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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.
Jena 6 Race Factor
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Mayor Of Jena Says Order Will Rein
JENA -- With a line of city and law enforcement officials behind him, Jena Mayor Murphy McMillin stressed Tuesday that the city will be well taken care of and that "order" will be maintained during Thursday's rally.
"I'm counting on the guys behind us," he said, referring to the gathered officials.
Col. Stanley Griffin, commander of the Louisiana State Police, said troopers will be on hand in Jena and the surrounding areas to assist the LaSalle Parish Sheriff's Office and will be focused on traffic management.
He said the State Police have heard that anywhere from 1,000 to 50,000 people will pour into the city for the rally planned to support the "Jena Six."Many of the details about the enforcement effort for security, traffic and crowd control haven't yet been finalized as the number of those planning to come to the rally continues to grow.
Griffin, like McMillin, is confident the day will be a peaceful one.
"We have deployed sufficient resources to address this situation," he said.
LaSalle Parish Sheriff Carl Smith said the other agencies on hand to help with the rally and influx of people include task forces from the Louisiana Sheriff's Association and Louisiana Association of Chiefs of Police, the U.S. Marshal's Office and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Louisiana.
McMillin said there were seven groups that had requested permits from the city to demonstrate and that all seven had received them. He said he "surely welcomes" those who are coming but wished they would come in smaller numbers so the city could accommodate them better.
"We'd like for fewer people to come at various times," McMillin said. "... But they are here exercising their constitutional rights."
All of the groups that received permits were researched, McMillin said, and they were found to be peaceful.
Griffin said he looked forward to the day being a proud one for both Jena and the state and said the law enforcement presence would be a neutral one to ensure that it is a "secure and uneventful" day.
"We are here to assist and ensure public order," Griffin said of the authorities' role. The gathering, he said, won't be an "adversarial" one.
Traffic is a big concern for officials with hundreds of buses expected to travel to the community of about 3,500.
"We are expecting a crowd in the tens of thousands," U.S. Attorney Donald Washington said. "The infrastructure is not there to address that."
Jena Police Chief Paul Smith said there will be some roads closed to help manage traffic but that authorities won't prevent people from coming into the city.
Griffin said they will be managing traffic but also will "give attendees proper access to the venue." He said they will not turn anyone around.
"There is an issue with just sheer volume," he said. "We are trying to manage that."
Law enforcement officials, Griffin said, are going to make every effort to keep traffic flowing and that they are not going to deny access to anyone.
Officials said if the town receives 50,000 people, it will be a "major challenge."
The rally originally was planned around the sentencing of Mychal Bell, the first of six black teenagers known as the Jena Six to face trial.
The teenagers all were initially charged with attempted murder in connection with a Dec. 4 incident at Jena High School that left white student Justin Barker unconscious and bleeding with facial injuries. He was treated at a local emergency room for about three hours.
Bell, who was 16 when arrested, was convicted in June of aggravated second-degree battery and conspiracy to commit that crime.
On Friday, the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal overturned Bell's felony battery conviction, saying the charge should have been handled in juvenile court. LaSalle Parish District Attorney Reed Walters said he would appeal the decision.
Bell's conspiracy conviction also was tossed back on Sept. 4 to juvenile court by 28th Judicial District Court Judge J.P. Mauffray.
Bell's father, Marcus Jones, said he was frustrated that Tuesday's news conference focused on the logistics of Thursday's rally rather than the root causes for which they are rallying.
"(All the officials) ain't trying to get to the cause and the root of the problem," he said. "What about the charges on my son and all the charges (on the other boys)? ... All of the press didn't ask the right questions."
What Jones said he wanted those in attendance to ask is why the students accused a year ago of hanging nooses in a tree on the Jena High campus weren't charged, why the DA charged the boys so harshly and what the community was going to do to deal with the situation.
Thursday's rally, Jones said, never would have happened had those nooses not been found hanging from that tree.
"I'm just ready for this all to be over and my son get out of jail," he said. "... And the town to get back to normal life, the kids go on with their lives."
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