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To: Arkansas Toothpick

A kid in Jena, La. dispayed a noose while protesting a demonstation by Sharpton and Jackson and received one year in prison for it recently.


6 posted on 05/11/2008 6:30:14 PM PDT by BnBlFlag (Deo Vindice/Semper Fidelis "Ya gotta saddle up your boys; Ya gotta draw a hard line")
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To: BnBlFlag
A kid in Jena, La. dispayed a noose while protesting a demonstation by Sharpton and Jackson and received one year in prison for it recently.

In that context, I don't think you need a BS hate crimes statute to recognize that displaying a noose is really a way of threatening a lynching. If what you described really happened, that kid belongs in prison.

24 posted on 05/11/2008 6:44:56 PM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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