students — which were ignored by that same DA — a white student, in support of the troglodytes that hung the nooses from that tree, started taunting black students, and used the magic word. Needless to say, this got him beat up, albeit not enough to seriously ruin his day.
Now, a normal person would look at that & think “typical schoolyard fight”; no real lasting injuries, the guy even went to an event later that day. The DA thought something else: “attempted murder”.
If you, like I, think that’s bullshit, click here & let that bigoted moron (and Governor Blanco) know.
August 31st, 2007 at 9:29 am
I would like to say that I can’t believe this crap still happens. But I do believe it.