I tried hard to make a decision about what to say about this show. I am confused about why Mr. Bell is still in jail. If he is there because of probation on a previous charge, I believe he should be there. If he is there because of the attack on Mr. Barker and he had 4 previous charges that weighed in on the decision for him to be there, then it is a question. If the charges were dropped, then they should not keep him in jail. I cant say that I do or dont believe the justice system is racially challenged.
My daughters father is an African American, he shot his best friend (by accident), he died instantly. He served three years in prison for involuntary manslaughter in Illinois. A man from the same town that I live in accidently shot his neighbor while cleaning his gun and this man is white, he has now been in prison for six years. This was in Kentucky. He was charged with the same crime, this man is white. Different states have different laws. I think what the boys in Jena did to Justin is horrible no matter the color of their skin. I also believe that whoever hung the nooses from the "white tree" as a prank has learned to hate, I dont think it is funny in least. I also believe that by hanging them there they were attemping to seriously threaten the African American students of that school to stay away. I believe that any student that sat under that tree while the nooses were hanging there, without taking them down, was standing behind that threat. They should be better edjucated on what happen to the ancestors of their peers. I cant even begin to have a theory of solution to the hate that exists in this country, but I know it is very alive.
I want the world to wake up and see that people are people and no one is better than anyone else. We dont get to choose what race we are, we simply are what we are. People need to grow up and not act like children. The crime that occured in Jena was between children, but those children learned that hate from people who had strong inpacts on their lives, adults. It is sad that in this day and age that we still have ao much hatred in our country when we are all created equal. The Bible says God created all men equal and he will deal with those who teach their children differently. The adults that are teaching these things were once children too, I hope someday that hate will die. God bless us all.
