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No charge on the nooses, (5.00 / 1) (#20)
by kdog on Thu Sep 20, 2007 at 03:26:51 PM EST
the school suspension was sufficient for that, imo.  

I say charge all the players in all the fights  with assault, if anything at all.  

When the white kid who smashed a beer bottle over a black kid's head gets a slap on the wrist, and the black kids who stomp on a white kid get attemted murder....we have an injustice ladies and gentlemen.

My preference is a slap on the wrist for all....things got way out of hand at this school, attempted murder charges for anybody, white or black, is not the way to de-escalate the situation, imo.

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For starters, (none / 0) (#25)
by Pancho on Thu Sep 20, 2007 at 04:28:29 PM EST
I think we ALL agree that race should not be a factor in punishment, but I honestly don't think a single blow with a bottle on the head is the same as stomping an unconscious kid in the head multiple times by multiple people.

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You would think we'd all agree..... (none / 0) (#26)
by kdog on Thu Sep 20, 2007 at 05:32:28 PM EST
the DA in Jena must have missed the memo.

I'll take you at your word Pancho, take me at mine.  I've seen guys hit with beer bottles, I've seen guys on the ground getting stomped, both in the same brawl incidently...I see them as equally disgusting acts.

Long story short, in my knuckleheaded opinion, the situation calls for some healing, forgiveness, and second chances.  And it calls for legitimate questions into prosecutorial practices.

Not long prison sentences for teenagers.

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The question is (none / 0) (#34)
by Donna Darko on Thu Sep 20, 2007 at 11:25:23 PM EST
does hitting someone over the head with beer bottle constitute

LIFE IN PRISON?

No racial prejudice here.

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