African-American groups rally behind Michael Jackson

CNN.com ^ | December 4, 2003

[MorningCoffee]

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Chanting "you are not alone" and "we got your back," representatives of African-American groups Thursday stressed Michael Jackson is innocent until proved guilty and accused the news media of unfairly portraying the pop star.

Danielle Carr, a 22-year-old woman, who eight years ago spent a weekend at Jackson's Neverland Ranch, spoke at the event.

[South40]

The Simple Life?

I hate to admit that I watched it both nights and LMAO.

[GeronL]

OK, OK I am off to bed but if I have a Poundstone nightmare, I will seriously consider a lawsuit

[Princeliberty]

Its a Constitutional Right!

Treason's a right but 10 Commandments are wrong!

[tinacart]

More fitting if the NAAWP rallied behind this white honk**... (sarcasm, ok?)

[jagrmeister]

What I'm going to say is not PC. But the black community needs to stop rallying so militantly behind every accused black man or woman, without the facts. Just as its senseless to declare Jackson guilty today, it is equally sensless to rally fervently that he is 100% innocent. The white community does not do this. The Hispanic community does not do this. The asian community does not do this. It gives the impression that the black community is willing to look the other way when one of their own commits a crime. And that sends the WRONG message.

[dfwgator]

Well they sure as hell didn't rally around Clarence Thomas didn't they?

[Jeff Chandler]

Clarence Thomas, being conservative, does not qualify as black.

[Jeff Chandler]

This is just nutty. His appearance, his demeanor, his choice of bedmates all point to obvious psychological problems. This doesn't make him guilty, but the red flags are impossible to miss. How can anyone state unequivocally that he is innocent?

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Project Islamic Hope and the other African-American groups represented said they plan to file a friend of the court brief on behalf of Jackson

I can't possibly be the only one to have noticed this, above... can I? :)

[RichInOC]

African-American groups rally behind Michael Jackson

Well, of course they would. Would you want Michael rallying behind you?

[raybbr]

Maybe it was this one:

[TheRightGuy]

Project Islamic Hope and the other African-American groups

I could tell you what I HOPE but then I might get banned

BTW, I'd not previously heard of any alignment between the Jackson camp and Islam. Is there one? Or is this just a religion of peace public relations quest?
jes tryn' t'win over our hearts and minds don'cha know

[gcruse]

Same to you, I'm sure. :)

[Freedom of Speech Wins]

This one is for former Susan McDougall lawyer Mark Geragos who has warned us not to criticize his client Michael Jackson for fear of lawsuit.

Q. Why was Michael Jackson seen shopping at K-Mart?

A. He heard that boys pants were half off.