22 Sep 2007
Thousands rally in La. to support Jena 6

Imagine the reverse situation: six white teens pound a black classmate to a bloody pulp. I guarantee that the same people would be there protesting for the exact opposite result, demanding that the six offenders stay in jail and be charged with a hate crime.

AP - Traffic jammed the two-lane road leading into the tiny town of Jena early Thursday as thousands of demonstrators gathered in support of six black teens initially charged with attempted murder in the beating of a white classmate.

(link) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories]

07:44 /Politics | 4 comments | permanent link