HOWEVER: All of this hype surrounding the "Jena Six" is really starting to bother me. No one's really looking at all of the big picture here. This article sums it up well: http://msn.foxsports...r/story/7170510
Yes, I'm against racism. No, I don't think they should get murder charges. But the fact is, SIX tough, strong dudes ganged up on one guy, beating him even after he was unconscious on the floor. They could have killed him. And it was pretty much unrelated to the noose incident (until they got the idea to make it related, causing a media uproar). This white kid had nothing to do with that, as far as anyone knows. But everyone's all like, "Dude, nooses from the 'white tree' and then the black kids are getting charged for something they did wrong!" And then want the group of 6 to get off completely scot-free??? I don't think so.
So many people are following the media craze to support the Jena Six in a way that I don't think is fair. Anyone have any thoughts, here?
This post has been edited by Spoon Poetic: 21 September 2007 - 08:36 AM