LAist: Photo Essay: Rally Against Injustice

guest

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 17:48:01 -0800

You people need to learn the difference between "civil rights" and "civil wrongs". Stop making excuses for cowardly, low life Black football thugs like the Jena 6.

guest

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 21:13:52 -0800

Hello I'm a friend of Elyse and I was surprise to get a call from her yesterday afternoon asking if I had heard anything about the Jena 6. I had hear about this movement like around 3 weeks ago or more. I shared with her what I've heard over the radio. 100.3 was the only station commenting on this injustice and it all started with the question" where is the media on this"? I wondered too because I heard nothing on my beloved channel 4 news (I don't have cable). I was happy, proud and jealous that I did not have the means to physically participate but I did wear my black strong and proud. Elyse on the other had did have the means and I'm so happy that she was able to experience this peaceful protest against injustice and share these wondfer photos with us. In closing I want to say..."And justice for all" Ethel

Andy Sternberg

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 12:35:30 -0800

Meanwhile, no joy in Jena today as Mychal Bell was again denied bail in today's hearing.

Elise Thompson

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 12:21:37 -0800

In one of the many events leading up to this situation, check this one out - A white 21-year old man pulled a shotgun on a black teenager at the local convenience store. So the teen wrestled the gun away and ran. He was charged with theft of a firearm.

Johnny

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 12:04:12 -0800

The school should be liable for trying to brush the noose incident under the rug. I don't blame the black students for being angry, hell I'd be. The sentence is unfair. The 6 should not get away with what they did, probation plus suspension ok but not a 15 year sentence in an adult prison. Sounds to me there are some seriously ignorant white folks there in Jena.

ben bang

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 11:54:35 -0800

what's worse is not knowing the difference between sytax and spelling. der.

Elise Thompson

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 11:48:58 -0800

Thanks, Andy! And I get to have bean pie for breakfast! Nicksm: It is not spelling. It is syntax. AAE (African-American English, or "Ebonics") is a recognized sociolect. The dropping of the copula (Here the verb "to be") is common in many languages and pidgins, especially when the subject of the sentence is a pronoun. Which is how you get the sentence "Without justice we [are] bound not to have civil rights."

Andy Sternberg

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 11:24:52 -0800

Great photos Elise!

nicksm

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 09:12:58 -0800

great spelling on that banner... living the stereotype...