Jena Protest<\/title><\/p>\n<\/head><\/p>\n<body><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">PROTEST OVER JENA INJUSTICE <\/span><\/p>\n<\/span><\/div>\n <\/p>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; width: 326px; height: 278px;\" border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr align=\"justify\">\n<td> style=”border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 314px; height: 217px;” alt=”King Downing Addresses Rally”<img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/king-downing-addresses-rally.jpg\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/the-white-tree.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"the-white-tree.jpg\" align= \"left\"\/><\/p>\nThe “White”\u009d Tree was recently cut down by order of the School Board, possibly in the forlorn hope of removing an ongoing symbol of injustice.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\nSources:<\/p>\n<\/span><\/p>\nA Tale of Two Trials: American Media, American Justice, American Tragedy<\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\nAll-White jury likely to hear racial fight case in Louisiana<\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/nationworld\/chi-jena_witt.1jun29,1,1872156.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed\">Louisiana teen guilty in school beating case<\/a><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20151120033742\/http:\/\/www.southernstudies.org\/facingsouth\/2007\/07\/black-nooses-hanging-from-white-tree.asp\">Black nooses hanging from the ‘White’ tree<\/a><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\nReduced charges for one suspect in race-influenced beating case<\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\nIs racism still alive in the US Deep South?<\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20071116113041\/http:\/\/www.katc.com\/Global\/story.asp?S=6723552\">Jury deliberating in Louisiana racial beating case<\/a><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110629144800\/http:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/flaherty05092007.html\">Looking for Justice in Jena, Louisiana<\/a><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.indypendent.org\/?p=1095\">Louisiana Justice on Trial<\/a><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20081202023657\/http:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sharedcontent\/dws\/news\/texassouthwest\/stories\/DN-schoolfight_08tex.ART.State.Edition1.43a798f.html\">Questions of racism arise in Louisiana<\/a><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20081007042217\/http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/services\/newspaper\/premium\/printedition\/Sunday\/chi-jena_bdmay20,1,5282147.story\">Racial demons rear heads<\/a><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20070526054518\/http:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com:80\/news\/nationworld\/bal-te.jena20may20,0,1187882.story?coll=bal-nationworld-headlines\">Racial incident at school overwhelms Louisiana town<\/a><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.truthdig.com\/report\/item\/20070717_two_races_two_systems_of_justice_in_louisiana\/\">Two Races, Two Systems of Justice in Louisiana<\/a><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.louisianaweekly.com\/weekly\/news\/articlegate.pl?20070730s\">NAACP joins fight to secure justice for ‘Jena 6’<\/a><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\nJena 6: Sentencing Delayed, DOJ Conducts Forum<\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.finalcall.com\/artman\/publish\/article_3753.shtml\">Young Black males the target of small-town racism<\/a><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/nationworld\/chi-jena_witt.1jun29,1,1872156.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed\">Louisiana teen guilty in school beating case<\/a><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\nJena 6:\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Young Black Males the Target of Small-Town Racism<\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120730045443\/http:\/\/www.rwor.org\/\/\/a\/095\/free-jena-six-en.html\">Jena, Louisiana: Nooses and White Supremacy<\/a><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150911022717\/http:\/\/www.shreveporttimes.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20070729\/NEWS01\/707290335\/1060\/NEWS01\">Monroe lawyers to appeal conviction of ‘Jena 6’ defendant<\/a><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20071114072240\/http:\/\/www.democracynow.org\/article.pl?sid=07\/08\/01\/1435233\">Hundreds March in Jena, Louisiana in Support of the Jena Six<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/body><\/p>\n<\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PROTEST OVER JENA INJUSTICE Special to Impeach for Peace by Rael Nidess, M.D. Jena Protest PROTEST OVER JENA INJUSTICE style=”border-style: solid; 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PROTEST OVER JENA INJUSTICE
\nSpecial to Impeach for Peace
\nby Rael Nidess, M.D.
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