Thanks Francis.
Discussion of the Decisions of the Appeals Court in State of Louisiana v. Mychal D. Bell (The Jena Six Case, Working Draft)
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Thank you!
These things are impossible to predict with certainty, but my take after reading the decisions of the Appeals Court and the new reports is that the Juvenile Court (and the prosecutor) are in open revolt against the Appeals Court, flouting its decisions like Governor Faubus standing in the way of the integration of the Arkansas schools 50 years ago.
The defense is going to go back to the Appeals Court and the Appeals Court seems to have indicated that it will at least give a good hearing to the defense.
Jena is making Louisiana look really bad internationally, and the Appeals Court has to be sensitive to that, since its job is to maintain the credibility of the state's justice system. We have to keep up the pressure trying Jena and the whole state of Louisiana, and its public officials, in the court of public opinion.
Jena, La, as is the reflection and projection of many areas inside this country. If real change is to come, then we as a people must come to the realization that people change the times and not vice-versa. I hope you and all your readers feel me on this statement. Things can be fair and just, if human beings desire them to be. The burning question is—-Do enough human beings want fairness and justice for all people?
Finally, the pictures that the Jena 6 expose lay bear an America the beautiful as a very ugly place that few, black or white, want to acknowledge exist. It is appropriate here to suggest that real solutions to these and other pressing social, political and legal problems can only come about through honest and open dialogue, even if this dialogue runs counter to one’s previously held beliefs concerning the freedoms, racial harmony and democratic virtues often espoused, but consistently seldom practiced where Black people are concerned, by American leaders.
Although our "so-called" leaders, and those who control the media and power institutions of this nation believe and act otherwise, I believe it is always better to tell the sad truth than it is to repeat or invent a merry lie so that the sensibilities or emotions of certain classes of people are not in some way damaged.
P.S. As the dawn of each new day begins, all our people must remember the words of the great Fredrick Douglas
"If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground, they want rain without thunder and lightning."
”America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future.”
Lakeith Amir-Sharif (Sharif)
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No relationship to "race"?
Some white people would insist that chocolate cake has no relationship to chocolate milk and chocolate cookies!
heyyyy just breezing through. hope all is well.
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