News broke Thursday afternoon that the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal ordered a hearing within 72 hours to determine if the only one of the six still behind bars can be released.
The order has "got to be good," Mychal Bell's attorney, Bob Noel anounced. "It means we have a day in court. Any day in court is going to be a good day."
Earlier, there was an aura of a pilgrimage at the site where the controversial tree once stood before school administrators had it removed.
Many people touched the ground and some retrieved a lump of dirt,part of the town was ill-prepared for the crowds -- no water or toilets were available.
In the background, groups shouted "Black power" and "No justice, no peace."
The estimated 15000 to 20,000 demonstrators shut down the town of 3,000 in central Louisiana. Many residents left for the day, and government agencies, businesses and schools were closed.
Sgt. Tim Ledet of the Louisiana State Police said protesters in buses were still bringing people to town at midday because of the gridlock, but many protesters got off and walked into town on foot.
"There is just no room to maneuver in this small town," he said.
Jena resident Terry Adams disagreed with any accusations that there might be a black-white divide in the area.
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Louisiana Earns Dubious Distinction
Louisiana incarcerates more of its residents than any other state in the nation. Here are the top three:
1. Louisiana (791)
2. Texas (691)
3. Mississippi (660)
Lowest three states:
1. Maine (144)
2. Minnesota (180)
3. Rhode Island (189)
(Note: The national average incarceration rate is 491 per 100,000 residents.)
What Is The Jena 6
A little background for those that do not know, the Jena 6 are six Black students who face the possibility of going to prison for very long time, all because of a schoolyard fight. Almost a year ago, in the small town of Jena, Louisiana a group of Black students sat under a “whites-only” tree in the schoolyard. Yes they still have them.
Apparently, this upset some of the white students so much that the next day they put up nooses hanging from the tree. Soon after the nooses were hung, most of the 93 Black students (out of a total student enrollment of 546) at Jena High School stood together under the tree, in a courageous act of protest.
It wasn't long after this that a a school assembly was called, where a white district attorney told the Black students to just keep their mouths shut about the nooses. He told them if he heard anything else about it, he “can make their lives go away with the stroke of his pen.”
This eventually led to a fight that sent one white student to the hospital and six Black students to jail and that’s when all the comotion and eventual hell broke loose.
The Jena 6 are Robert Bailey (17), Theo Shaw (17), Carwin Jones (18), Bryant Purvis (17), Mychal Bell (16) and an unidentified minor. All were expelled from school, arrested and charged with second-degree attempted murder. Bail was set so high starting at $70,000 and going as high as$138,000 that the they were left in prison for months as families went deep into debt to release them.
Here at Jena-6 .blogspot we will devote this entire site to the Jena 6 story. It is said to be covered by Oprah soon, only time will tell. We will keep you up to date on that as well.
Apparently, this upset some of the white students so much that the next day they put up nooses hanging from the tree. Soon after the nooses were hung, most of the 93 Black students (out of a total student enrollment of 546) at Jena High School stood together under the tree, in a courageous act of protest.
It wasn't long after this that a a school assembly was called, where a white district attorney told the Black students to just keep their mouths shut about the nooses. He told them if he heard anything else about it, he “can make their lives go away with the stroke of his pen.”
This eventually led to a fight that sent one white student to the hospital and six Black students to jail and that’s when all the comotion and eventual hell broke loose.
The Jena 6 are Robert Bailey (17), Theo Shaw (17), Carwin Jones (18), Bryant Purvis (17), Mychal Bell (16) and an unidentified minor. All were expelled from school, arrested and charged with second-degree attempted murder. Bail was set so high starting at $70,000 and going as high as$138,000 that the they were left in prison for months as families went deep into debt to release them.
Here at Jena-6 .blogspot we will devote this entire site to the Jena 6 story. It is said to be covered by Oprah soon, only time will tell. We will keep you up to date on that as well.
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Susan, Anderson and Team,
THANK YOU! Thank you for finally covering this story.
We can all continue to live a life of denial regarding race. Yes the young men need to face punishment. However, the individuals who hung the nooses did as well.
The fact is, certain whites of this town were completely complacent with the race relations as long as blacks did not get out of line. As long as our children did not "sit under a tree." A tree… God’s creation. They were even fine, as long as the blacks did not make a big fuss about the retaliatory hate crime committed because these children sat under the tree. As long as blacks did not "fight back" race relations were fine. The minute, children get into a school yard brawl, and the one with the lumps ends of being white, then these same whites want to destroy 6 young black men.
When you come from a seat of privilege in this nation, you obvious do not see race when it comes to explaining your ill actions and the subjugated race is compliant. When you come from a seat of privilege you immediately see race, however when you sense an element of "fighting back."
Remember you also feared non-violence. You fear fighting back and non-violence equally because what you are ultimately fearing (subconsciously) is change.
Whether non-violent or fighting, African Americans and other minorities expressing disapproval will ALWAYS be threats to certain privileged whites because whenever we express disapproval in numbers or put forth a concerted effort, you get a real sense that your seat of privilege may be toppled. In turn, your efforts to “smother” the disapproval is amplified, because you are now utilizing resources to stump out 6 blacks or a group of marchers, as opposed to attacking them one individual at a time. There was a science to burning crosses in one yard at a time, or terrifying one family at a time. It becomes a bit of a different animal when you are put in a position whereby you feel you have to get 500 or 5,000 marchers underfoot at one time.
A schoolyard brawl equated to mob violence in the DA’s mind – leading him to want to make a grand example out of six of our children and destroy their lives. Why? To ensure that blacks get the picture and never rise up in numbers like that again in Jena, Louisiana.
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