Friday, September 28, 2007

Questions for Jena 6




I'm pretty sure you all have heard about Michael Bell and the Jena 6, right?
I want to pose a question. After Americans stood up last week and came together under the color "black", did that sense of unity seen last Thursday leave its mark in small town Jena, Louisiana?

Why do I ask?

Michael Bell, one of the Jena six, was released from jail yesterday on a $45,000 bail. Bell, along with six other young black men were accused of beating a white classmate and were originally being charged as adults.

It's not quite over for Bell. Even though he was released from jail yesterday, Bell will still be charged as a juvenile.
















What made D.A. Reed Walters,http://www.22ndjd.org/ ,change his mind about charging Bell as an adult? Was it the pressure from Louisiana governor Kathleen Blanco, http://www.gov.state.la.us/, advising him to re-think the charges? Or did D.A. Reed Walters really see and feel the message that this nation sent last Thursday, that we will not tolerate injustice and unfairness under the law?

"What a Diva Knows for sure" poses the questions this week....and I will let you decide. Tell me...what do you know for sure about the recent changes in the Jena 6 case?

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