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Thousands Rally in Support of Jena Six
New York Times JENA, La. (AP) — Thousands of chanting demonstrators filled the streets of this little Louisiana town Thursday in support of six black teenagers initially charged with attempted murder in the beating of a white classmate. The crowd broke into chants of ”Free the Jena Six” as the Rev. Al Sharpton arrived at…
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Victory! Jena Teen’s conviction tossed in La. beating
By JANET McCONNAUGHEY, Associated Press Writer NEW ORLEANS – A state appeals court on Friday threw out the only remaining conviction against one of the black teenagers accused in the beating of a white schoolmate in the racially tense north Louisiana town of Jena. Mychal Bell, 17, should not have been tried as an adult,…
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White House intentionally allowed New Orleans to drown
Hurricane George How the White House Drowned New Orleans by Greg Palast The charge is devastating: That, on August 29, 2005, the White House withheld from the state police the information that New Orleans was about to flood. From almost any other source, I would not have believed it. But this was not just any…
