Rev. Jesse Jackson- Threats condemned
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who made one trip to Jena before the rally and also led one of the marches in Jena, has issued a statement condemning the threats and calling for swift action to take care of those responsible. He said the threats by "neo-Nazi white supremacy groups" need to be taken seriously, as they are "heavily armed and dangerous" and urged President George W. Bush to intervene.
"The demonstration shamed those with a conscience and roused those with hatred in their hearts," Jackson wrote on his Rainbow/PUSH Coalition Web site. "Neo-Nazi Web pages have burned with vile denunciations of the Jena Six and the demonstrators. Last week, one page (www.overthrow.com), an expression of an extremist group that calls itself the American National Socialist Workers Party, chillingly published the names, addresses and telephone numbers of the families of the Jena Six. 'Get in touch,' the Web page threatened, 'And let them know justice is coming.'
"'If these n-----s are released or acquitted, we will find out where they live and make sure that white activists and white citizens in Louisiana know it,' ANSWP Commander Bill White stated today," Jackson wrote on his site Tuesday. "'We'll mail directions to their homes to every white man in Louisiana if we have to in order to find someone willing to deliver justice.' The defendants 'are much better off in the hands of the justice system than they are in the hands of the white citizenry of this nation,' ANSWP Commander Bill White stated. 'And we intend to make sure they know that.' Another White posting on the matter flatly threatened, 'Lynch the Jena 6.'
"'The best crowd control for such a situation would be a squad of men armed with full automatics and preferably a machine gun as well,' added another ranter posting on the neo-Nazi Vanguard News Network, a white supremacist Web forum," Jackson wrote.
Sharpton issued a statement over the weekend also imploring action be taken in regard to the threats.
Rev.Moran stressed that the LaSalle Parish Sheriff's Office, State Police and FBI have stepped up and provided the needed security for families.
"They have all offered total support making sure protection is there for families," he said. "They are doing a very good job."
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