If you’ve followed S&R at all you know that we’re concerned about the Jena case and have been since I began writing about it. The MSM and other bloggers finally caught on, […]
Jena for cave people…and the empire strikes back
Jena 6 D.A. Reed Walters – Jesus loves him, everyone else is just out to get him…
LaSalle Parish District Attorney Reed Walters is feeling rather put upon these days. In fact, he’s felt compelled to defend himself in The New York Times. The way he sees it, he’s […]
The latest from Jena – Bell to remain in jail….
The massive demonstration in Jena on Thursday against the unfair treatment of the black students known as the Jena 6 hasn’t had the effect that perhaps the protesters wanted. Mychal Bell, the […]
Bush comments on Jena and proves that 59,054,087 people ARE that dumb…
All of us in America want there to be, you know, fairness when it comes to justice. -George W. Bush Bush did not comment on the specifics of the Jena case. Vegas […]
Jena get ready…there’s a media train coming…
A rally in Chicago Saturday, September 15, set the stage for a major media event in Jena, LA,on Thursday, September 20. Both Rev. Jesse Jackson and Rev. Al Sharpton have pledged that […]
Jena 6 defendant’s conviction overturned – well, kinda sorta, I mean, you know, maybe it would do the kid some good to stay in jail with an exorbitant bond while the local D.A. tries to ratchet up his remaining charges…
The Associated Press reports that a Louisiana appeals court has overturned the conviction of Mychal Bell, the first defendant in the Jena 6 case. Don’t get excited. It’s not over. The kid […]
This just in: Jena school administrators not so keen on 1st amendment…
Well, they’re at it again in Jena. This time it’s 1st Amendment rights that seem to be nettling the powers-that-be. LaSalle Parish Schools Superintendent Roy Breithaupt has told a group of students […]
US MSM starts to catch up on Jena…why so slow…?
Finally. On Monday, July 30th, NPR’s All Things Considered broadcast a story on the Jena 6. Other than coverage of the first trial of one of the defendants, Mychal Bell, by a […]
What are they supporting…? Russell Simmons and Al Sharpton loud on Vick, mum on Jena…
So. Russell Simmons, Al Sharpton, and PETA have all signed a letter condemning dog fighting and calling Mike Vick out for his indictment in a dog fighting ring. Well and good. Dog […]
Jena 6 update: The NAACP finally gets involved, the good old boys have some fun, and whites in Jena say “we’re not like that, that’s them people over there” yadda yadda…
When Doug Marlette died July 10th, bringing to an end his wonderful comic strip about the South, Kudzu, most of us who “don’t hate the South,†as Quentin Compson would say, were […]
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