Two arrested in noose incident near Jena, Louisiana

CNN ^ | 9/21/2007 | CNN

[trumandogz]

Where I grew up in Louisiana, everyone North of I-10 was a Damn Yankee.

[DGHoodini]

It’s called a non-verbal terrorist threat.

[rineaux]

Ain’t equality grand?

And a free BBQ for Sharpton is Grander

[ustanker]

Amen! Seems the White victim has been forgotten...Jessie and Al never gave a Damn about the Duke players civil rights! Racist A-holes.

[Altura Ct.]

And considering the Jesse and Al show WTF?

[Red in Blue PA]

Well said.

[Augustinian monk]

So what you are saying is that the Arkansas drunk redneck population is more advanced than the Louisiana breed? Interesting...

[puroresu]

Well, under certain circumstances the display of something like a noose or a Swastika can be seen as the proverbial “fighting words”. A case can be made for that here. But you also have to be careful not to devolve into something like the recent Brussels incident, where legitimate political discourse was banned because it might anger Muslims.

The idiot with the noose was just what the media was waiting for, of course.

[trumandogz]

They beat this kid up, but not close to death. If they had beaten him almost to death he would not have walked out of the hospital that same day.

In no way am I excusing their actions, and I understand the Jena Six are a bunch of thugs, but attempted murder was a little over the line.

If they had charged them with assault, this would not garner national attention.

[SoldierDad]

No, you are sane. It is Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson and all those who think that gang beating an innocent person is not as bad as putting up those nooses who are insane.

[skeeter]

Its time to put aside racism completely and hold everyone to the SAME standard.

What happened to those six punks is morally NO different than as if they were white & being charged with a hate crime.

[shhrubbery!]

Contrary to Drive-by-Media lies, the "noose" incident in Jena had nothing to do with the beating of Mr. Barker:

Lessons from Jena, La.

By JASON WHITLOCK

[snip -excerpt]

There was no “schoolyard fight” as a result of nooses being hung on a whites-only tree.

Justin Barker, the white victim, was cold-cocked from behind, knocked unconscious and stomped by six black athletes. Barker, luckily, sustained no life-threatening injuries and was released from the hospital three hours after the attack.

A black U.S. attorney, Don Washington, investigated the “Jena Six” case and concluded that the attack on Barker had absolutely nothing to do with the noose-hanging incident three months before.

The nooses and two off-campus incidents were tied to Barker’s assault by people wanting to gain sympathy for the “Jena Six” in reaction to Walters’ extreme charges of attempted murder.

--Jason Whitlock, Kansas City Star

[Erik Latranyi]

The idiot with the noose was just what the media was waiting for, of course.

While I know there are plenty of idiots to go around, this seems a bit too convenient to take place by a drunk in a pickup while a racial protest is underway.

[jdm]

Don’t these people have jobs? They have all day to protest?

Must be nice.

[Red in Blue PA]

Re: Its time to put aside racism completely and hold everyone to the SAME standard.

Bingo!

But applying that standard would put Al and Jesse out of a life-long job.

[jdm]

Jena Six sounds like a porn star name.

[Altura Ct.]

“The idiot with the noose was just what the media was waiting for, of course.”

And We the People allow that to dictate because we are stupid and lead around by the nose.

[Ditter]

When I think back (way back) to elementary school, it is a wonder we weren’t ALL arrested for tying nooses. Every window shade in the school had a noose tied in the cord at some time.

Oh I remember why we weren’t arrested, we were all white.

[deport]

Police Report of the arrest

• Police say the 18-year-old driver of the truck was charged with driving while intoxicated and inciting to riot and also may be charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor -- the 16-year-old passenger.
• Casanova Love's photo of truck

[Augustinian monk]

This shows that things are getting back to normal in my beloved state. The last two years our image was that of a black welfare queen spending FEMA $ on booze and lottery tickets. Now we are back to being Klan country.