Investigation going on since noose was placed around a kindergartener's neck

GRAMBLING -- Grambling State University President Horace Judson said the school has begun a full investigation of facts surrounding a Sept. 20 incident at Grambling Lab's elementary school in which a noose was placed around a kindergartener's neck.

The same day that thousands of protestors marched in Jena, a mock rally of smaller scale took place at Alma J. Brown Elementary School, which is on the GSU campus and run by the university.

Judson said he will meet with officials from the elementary school and the GSU College of Education.

"Everyone wants answers, and I don't have them right now," he said Monday morning.

National attention is aimed at this university today with concerns about child safety following the incident in which teachers used a noose and other means because "the children asked questions" about the Jena Six incident, said Justin LaGrande, a reporter at the GSU student newspaper.

The Jena 6 Case Has Obama, Clinton battling for black votes

The Jena 6 Case Has Obama, Clinton battling for black votes in Congress


WASHINGTON -- The Democratic Party's leading presidential candidates get a chance today to reach out to the nation's top African-American policymakers and legislators, but one who is already a member of the Congressional Black Caucus may need the opportunity most.

National polls of black Democrats suggest a near-even split between Illinois Sen. Barack Obama and New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, a trend pundits said Obama must improve upon to win the party's nomination.Taking a side on the Jena six case may just be the leverage one candidate may need.




Strictly speaking, Obama's speech today on climate change at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's Annual Legislative Conference isn't a campaign event. He should rally behing the jena 6 case and ride it all the way to washington. But coming the same day that the CBC's chair, Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, a Michigan Democrat from Detroit, is holding a public dialogue with Clinton, it could help some in the crowd decide who they'll support.

"Every opportunity matters," said Democratic strategist Jamal Simmons. "The more African Americans get comfortable with Obama's campaign, the better off he is."

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Since the Jena 6 rally, copy cat young racist have been hanging nooses from trees at their schools in America. Young white men with KKK tattoos on their chest have been attempting to incite riots by displaying noosed ropes in front of Jena 6 protestors. Racist web sites have been trying to hype up the sleeping white racist in America.

The families of the boys accused of attempted murder in Jena are receiving endless death threats by phone. Why doesn’t the government use the Patriot Act and tap and trace the phones of these terrorist that are terrorizing these families? The government won’t do anything because government security systems aren’t meant to protect African Americans. If these systems were meant to help us, they would use these systems to defend us in times like these. I am sure that they are listening to the phone calls and they are keeping a log of who calls. They just aren’t doing anything to the callers because the terrorist neo-nazis and KKK members are keeping colored people ‘in their places’ like they have done since the end of the Civil War.

President Bush says that the government is monitoring the situation. The government monitored the slave trade. The government monitored the national distribution of drugs into the black community during the civil rights movement. The government monitored Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. Now the president says that the FBI is monitoring the Jena 6 situation. What the government needs to do is stop the prosecutor in Jena. The government needs to free Genarlow Wilson.

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Mike Vick Fails Drug Test Could Go To Jail Sooner Than Thought

A federal judge has placed even tighter restrictions on Michael Vick Wednesday after the Atlanta Falcons quarterback tested positive for marijuana.

Because of the result, U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson placed special conditions on Vick’s release, including restricting him to his home between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. with electronic monitoring and ordering him to submit to random drug testing.

The urine sample was submitted Sept. 13, according to a document by a federal probation officer that was filed in U.S. District Court on Wednesday.

Vick, who has admitted bankrolling a dogfighting operation on property he owns in Surry County in his written federal plea, is scheduled for sentencing Dec. 10. He faces up to five years in prison.

Because Vick violated the conditions of his release, Hudson could take that into consideration during sentencing, said Linda Malone, a criminal procedure expert and Marshall-Wythe Foundation professor of law at the College of William and Mary.

“Every judge considers pretty seriously if they feel that the defendant has flaunted the conditions for release,” Malone said.

“It’s certainly not a smart thing to do.”
On Tuesday, Vick also was indicted on state charges of beating or killing or causing dogs to fight other dogs and engaging in or promoting dogfighting. Each felony is punishable by up to five years in prison.



The 27-year-old former Virginia Tech star was placed under pretrial release supervision by U.S. Magistrate Dennis Dohnal in July. The restrictions included refraining from use or unlawful possession of narcotic drugs or other controlled substances.

The random drug testing ordered Wednesday could include urine testing, the wearing of a sweat patch, a remote alcohol testing system or any form of prohibited substance screening or testing.

Hudson’s order also requires Vick to participate in inpatient or outpatient substance therapy and mental health counseling, if the pretrial services officer or supervising officer deem it appropriate. Vick must pay for the treatment.

Vick’s attorney, Billy Martin, did not immediately respond to an e-mail seeking comment.

In January, Vick was cleared by police of any wrongdoing after his water bottle was seized by security at Miami International Airport. Police said it smelled of marijuana and had a hidden compartment that contained a “small amount of dark particulate.”

Lab tests found no evidence of drugs, and Vick explained that he used the secret compartment to carry jewelry.

The federal dogfighting case began in late April when authorities conducting a drug investigation of Vick’s cousin raided the property and seized dozens of dogs, most of them pit bulls, and equipment commonly associated with dogfighting.

Six weeks later, when the local investigation seemed to be dragging and a local search warrant was allowed to expire, federal agents arrived with their own warrants and started digging up dog carcasses buried days before the first raid.



Vick had no prior criminal record, so monitoring is the next step for him, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Another failed drug test likely would land him in jail.

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