They ganged up on a white youth and BEAT him, yet people like Al Sharpton have the nerve to cry racism when the legal system tries to hold the thugs accountable. Why are the so-called "Jena 6" being treated as the victims here, when they're actually the perpetrators?
2007-09-20 04:42:52 · 19 answers · asked by tangerine 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Violence is never a solution.
2007-09-20 04:49:34 · answer #1 · answered by alphabetsoup2 5 · 7⤊ 1⤋
There is a double standard in the doling out of punishment, as well as other mitigating factors that are clearly of a racist nature.
Several of the Black students, originally charged with attempted murder for a school fight, had been attacked and beaten by white students. The most sever charge brought against a white student was a minor assault charge.
Several Black students had a gun pulled on them by a white student. The Black students wrestled the gun away in self-defense, and the Black students were criminally charged with stealing the gun. The white student was not charged.
The District Attorney plainly threatened Black students to keep quiet about the racist intimidation they faced from white students. He threatened to use his pen to ruin their lives if they did otherwise.
So the charges brought against the Jena 6 were way out of proportion to what thay are accused of. (Several witnesses say Mychal Bell wasn't even part of the group involved in the attack.) The facts surrounding the case all point to disparatre treatment based on race.
2007-09-20 06:06:51 · answer #2 · answered by coolrockboy380 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The issue is not about the guilt of those who were responsible for the incident at hand but rather the double-standard applied when doling out punishment towards them. There is far more to the story than what is being told. What should have been an obvious mitigating factor is that the victim was not completely innocent; he, along with other white kids, were involved in earlier racially-motivated incidents (past fights and hanging nooses), further fueling racial tensions.
2007-09-20 04:51:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
i think of everyone envolved, white and black, could be expelled. i'm bored with listening to it, too yet incredibly, those white infants could have gotton extra of a punishment, then perhaps the different newborn does no longer have gotton beat up. i'm like what? Are we nonetheless livin interior the 50's reason i ought to have swore that this type of crap could be over by now. Sorry, I merely think of if the noose hadn't have been hung first of all, none of this may well be happening. And, particular, Jackson and Sharpton are no further perfect than people who hung the noose.
2016-10-19 05:10:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kookoo has this one. This was neither an unprovoked incident nor was it isolated. White kids who chased blacks from sitting under the tree - with violence and intimidation - received suspensions or some light misdemeanor sentences. The black kids who fought back were labeled as thugs and received maximum sentences.
2007-09-20 05:24:27 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
While the little white boy earned some retribution by hanging nooses in a tree.. he didn't earn a trip to the hospital because he was beat by 6 black boys... and the 6 black boys earned their trip to court because of it... the question is were they railroaded by a white court and was the one boy tried as an adult because he was black.
The answer is.. this is a case for the Supreme Court... not radicals and not the media.
2007-09-20 04:56:42 · answer #6 · answered by pip 7 · 7⤊ 2⤋
Because there was a white boy involved as well, who only got a suspension, while the black students were charged with felonies. And this is not the first time this has happened.
2007-09-20 04:55:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Because some people feel like their charge (attempted murder) is punitive. It was a racist issue....DUH! Haven't you been watching the news. The kids were angry about nooses being hung from trees and they reacted violently. I definitely don't condone violence. But, I don't think they deserve an attempted murder charge. That is excessive. (Also, I don't want to hear anyone say, well if the victim was black I would think differently....NO I WOULDN'T)
Edit: I agree with KOOKOO it's obvious you don't know the whole story. The fight broke out because of racism against the black kids.
2007-09-20 04:52:55 · answer #8 · answered by Liberal City 6 · 5⤊ 4⤋
well since the white kid got a slap on the wrist, the 6 black kids had every right to knock the kid unconscious and stomp on his face. I guess that's the logic here.
Accused of the same crimes? the white kids hung a noose in the tree. threatening and tasteless, yes but still a prank. They never physically harmed anyone. This not separate treatment for equal crimes, it separate treatment for separate crimes.
Oohbrother let me and 5 of my friends stomp on your head while you lay unconcious. then tell me shoes aren't a deadly weapon.
2007-09-20 04:57:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
You know,what happened with the noose incident was so wrong. However,reacting to it with violence was not the answer. Now you have 2 crimes and the beatings turned out to be even more criminal then the original.
2007-09-20 04:53:38 · answer #10 · answered by Nikki 4 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Its just another example of America going down the tubes courtesy of George W. Bush.
2007-09-20 05:13:30 · answer #11 · answered by The President 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋