Lonesome J, imo, a person doesn't have to drink from the well and kell over and die to prove that the water in the well has been poisoned.

Imo, what is going on in that Louisiana town {if not the entire Louisiana county} is suspect given the personal and institutitional racism of that town of Jena and in that county, racism that has been reported by Black and by White people in that town, racism which is typified by the inequities of the school officials and police's actions and lack of actions in the assault case in which the White student Justin Barker received injuries that did not even result in him being hospitalized, but which led to the arrests, charges, and imprisonment of the "Jena 6". And also the actions and lack of actions that have been documented in that town, including and subsequent to the hanging nooses.

Regardless if Mychel Bell's four previous arrests for assault & battery were justified {and having no information about those charges, given the town's and county's institutional racism I wonder whether any or all of those previous charges were justified}, I certainly still do not feel that the initial charge of murder with regard to the Justin Barker assault was justified or that the reduced charge {and I believe conviction} for 2nd degree murder is justifiable.

And btw, it doesn't matter to me that the County prosecutor is Black, White, or Green. Imo, and as Spaw wrote upthread, that charge of 2nd degree murder did not fit the crime that was committed.   

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Bobert, if the "Please don't apologize for what white America has done..." statement is directed to me, my 20 Sep 07 - 08:45 PM is not an apology. Nor is it a request for an apology. That post is a statement of facts and a consideration of motives as I see them.