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I to was born and raised in Jena and still live there today. I used to be
proud to live in Jena and would tell people how I would never live
anywhere else. I am now ashamed to tell people were I live. Not only
from what happened but by the way the media has played it out also.
Sure when I went to school there was fights black & white, white &
white, and black & black. The problem is kids these days they are not
disciplined the way we was. If I got in trouble and school when I got
home I new what was waiting on me. I am ashamed of the white and
the black kids in this town. I have black & white friends and would do
just as much for everyone of my friends black or white. I think the Jena
six are wrong for what they and should be punished, but it should be buy
the school and there parents just as the kids that hung the noose got. All
of this might have been avoided if we as parents would discipline are kids
and take them to church. From the Jena six to the ones that hung the
noose. I just want to say that there are some great people in Jena black
and white dont judge an entire town on something that a few stupid kids
have done. Please remember us in yours prays we need them.
Thanks for commenting, Willy. I do pray for the people of Jena, that the Jena 6 will be treated fairly and that people’s hearts will change with regard to race issues.
i would like to say to those whom feel that the students who jumped the young man at school wouldn’t have stopped if a teacher hadn’t broke it up i feel as a teenager are wrong. i have seen kids jumped others because of actions of another, but the intentions were not to kill but to do what had happened to another. i honestly feel that they would not have kept kicking him to death in front of all those people, but to make him feel pain just like the young man at the party felt. as a teenager i feel that the school should have handled the situation. the six should have been punished, but not to the extent that they were, but the one who hung the nooses, the owner of the shot gun, and the kids, and adults from the party shoule have been punished also. hanging a noose or anything that is a symbol of hate provocks, and has been a result of killing towards blacks. i feel the government in jena should not make the decision for the six but a higher government, the decision doesn’t show justice it shows hate. keep in mind it wasn’t just kids showin stupidity but adults also. the town needs to come together and fight this unjustice. we as a country needs to come together, and if this was concerning a killing in Iraq
it would be all over the news, but this is more important its shows how we as a country have a lot of work still and is not what we make our selves to be. we can’t even do right by people in our own country, but we can help other countries