tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7815287532094385757.post6240188765466409998..comments2024-01-22T03:19:03.841-07:00Comments on Eddie G. Griffin (BASG): The Last Word on Jena 6Eddie G. Griffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13283895629656619113noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7815287532094385757.post-10613896835676095422007-11-17T07:06:00.000-07:002007-11-17T07:06:00.000-07:00“Had not the world looked in on the all-white jury...“Had not the world looked in on the all-white jury conviction of 17-year old Mychal Bell, all six of these youth would be on their way down the river with 80-year prison sentences for a schoolyard fight.”<BR/><BR/>Exactly. <BR/><BR/>And furthermore the example of black people standing up and speaking out about injustice on a national scale, brings about change within their satanic judicial system. If we remain silent, while they destroy our youth, then they will continue to cast these types of convictions without any retaliatory opposition.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7815287532094385757.post-51311131627706071042007-11-16T05:02:00.000-07:002007-11-16T05:02:00.000-07:00DSF:In the United States, where the police and pro...<STRONG>DSF:</STRONG>In the United States, where the police and prosecutors are far more concerned with the behavior of Black young people than that of white young people, it has become all too common to have a criminal record of some sort. That doesn't mean that every Black youth in America is guilty, or that every Black youth who is accused is guilty, or that every Black youth should be imprisoned for the rest of his life. Just as we doubt the validity of the current convictions, we also doubt the equal justice of the prior convictions, and of the systematic persecution that led to these convictions.<BR/><BR/>You insinuate that, because the school was burned, so these young people must have burned the school. That's like insinuating that any white accused in California MUST have started the wildfires there, with no specific evidence that they did so.<BR/><BR/>The truth is that ANYBODY could have burned down the school, including any teacher, any white student, any Black student, any white parent and any Black parent, as well as any member of the Jena Fire Department. We just don't know. So stop insinuating that you know something that you don't.Francis Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11862777385923656061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7815287532094385757.post-61293005860294046492007-11-14T13:39:00.000-07:002007-11-14T13:39:00.000-07:00dsf, Relative is relative, not perfect. The thing ...dsf, Relative is relative, not perfect. The thing we should look at is something I see all the time. A juvenile arrested for a fight ("battery" is the charge if you win the fight... "assault" if you lose the fight). I have seen juvenile accept plea bargains just to get out of jail, rather than fight the charges. Most prior convictions could be resolved without prosecution. So, I am not particularly moved by previous convictions. (I've been there, done that). Go back and examine the record, if the charges were severe, these juveniles would have been locked up before the Dec. 4 incident. The fact that they were free, in public school, playing sports without restriction, and making decent grades, says (to me) that these were not real bad boys. Once they get one conviction, it is easy to pile on more, based on the previous. This is why Mychal Bell was a sitting duck and slammed... too many priors. But prior conviction or not, if someone like the Mafia hung a noose on your door, I guess it would not be easy to swallow... at least, make you uncomfortable. I have a prior conviction and I'm 61 years old. I still wouldn't take it... no nooses on my front door without doing something about it. And, please, don't give me a reason to punch somebody for taunting me. I go bananas at the thought.Eddie G. Griffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13283895629656619113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7815287532094385757.post-64549398654657654752007-11-14T09:56:00.000-07:002007-11-14T09:56:00.000-07:00A juvenile record with four feloney convictions, t...A juvenile record with four feloney convictions, two for battery and two property for destruction, is a "relatively good record".<BR/><BR/>Who burned down the school?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com