Mychal Bell says he felt pressure to be perfect after his part of 2006's "Jena 6" assault case was over. When police alleged last month that he wasn't, the Louisiana teen took his Christmas money and sought a gun to kill himself.

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Rather than taking into account why a young man who has been overpoliced and overcharged with a permanent mark on his record, and who has lost at least one family member to police brutality, might run and hide under a car when stopped in the mall or wave his hand frantically to c …

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A teen convicted in the "Jena Six" beating case shot himself in the chest and was taken to the hospital Monday, days after his arrest on a shoplifting charge, police said.

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Remember the Jena High School Beating of a White student, and the controversy it created? Well the controversy still rages as a Louisiana appeals court recuses Judge J.P. Mauffrey Jr the Lasalle Parish judge from the remaining "Jena Six" cases.

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In a town not far from Jena, La., fears of a cover-up mount At 1:28 p.m. last Jan. 17, Baron "Scooter" Pikes was a healthy 21-year-old man. By 2:07 p.m., he was dead.

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"Eight months after 40,000 people converged on Jena, Louisiana, justice still awaits the six young men whose cases inspired one of the biggest civil rights marches in recent history."

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Slavery and it's Legacy: Why it's not so easy for blacks to "just get over it".

(A friend of mine, Martin, sent me an email with his very moving reply to a White person who told him to 'get over' the past because she personally had not done blacks any harm.

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A member of the group dubbed the "Jena 6" is facing misdemeanor assault charges after a fight at his Texas high school Wednesday, police said Thursday.

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One of the "Jena Six" defendants was arrested yesterday for allegedly assaulting a fellow student at a Texas high school.

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It was one of the few blights reported by the organizers of a 20,000-person civil rights demonstration held last year in a Louisiana town at the center of a national race debate.

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I don't know about you, but it was just recently that I heard about a gruesome murder in Knoxville, Tenn., that is far worse than the false charges in the Duke rape case and is at least as horrible, if not more so, than the dragging death of James Byrd.

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...A white separatist group planning a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade in Jena is suing the town, claiming officials are violating the Constitution by asking participants not to bring firearms, changing the parade route by one block and requiring the posting of a bond.....

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Mychael Bell Plea Not the End of Fight For Justice

For Immediate Release Mychael Bell Plea Not the End of Fight For Justice Contact: D. Yobachi Boswell 615-478-5204 * LionRunner777@yahoo.com

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A member of the "Jena Six" is trying to work out a plea to a misdemeanor charge and avoid a second trial on felony charges stemming from a racially charged beating. That's according to an attorney for Mychal Bell, who says the plea could be entered as early as Monday.

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FROM the 1880s to the 1960s, at least 4,700 men and women were lynched in this country. The noose remains a terrifying symbol, and continues to be used by racists to intimidate African-Americans (who made up more than 70 percent of lynching victims).

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Protests timed to coincide with court dates

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Thanks to his bipartisan enablers in politics and the media, leading civil rights charlatan Al Sharpton never lacks a stage. Still surfing on the wave of publicity over the Jena Six case in Louisiana, Sharpton is scheduled to lead an anti-hate crimes demonstration on Nov.

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When you enter the city limits, the first thing you see after you pass the "Welcome to Tallulah" sign is the prison, a large complex of 33 buildings surrounded by fence and barbed wire. Standing nearby, Fair gestures down the street.

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Racist threats of violence proliferate Following 400 years of bondage, degradation, and massive oppression, the plight of African Americans in this so called "great nation" seems to be getting worse. We seem to be going backward in time, instead of moving forward.

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Hello Violet Flame! Revolutionary Mix Vol. 5

I've created a set of five music mixes to provide inspiration and raise Revolutionary consciousness. Volume Five is dedicated to YOU. If you would like a digital or a hard copy, send me a message and we'll work something out. Onward and upward!

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Goodbye Cosby! Revolutionary Mix Vol. 4

I've created a set of five music mixes to provide inspiration and raise Revolutionary consciousness. Volume four is dedicated to the immigrant rights movement. If you would like a digital or a hard copy, send me a message and we'll work something out. Onward and upward!

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Despite efforts by some to redefine the issues in the Jena 6 case, "separate but unequal" standards of justice remains the issue many are least willing to discuss.

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Goodbye Neocon! Revolutionary Mix Vol. 1

I've created a set of five music mixes to provide inspiration and raise Revolutionary consciousness. Volume one is dedicated to the Jena 6. If you would like a digital or a hard copy, send me a message and we'll work something out. Onward and upward!

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Media myths about the Jena 6 A local journalist tells the story you haven't heard. By Craig Franklin from the October 24, 2007 edition

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Jena, La.

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