Let me just start off by saying that this whole fiasco, or another way to say it is débâcle, or even another way to say it is, disappointment. This is how I truly feel under the anger and the betrayal of trust. I am speaking of the Jena Six case. The case that really broke out in September when black America took it upon themselves to inflate the population of this sleepy little Louisiana town of 3,000 to 10,000+. For a demonstration in support of six teenage boys that on the surface seemed to be suffering an injustice at the hands of a biased system. The bias in this case seemed to be based on race and not facts, because this being the deep south, and it being Louisiana, the state that openly popularized corruption in the late 20th and early 21st centuries! Ah ha, au contraire, there where some pretty substantial facts that the folks organizing the demonstrations didn't think we, the public, were privy to either through omission or by blatantly lying to us, the public. Now the folks that I believe share the blame for this distasteful lack of judgment for preying on sympathies of the public for perceived racial injustices are the notorious SOB's, (that's actually the name of the club they are in), they are in order of notoriety...
Rev. Jesse Jackson - Who is a low life, hypocritical son-of-a-bitch, bible thumping, adulterous, racists, and let's not forget a classic example of a type A narcissist. He is the founder of the Rainbow/PUSH collation, whatever the hell that is supposed to stand for anymore. This man is from another era. A time when he was in the right place at the right time. He rode the coattails of a truly great man. He never actually did anything great himself. It's not like he's a great diplomat or negotiator he's just good at inciting a mob. Just like his friend and protege(?) business associate...
Rev. Al Sharpton - is just as slimy as his former boss and compatriot. He does likes to march into a situation and twist and construe the facts to the point of them being lies and will even step over the line to get his way.
Both of these gentlemen belong to the same club. They are both past their expiration dates. Meaning that when Dr. King, was assassinated and the civil rights movement was embraced by American mainstream as a just cause. As things started to change, abet slowly, since you cannot just stop and reverse course overnight, this is still an ongoing process, mainly an educating one for the rural folks since this is where most of this residual racism seems to be, i.e. Jena (pop. 3,000). However this is not necessarily a blog so much about racism as it is self-righteous public speakers taking advantage of small folk for their own personal gain. Alas i am getting to the heart of what it is that really chaps my hide in this situation.
Both of these guys organize a demonstration, and start to inflame racial tensions, insinuating, and exaggerating facts to fit the situation for their own personal glory, just so it'll look good as a bullet point on their resumes. And the public, yours truly included, believe's them. Yes, believe's that this town's d.a., judge, and police department, where in a conspiring to victimize these six young black men for beating the snot out of this white kid. Who more than likely hung the nooses. What the protest organizers seemed to forgotten to mention is that, they didn't beat him up at school right after finding out what had happened. No they jumped the kid, yes all six of them, almost like a gang, as he was leaving a gas station on foot. They put him in the hospital. The police did investigate the "noose" incident, and decided that charges where not warranted in this matter. Well, we all know, that all the police, d.a., and the judges like to do, is totally screw up innocent peoples' lives, right. That's all they live for. Seriously, how diluted have we become. I know we all agree that checks and balances for the judicial system seem to be going out of whack, however that is on the scale of whole system in large. But when you get down to the local level, the officials don't want to screw up the lives of six kids, especially if they are innocent!
Now for the article that sparked this rant on my soapbox, was about Mychal Bell. He was the one that the conviction got over turned on due to technicalities, well it turns out he was on probation for those prior run-ins with the law, he got thrown into jail due to violating the terms of his probation. Here is a quote(s) from his dad:
"He's locked up again, No bail has been set or nothing. He's a young man who's been thrown in jail again and again, and he just has to take it."
This is what the illustrious Rev. Sharpton had to say:
"We feel this was a cruel and unusual punishment and is a revenge by this judge for the Jena Six movement"
And one more quote from his dad,(last one):
"I don't know what we're going to do, I don't know how we're going to pay for any of this. I don't know how we're going to get through this."
Maybe you should ask your new friends Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson to give you some money to help you through these rough times, and to help you become a better dad, since apparently you weren't involved in your son's life enough to know what kind of people he was hanging around with, or that he wanted blood for the noose incident.
Anyhow, this is the end of my rant for this edition. I don't normally get worked up over things like this, because usually we (the public) don't always get the whole story about a situation, like the McCann's and the daughter that disappeared in Portugal. That incident was picked up by the media and blown sky high, and for no other reason but for ratings, it was a slow news week. But what made me jump on the Jena six band wagon, was that it was almost a year later, and it was easy to grasp the hope that was being peddled for these kids, in the face of a grave in justice. Since almost a year had passed since the transgression in question, it seemed logical that the media would've had plenty of time to research the topic before just accepting what the Music man (men) had to say. That would be what they are getting paid for no? At least in the movie the Music Man came back and did the right thing.
The Article:
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20071012/D8S7K6680.html
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