Elliott’s Law

Whenever people say stupid shit and are then called out on their stupid shit, why do they always bring up Martin Luther King? Gee, you read Dr. King in High School and so now you know exactly what he would have thought about every racial incident in the world? Martin Luther King’s name has become, [...]

National Lawyers Guild on the Jena Six

From The National Lawyers Guild.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, September 24, 2007
Contact: Kerry McLean, 917-334-9331
Marjorie Cohn, NLG President, 858-204-3565
NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD CALLS FOR RELEASE OF MYCHAL BELL, FOR ALL CHARGES AGAINST THE JENA 6 TO BE DROPPED, AND FOR FEDERAL INVESTIGATION INTO JENA 6 ARRESTS AND PROSECUTIONS
The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) calls for the immediate release of [...]

Mychal Bell to Remain in Jail

From the Associated Press:

JENA, La. (AP) — A judge on Friday denied a request to release a teenager whose arrest in the beating of a white classmate sparked this week’s civil rights protest in Louisiana. Mychal Bell’s request to be freed while an appeal is being reviewed was rejected at a juvenile court hearing, effectively [...]

Bloggers for Jena

Here is what some bloggers have been writing about the Jena Six lately.
Many updates below the fold. Be sure to check them out.
Brownfemipower has some questions:
Have you talked to your child about why they/you are wearing black?
Have you told your child why s/he is worth it?
Have you figured out how you can be [...]

White Supremacists for Jena

Scott over at Acephalous points us to David Duke’s statement on the Jena Six. It’s been pointed out often that the town of Jena, LA., voted overwhelmingly for Duke when he ran for the Senate and for Governor back in the day, and so Duke apparently felt the need to let us all know how [...]

Reflections

It appears that Pam Spaulding has ruffled a few feathers by wondering why so many “progressive” bloggers have been silent on the Jena Six. What gets me is that even though Pam went out of her way to make it clear that she isn’t trying to dictate what other’s should blog about and that she [...]

Virtual March on Jena

This is me marching, all virtual-like.
Join the Jena Six Virtual March