White Jena Six Student Sues Black Attackers
Hate Crime?
JENA, La. — The family of a white student allegedly beaten by six black classmates in rural Louisiana has filed a civil lawsuit against the teens’ parents, the adult teens, an additional student and the local school board.
One teen, Mychal Bell, pleaded guilty to battery in juvenile court on Monday in the attack. Five other teens face criminal charges in the case and are awaiting court appearances.
Justin Barker, 18, and his parents, David and Kelli, allege in the suit that seven Jena High School students attacked Justin on Dec. 4, 2006, as he left the school gym.
The suit names the attackers as the “Jena Six” students — Bell, Bryant Purvis, Robert Bailey Jr., Carwin Jones, Theo Shaw and a juvenile — as well as a second juvenile.
Law enforcement officials have not named the second juvenile as one of the attackers.
“Petitioners show that Justin was singled out by Mychal, Bryant, Robert, Carwin, Theodore (and the two juveniles), and that the malicious and willful attack of Justin was of such extreme nature so as to require emergency medical care and treatment for the harm inflicted by the attack, and resulting in extensive and permanently disabling injuries,” the lawsuit states.
Barker was hit by Bell, knocked unconscious and then repeatedly kicked and stomped by a group of students, according to testimony and court documents.
The beating was preceded by racial incidents, including three white students hanging nooses from a tree.
The civil suit was filed Thursday. The lawsuit alleges that the LaSalle Parish School Board, through its employees, was not adequately supervising students or maintaining discipline.
Lawyers for the Barkers and the defendants couldn’t immediately be reached for comment.
Bell, who pleaded guilty in juvenile court to second-degree battery, was sentenced to 18 months in the custody of the Office of Youth Development.
Bell and the other students were initially charged with attempted murder. In May, Bell was convicted as an adult of aggravated assault, but the conviction was overturned. The conviction led to a protest in September by at least 20,000 demonstrators.
(AP)
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bullshit is bullshit,
f*ck accommodation based on pigmentation
December 6th, 2007 at 4:38 amThe picture… That money in his mouth was paid to him to pay his legal fees from someone (who probably didn’t have a lot of money to begin with) who believed they were innocent… and it was used on bling and parties… their lawyers havn’t seen a fime and their is only more bills coming… good luck on your second fundraiser douchebags…
December 6th, 2007 at 5:05 amDisgusting. Just fuckin’ disgusting. Everything about this case - the numerous lies proliferated by the media, the criminality of these guys - fuckin’ reeks.
And people wonder why black society seems to be upside down.
December 6th, 2007 at 11:11 amShit, you mean all those times I had the shit beaten out of me I could’ve sued? The cops wouldn’t even arrest the fucks, the school (when it happened there, as it usually did) wouldn’t suspend them, and their parents probably wouldn’ve cheered them on.
One black guy was complaining to me about racism, and I asked him how many guys he knew that got beating just for being black. He started going on about ‘DWB’ (Driving While Black), claiming that cops pulled over and beat up blacks for NO REASON(tm) (Some people have the ability to talk in caps).
When a white person is pulled over for speeding or driving erratically, it’s just good police work. When a black person is pulled over, it’s OPPRESSION. When a white person resists arrest and is tased, beaten up, or shot, it’s justice. When it’s a black person, it’s GENOCIDE.
Another guy I used to work with was always going on about the cops, or, as he said the ‘pigs’, ‘beast’, ‘po-po’, and the ever popular ‘the Man’. I asked him what he thought would happen if the police were disbanded. His eyes lit up and he started going on about ‘getting our fair share’, which I think is code for ‘looting and pillaging’.
I burst his bubble when I told him that our neighborhoods, especially the working class ones, would almost immediately become armed camps, complete with checkpoints, and any would-be looters or rapists would quickly be shot to pieces, strung up from lampposts, or running back to the ghetto (which would soon live up to the terms original use).
Look at New Orleans, a total breakdown of law and order. One one side, looters grabbing anything that isn’t nailed down.
On the other:
“Drunks with guns. You loot, we shoot.” Ring any bells?
December 6th, 2007 at 9:07 pm