Ever Hear of the Jena 6?

You probably have (some maybe not). Most of you have probably have read the typical story that is presented everywhere when you do a search, or see the news, or read the newspaper. Although, I don't think the news talked about this story very much.

I mean, what did you hear? I'll break down the common story.

Well, at Jena High School in Louisiana, some White kids made racial taunts towards some Black kids and they hung nooses on a tree called the "White Tree." Fights broke out. A Black student, 17 yr old Mychal Bell, was charged with aggravated battery and conspiracy to commit aggravated battery. The trial consisted of an all white jury, a series of white witnesses called by a white prosecutor, and overseen by a white judge. Bell's tennis shoes were the considered "dangerous weapon" needed to convict him. He faces up to 22 yrs in prison. On consecutive days, brawls broke out. In total, six black Jena students, including Mychal, were arrested and charged with attempted second degree murder. All sex were expelled from school. All bails were set too high for any of their families to afford. No white student suffered any consequences for taking equal, if not more, part into the brawls. Nor was any white student seriously injured.



Sound like a fair trial? Nope. Sound pretty racist? Yup.

HOWEVER, some claim, this is NOT the truth. The jist of the "real" story is that the nooses were a joke, and they were in the schools colors, to have no racist implication. Mychal Bell had three prior assault and battery charges. He picked on a white student who had nothing to do with the nooses or any of the insults thrown. Mychal Bell left the student unconscious. No white students started any of the Jena fights.

So, which is true? Who knows (unless you were there or course. If so, enlighten us with the truth! Which, I still won't know if it's the truth because I was not there. So no matter what, we won't know)! Either story can be justified, but someone who has had prior charges on the same thing he is currently being charged for deserves to spend a little time, eh?

To read the full story about what may have really happened check out the site:
What Really Happened in Jena

Oh, and recently some White supremacists had to protest too!
White, black groups clash at Jena, La., protests