http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1660787,00.html
So a group of teenagers were planning to beat and hang another teen.. and yet the charges were reduced from attempted murder to aggrivated assault because someone cried that the arrests and charges were racially motivated?
Re: Jena 6
Originally posted by chithappens
Jena 6
How the hell does this still go on?
First I thought this was the latest porn movie. Then I realized it was a half-assed news article. Why did the author leave it at "a fight broke out?" What the hell happened that would bring up these charges? Details, please, not some "Well, you know, this fight broke out, and now everyone's on death row...." I'm willing to create my own judgment, just give me both sides. I already know the white kids were scumbags, now what else happened?
One thing I do know is this: If the black kids were the beaters or the beat-ees, either way Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton will be there.
Originally posted by Lord Melkor
I also do not understand why non-adult people are sentenced to life in prison, while they are not even allowed to drink alcohol or drive...
[/youth, not race, bashing]
Originally posted by chithappens
Anyone think they will actually allow these guys to go free?
Yea, they should throw the book at those guys and let the whites kids whom hung nooses over tree branches and stared this whole thing off scott free.
w/e. I hear it's this event will start a new civil rights movement the scale of '65. It'll be an interesting witness, as the situation unfolds.
Originally posted by Creshosk
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1660787,00.htmlSo a group of teenagers were planning to beat and hang another teen.. and yet the charges were reduced from attempted murder to aggrivated assault because someone cried that the arrests and charges were racially motivated?
Where did you get that the accused were planning on "Hanging" anybody?
Selective reading?
When was the last time YOU heard of ANYBODY getting 22 years for a "jump"?
MURDER caries a minimum of 5 years and a maximum of 32 years.
ATTEMPTED MURDER caries a 40% reduction that corresponds with the APPROPRIATE murder charge depending on the tier (i.e. 40% of 5 or if it is extreme enough 40% of 32).
The Attempted Murder weapon?
A shoe. Not a steel toe boot. Not a Timberland. Not the sharp church shoes. More like a Nike, or a Rebok.
Black fist in the air.
FREE THE JENA 6
No JUSTICE,
Don't SLEEP ❌
Originally posted by FistOfThe North
You didn't? With the given rate of what's going on in the Black community in the U.S. The culture is gonna end up imploding in on itself cause no one wants to wake the fcuk up.
waaa waaa waaaaaa
too bad they werent a bunch of white kids or you would find it funny.
People at my school were wearing black for the whole Jena 6 thing... After learning what it was, I will now put my thoughts on it out there...
I do not condone racism... No matter what happened, RACISM IS WRONG AND IS (SHOULD BE) A CRIME
However, I also do not condone assault... No matter what happened, ASSAULT IS A CRIME
As you can see, I do not take a side in this whole thing... Both sides are wrong in this situation... The white kids deserve to be expelled, but the black kids do also... Both black and white are wrong in this situation... Both hated, and both must answer for their deeds (Though I respect the African Americans more because they had a peaceful sit in)... To me, this isn't about "White Power" or "Black Power", this is about two groups doing morally wrong deeds... I don't know about you guys, but I think both groups deserve any punishment they got/get... And if either side went unpunished, THEN we have a problem...