Jena 6 case wrapped up with plea bargain

[larrymeyer]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090626/...us/us_jena_six

Jena 6 case wrapped up with plea bargain

54 mins ago

JENA, La. – Five members of the Jena Six have pleaded no contest to misdemeanor simple battery and were sentenced to seven days probation and fined $500 plus court costs.

It was a far less severe end to their cases than seemed possible when the six students were initially charged with attempted murder in a 2006 attack on Justin Barker. They became known as the "Jena Six," after the central Louisiana town where the beating happened.

Later, charges against Carwin Jones, Jesse Ray Beard, Robert Bailey Jr., Bryant Purvis and Theo Shaw were reduced to aggravated second-degree battery. The only member of the group to serve jail time was Mychal Bell, who pleaded guilty to second-degree battery and was sentenced to 18 months.

A civil hearing is also scheduled today to settle Barker's lawsuit against the group.

[larrymeyer]

From attempted murder to no charges. If it had of been 6 white kids would it still have been pleaded down to no charges.


For those that don't remember 6 African American kids beat up a white kid on school ground for a supposed racial slur the day before !

[cigarmanpa]

unbelievable

[1861]

Sad thing is , it is believable .

[goofin]

did you really expect justice?

[Robert Kayland]

For those that don't remember 6 African American kids beat up a white kid on school ground for a supposed racial slur the day before !

It's my understanding that it was established there was NO racial slur and the poor White kid was just targeted by the gang.

The excuse for committing violence, heard after the crime, of "he used the N-word!" is often used by that sort.

[theshadow]

Funny, I don't see the "Whites" rioting down there , 'No Justice No Peace' Where's Jessy Jackson or Al Sharpton.................... Ohh yea, that's right, it's a double standard.

[larrymeyer]

Like look who died this week and Ayatollah Obama sent condolences to an accused child molester.

And yes it's Ayatollah Obama he'll never be my president sorry the Office means to much

[Guns4Fun]

From attempted murder to no charges. If it had of been 6 white kids would it still have been pleaded down to no charges.

For those that don't remember 6 African American kids beat up a white kid on school ground for a supposed racial slur the day before !

The obvious answer to that is NO.

If it were the other way around, not only would the attempted murder charges stick, they would have been charged with hate crimes.

We all know by now that whites can not be victims from blacks

[kht428]

If it were the other way around, not only would the attempted murder charges stick, they would have been charged with hate crimes.

We all know by now that whites can not be victims from blacks

That is exactly what makes me so disgusted about this. We are protecting certain classes of people and saying they deserve more protection than others. We are supposed to be equal. If blacks or anyone for that matter, homosexuals, etc. want equal treatment they need to realize it's a two way street. This all comes back to the same thing. We are all AMERICANS. Blacks share our history and should be even more grateful for their freedom than many of us looking at their history.