Jena 6 Trial
June 26, 2007 by Laura | Trackback URI
Please read the latest Jena Six post here.
The Times Picayune had a good AP article on the trial of Mychale Bell, one of the Jena Six . As expected, because of the demographics, it’s looking like the jury will be white and elderly.
Aggravated second-degree battery involves use of a dangerous weapon, according to state statutes. Parents of the accused say they had heard no previous mention of a weapon.
“Well, anything is better than murder and a lifetime in prison,” said John Jenkins, whose son, Carwin Jones, is among the charged. “But it’s still strange. All of a sudden they’re talking about a weapon. What weapon? We never heard anything about a weapon before.”
On Justin Barker, the white student the Jena Six are on trial for aggravated 2nd degree battery for, the article notes -
On Dec. 4, Justin Barker, who is white, was attacked at school by a small group of black students. He was treated at a hospital.
“I saw him that night at school for the ring ceremony,” Jenkins said. “I could tell he had been beat up, his face was bruised, but he was out and about, so he couldn’t have been too bad.”
Remember, the original charges were for attempted 2nd degree murder. For a high school fight, which was a mirror incident of one which occurred over the weekend and no one was prosecuted for, when the assailants were white and the victim black. This AP article is the first time a weapon was mentioned in any news article about the Jena 6.
this is really awake-up call for everyone it is only a manner of time before this will happen to you or someone close to you wake-up people how long are we going to let people walk all over us.
Please lets think about our actions toward our young people to before we make any decision and delusion others about our legal system.