Key Figure In Jena 6 Case Back In Jail

Al Sharpton Calls 18-Month Sentence For Mychal Bell "Cruel And Unusual Punishment"

(AP)  A teenager at the center of a civil rights controversy is back in jail after a judge sentenced him on charges that were pending before the attack that put him in the national spotlight, his attorney said.

Mychal Bell, who along with five other black teenagers had been accused of beating a white classmate, went to juvenile court Thursday expecting another routine hearing, said Carol Powell Lexing, one of Bell's attorneys.

Instead, after a six-hour hearing, state District Judge J.P. Mauffrey Jr. sentenced him to 18 months on two counts of simple battery and two counts of criminal destruction of property, Lexing said.

He had been hit with those charges before the Dec. 4 attack on classmate Justin Barker.

"He's locked up again," Marcus Jones said of his 17-year-old son. "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."

After the attack on Barker, Bell was originally charged with attempted murder, but the charges were reduced and he was convicted of battery. An appeals court threw that conviction out, saying Bell should not have been tried as an adult on that charge.

Racial tensions began rising in August 2006 in Jena after a black student sat under a tree known as a gathering spot for white students. Three white students later hung nooses from the tree. They were suspended but not prosecuted.

More than 20,000 demonstrators gathered recently in Jena to protest what they perceive as differences in how black and white suspects are treated. The case has drawn the attention of civil rights activists including the Revs. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton.

"We feel this was a cruel and unusual punishment," said Sharpton, who was instrumental in organizing the protest held on Sept. 20, the day Bell was originally supposed to be sentenced in the case.

Bell's parents were also ordered to pay all court costs and witness costs, Sharpton said.

"I don't know what we're going to do," Jones said. "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."

Bell and the other five defendants have been charged in connection with the attack on Barker, which left him unconscious and bleeding with facial injuries. According to court testimony, he was repeatedly kicked by a group of students at the high school.

Barker was treated for three hours at an emergency room but was able to attend a school function that evening, authorities have said.

Bell, Robert Bailey Jr., Carwin Jones, Bryant Purvis and Theo Shaw were all initially charged - as adults - with attempted second-degree murder and conspiracy to commit the same. A sixth defendant was charged in the case as a juvenile.

Bell, who was 16 at the time, was convicted in June of aggravated second-degree battery and conspiracy to commit that crime. LaSalle Parish prosecutor Reed Walters reduced the charges just before the trial. Since then, both of those convictions were dismissed and tossed back to juvenile court, where they now are being tried.

Charges against Bailey, 18, Jones, 19, and Shaw, 18, have been reduced to aggravated second-degree battery. Purvis, 18, has not yet been arraigned.

[josiebass]

"those kids that hung the nooses were also wrong and also deserved a more than suspension."

WHY?

A black artist hung the Confederate Battle Flag upside down in a noose on a scaffold and it was shown at museums in Gettysburg and Tallahasse, Florida.

WHY?

Puzzle Games I have downloaded on my computer like Mysterville and such have nooses in the scences.

WHY?

Cowboy movies have lynchings from cattle rustlers.

I never thought about black lynchings as none ever happened in my life time so why do you think these 12-14 year old white kids would think of hanging blacks. If they had put a black doll in the noose then you would be justified in your thinking.

This is a rodeo town and rope is their thing!

Guess who is teaching lynchings

First Graders Get Lynched In %u2018Jena 6 Protest

Read the proof below of how black colleges teach little children about the NOOSE BOOGEY MAN so they can grow up and play the race card!

http://sweetness-light.com/archive/grambling-teaches-elementary-kids-lynching

[josiebass]

Your analysis should include population stats of black and white. The bigger the black pop. the bigger the number of lynchings.

Lynchings: By State and Race, 1882-1968 * (86 years)
State White Black Total
Alabama 48 299 347
Arizona 31 0 31
Arkansas 58 226 284
California 41 2 43
Colorado 65 3 68
Delaware 0 1 1
Florida 25 257 282
Georgia 39 492 531
Idaho 20 0 20
Illinois 15 19 34
Indiana 33 14 47
Iowa 17 2 19
Kansas 35 19 54
Kentucky 63 142 205
Louisiana 56 335 391
Maine 1 0 1
Maryland 2 27 29
Michigan 7 1 8
Minnesota 5 4 9
Mississippi 42 539 581
Missouri 53 69 122
Montana 82 2 84
Nebraska 52 5 57
Nevada 6 0 6
New Jersey 1 1 2
New Mexico 33 3 36
New York 1 1 2
North Carolina 15 86 101
North Dakota 13 3 16
Ohio 10 16 26
Oklahoma 82 40 122
Oregon 20 1 21
Pennsylvania 2 6 8
South Carolina 4 156 160
South Dakota 27 0 27
Tennessee 47 204 251
Texas 141 352 493
Utah 6 2 8
Vermont 1 0 1
Virginia 17 83 100
Washington 25 1 26
West Virginia 20 28 48
Wisconsin 6 0 6
Wyoming 30 5 35

Total 1,297 3,446 4,743
*Statistics provided by the Archives at Tuskegee Institute.

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/shipp

ynchingsstate.html

[josiebass]

Nooses, Nooses, Nooses, The Noose Boogey Man - black on black mental crime has instilled this in your mind. They play the Noose Boogey Man race card! Pay it No Mind and it will go away. The real Lynching STATS below: Your analysis should include population stats of black and white. The bigger the black pop. the bigger the number of lynchings.

Lynchings: By State and Race, 1882-1968 * (86 years)
State White Black Total

Total 1,297 3,446 4,743
*Statistics provided by the Archives at Tuskegee Institute.

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/shipp
ynchingsstate.html

I don''t think they will be coming after you unless you do something really really horrendous and contemptible
It could be another black that comes to lynches you!

Oh, yea, why did that boy ask in a school assembly to sit under that tree? Naacp Set Up?

[josiebass]

Nooses, Nooses, Nooses, The Noose Boogey Man - black on black mental crime has instilled this in your mind. They play the Noose Boogey Man race card! Pay it No Mind and it will go away. The real Lynching STATS below: Your analysis should include population stats of black and white. The bigger the black pop. the bigger the number of lynchings.

Lynchings: By State and Race, 1882-1968 * (86 years)
State White Black Total

Total 1,297 3,446 4,743
*Statistics provided by the Archives at Tuskegee Institute.

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/shipp
ynchingsstate.html

I don''t think they will be coming after you unless you do something really really horrendous and contemptible
It could be another black that comes to lynches you!

Oh, yea, why did that boy ask in a school assembly to sit under that tree? Naacp Set Up?

[cfcrta]

has sharton and jackson apoligized for there invovlement in the duke rape case?i think they should be investigated for conspiracy just like the kkk was and be made to pay monetary damages for their involvement THINK HARD ABOUT IT! they are more racsist than any /just like tawana bradley lol they jumped in and were wrong they should be convicted of hate crimes

[cfcrta]

um to jolie -gal there was no written language in africa when whites got there also no invention of the wheel these are some of the fundamental building blocks of society the blacks in africa were barely into the bronze age look up your history

[apathyx-2009]

First of all, the Caucasian kid%u2019s are not completely innocent. They hung nooses on a tree after an African American kid simply sat there.

And for those of you who did not know that is what they would do to African people during the days of slavery. They would hang them. That is obviously an offensive thing and the Caucasian kid%u2019s knew that.

Hanging a noose on a tree is equivalent to waving a gun in someone%u2019s face and saying I%u2019m going to shoot you. Both are death threats. And for what? Oh yeah sitting under a tree.

Oh yes and what were those three Caucasian%u2019s student%u2019s punishments?
%u201C...suspended but not prosecuted.%u201D

The Jena 6 are not completely innocent either. But 18 months is most defiantly an excessive amount of time for beating someone. It%u2019s completely unfair. Not to mention that he was tried by and all white trial in a clearly racist town.

The boy that was beaten was able to attend a school function the day after so he must not have been beaten that badly.

[apathyx-2009]

First of all, the Caucasian kid%u2019s are not completely innocent. They hung nooses on a tree after an African American kid simply sat there.

And for those of you who did not know that is what they would do to African people during the days of slavery. They would hang them. That is obviously an offensive thing and the Caucasian kid%u2019s knew that.

Hanging a noose on a tree is equivalent to waving a gun in someone%u2019s face and saying I%u2019m going to shoot you. Both are death threats. And for what? Oh yeah sitting under a tree.

Oh yes and what were those three Caucasian%u2019s student%u2019s punishments?
%u201C...suspended but not prosecuted.%u201D

The Jena 6 are not completely innocent either. But 18 months is most defiantly an excessive amount of time for beating someone. It%u2019s completely unfair. Not to mention that he was tried by and all white trial in a clearly racist town.

The boy that was beaten was able to attend a school function the day after so he must not have been beaten that badly.

[apathyx-2009]

First of all, the Caucasian kid%u2019s are not completely innocent. They hung nooses on a tree after an African American kid simply sat there.

And for those of you who did not know that is what they would do to African people during the days of slavery. They would hang them. That is obviously an offensive thing and the Caucasian kid%u2019s knew that.

Hanging a noose on a tree is equivalent to waving a gun in someone%u2019s face and saying I%u2019m going to shoot you. Both are death threats. And for what? Oh yeah sitting under a tree.

Oh yes and what were those three Caucasian%u2019s student%u2019s punishments?
%u201C...suspended but not prosecuted.%u201D

The Jena 6 are not completely innocent either. But 18 months is most defiantly an excessive amount of time for beating someone. It%u2019s completely unfair. Not to mention that he was tried by and all white trial in a clearly racist town.

The boy that was beaten was able to attend a school function the day after so he must not have been beaten that badly.

[klingon69]

He''''s a ni%%er. Sterilize him before he multiplys. Where''''s his dadddy. How come black men don''''t raise their children. 70% of black kids raised with no father. that''''s the problem. You can blame whitey if you like. But you''''d be wrongs. Ni%%ers suck.
Posted by zoltaric at 10:42 AM : Oct 13, 2007

you and these comments are not needed.

[tbweb]

tbweb,you''''re right white America does indirectly play a pivotal role in the separation of black families, but, unfortunately, many black males have found relief to not being a responsible parent by using this as an excuse...

Posted by kailumego1 at 01:39 PM : Oct 13, 2007,,,

Some Black males have used this as an excuse for sure, but its understood and accepted in the Black community that if the Black unemployed family wants benefits the Black father can not live in the home, that is the dumbest rule I ever heard of and clearly plays a role is separating Black fathers from their families! Where Blacks really look stupid and embarrass themselves is wearing expensive clothes and driving brand new expensive cars while at the same time living in Public Housing or accepting Public Welfare when their kids are dressing like bums with little to eat! I never understood that one. Its a stupid attempt at living in the immediate and advanced areas of life before mastering the basics and there is no excuse for it.

[tbweb]

Posted by kailumego1 at 01:51 PM : Oct 13, 2007,,,

Everything in its time. Life is a series of building blocks and all the building blocks must be put together and made to work for each individual and culture in a synchronized way. Missing or incomplete blocks carry serious unforgiving penalties! Its all about mastering the basics, we live life in 3 stages in my view, basic, intermediate and advanced. Many cultures, especially the Black and African cultures are trapped and locked into the basic stage, unable to escape. The basics include food, water and shelter. If all your time is spent trying to satisfy having enough food, water and shelter for just yourself, you can not even begin to think outside of yourself to include others. The first Law of Nature is self preservation and many Blacks and Africans are trapped in basic human survival mode and can not even begin to entertain the immediate and advanced areas of life. Before a human can consider anything else they must eat, drink and be safe first! Many Blacks and Africans are just trying to survive, living and hoping to see better days, and its really just as simple as that!

[kailumego1]

Similar to those struggling in Africa, some blacks in similar situations look for "outsiders" to fix their problems, which isn''t going to happen...

The problems in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Nigeria, the Sudan, Somalia, the Congo DRC, and South Africa are all "internal struggles", of which it''s going to take a collective effort of a majority of people to fight for democratic reforms or democracy...

Tandem to the problems in Africa, African Americans need to make a collective effort to fight for democracy within their own sphere and stop the "fractionalization" within black communities...

Like in Africa, black folks in America lack unity!

Why do black fathers "disappear"?

Why does drug dealing continue to plague black communities?

Why are a majority of black families raised by single-mothers?

Why is there a high-dropout-rate among black males in public schools, and low-entrance-enrollment in college?

Why are blacks only recourse out of poverty is to be either a drug dealer, crime lord, athlete, or rap artist?

[kailumego1]

tbweb,you''re right white America does indirectly play a pivotal role in the separation of black families, but, unfortunately, many black males have found relief to not being a responsible parent by using this as an excuse...

Retrace African roots, a lot of this behavior can be genetically traced back to Africa..

I''m doing a global AIDS project, which from researching African culture, where the literacy rate in most countries is extremely low, this is mainly predominate among black African women...

African male leadership has been too often based on individualism and not with regards to the welfare of it''s citizens.

Countries like Sierra Leone, Liberia, the Congo DRC, the Sudan, Equatorial Guinea has been headed and ran by "warlords", whose viciousness, ruthlessness and callousness has sought the lives of millions of people..

Black/African American discourse is much more than Eurocentric based ideology, this is what black folks have to overcome the "fractionalization" within the black culture, which stems back to Africa....

Research African history and the role of many black male African leaders, it is not pretty, especially where it concerns the well-being and welfare of the African people as a whole..

[tbweb]

So now ones dress determines whether one is a thug or not? Not so! How many gangbangers wear suits and ties to a funeral or church or court? He was just getting out of jail. He wore a jumpsuit during incarceration. One would not have showed up for the trial dressed in gang colors, or as a thug. His clothes he wore to trial were placed in a personal property basket and he got to put them back on when he left. Don''''t BS me. Look at the facial expression if you want a closer indicator of ones attitudes.

Posted by Klingon69 at 10:00 AM : Oct 13, 2007,,,

Dress is key to how one is perceived by society and employers, and many employers across the nation are now starting to reject candidates who display tattoos, in fact many employees are now required to cover their tattoos during working hours. The biggest clue for me that Mychal Bell is not a real thug is that he is wearing a white tee shirt under his polo shirt! A real thug is too hard core to be caught dead in a white tee shirt! Real thugs do not wear white tee shirts under any conditions, trust me! LOL

[tbweb]

He''''s a ni%%er. Sterilize him before he multiplys. Where''''s his dadddy. How come black men don''''t raise their children. 70% of black kids raised with no father. that''''s the problem. You can blame whitey if you like. But you''''d be wrongs. Ni%%ers suck.

Posted by zoltaric at 10:42 AM : Oct 13, 2007,,,

I was curious about why Black men leave their families and don''t raise their kids many years ago and I heard similar answers from Whites both male and female Social Workers who serviced Black families. The ugly truth is its easier for a Black female to get a job than a Black male especially if shes attractive because if she is needy enough she can be exploited for s.e.x.u.a.l favors by unscrupulous employers. A lack of education and employment opportunities keep Black males down and virtually unemployable. Black families rarely qualify for Welfare benefits if a male is present in the home so males leave so the female can qualify for benefits, this fact alone wrecked havoc and separated many Black families! Social Workers are notorious for making surprise visits to Black homes trying to catch a father there so that benefits can be cut off if he is! Since American society is controlled by Whites it can be argued that Whites do indirectly play a key role in the separation of Black families but the long answer in more complicated.

[klingon69]

A picture is worth a thousand words. If you look at the above picture of Mychal Bell he looks like a clean cut young man and he does not dress like a thug or look like a thug at all. I know a thug when I see one and Mychal Bell is no thug. What is really going on here is that Mychal Bell has probably taken matters in his own hands instead of letting the system handle things for him and over time has gotten himself in a lot of trouble and accumulated a bad history and Police record in the process. There are thousands of Mychal Bells from every culture across out nation, good kids who made bad choices and decisions. While its true you can not judge a book by its cover, in this case I can, this guy is no thug, I know a thug when I see one!
Posted by tbweb at 06:51 PM : Oct 12, 2007

So now ones dress determines whether one is a thug or not? Not so! How many gangbangers wear suits and ties to a funeral or church or court? He was just getting out of jail. He wore a jumpsuit during incarceration. One would not have showed up for the trial dressed in gang colors, or as a thug. His clothes he wore to trial were placed in a personal property basket and he got to put them back on when he left. Don''t BS me. Look at the facial expression if you want a closer indicator of ones attitudes.

[grammawhamma]

joli_gal: Very excellent posts! I read all 156 posts on this article and yours were the best.

[tbweb]

There are consequences for your actions, no what race you are.

Posted by ROXY-83 at 09:53 PM : Oct 12, 2007,,,

Once again on the Nightly News with Brian Williams, a White female, lifetime member of the Jena community does not agree with you! According to this brave White female from Jena, there are only consequences for your actions if you are Black in Jena! Whites who fight and do similar punishable acts that get Blacks Police records and Jail time get verbal warnings and are sent home! Its obvious based on this White females statements, who even went as far as to say she was in many fights herself and never charged with any crime, just sent home like other whites, that Whites in Jena would have extensive Police records like Mychal Bell and be considered thugs too! But since Whites do not get the same treatment as Blacks, Whites in Jena get to look like they come from good families and are Law abiding Citizens when in fact Whites are just as criminal as Blacks but no record is kept of their crimes! So stop insulting everyones intelligence, calling Jena Blacks thugs when everyone knows the truth and can see through the racist b.u.l.l.s.h.i.t.

[roxy-83]

Mychal Bell violated his probation, so he''s going to do jail time no matter if the crime is small or big. And in this case it''s BIG.