Friends of Justice

Hi there

I watched the same documentary as Eliza and was really uspet by the way people are being treated in Jena. I just wanted to offer support and hope that the small minded few will not have a life long effect on these young mens future

Kat

Hello,

I watched the documentary about the Jena 6 last night and was outraged at the DA’s decision to upgrade the charges and the shocking treatment of the juveniles concerned both by the Judge and by the Public Defender. I am training to be a Lawyer here in the UK and in the next couple of weeks I hope to begin my American Bar qualification in order to qualify as an American lawyer. If I can be of any assistance, my email address is supplied.

Paul

Hi! I just wanted to say that I really enjoyed meeting you all at the conference. May God bless your work. Also, I wanted to thank you again for the CD – it’s truly beautiful.

Hello Everyone

As a black young man living in Alexandria, Louisiana, I have had some of the worst things said and done to me by caucasin (white) young man, but through it all, i held my head up and pressed my way through it. I am only 20 yrs old and this situation that has happen in Jena has really effect the way ,I look at life. My heart goes out to this 6 young men and their family’s but remember this one thing that in the Word Of GOD
1Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.

2Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.

3My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

4For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.

5The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

6Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

7But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.

8Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.

9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

10Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.

And I well continue to pray for them.

I’ll be driving from Austin, TX to Jena, LA and am happy to provide transportation for 2-3 others that would like to make the trip. It was recommended due to lack of hotels/housing and lodging that we make arrangements to stay overnight in Alexandra, LA. I’ll be leaving on 7/30 and returning to Austin on 8/1. I can be reached at george at alonovo dot com.

Hi Alan
I first heard of the story of the Jena 6 while watching BET, and they had a newsbrief where they quickly told the viewers about the situation of the Jena 6. The newsbrief lasted all of 2 minutes and after a tear fell to my eye , I immediatley began looking on the internet for different websites that had previously reported on this story so that I could get more information. I am saddened to say that there are few websites that have reported in depth as you have. I not only appreciate this website but also value the content that it holds. I have began to spread the word among co-workers, friends, families and anybody else who has 2 minutes to hear that it is 2007 and Jim Crow Laws are STILL in full affect. The same way it did not take long for the white kids of that high school to hang those nooses, is the same way it wont take long for those nooses to actually hold bodies and swing in the wind as they did during slavery and the civil rights movement. From the bottom of my heart to the depths of my soul where my ancestors memories live; I THANK YOU!!!!!!
If you happen to stumble upon this comment, and there is anything I can do, other than make a donation to your cause, I encourage you to let me know. Thank you.

Peace,Love and Justice
Amaria M. Wheatley

I heard about the Jena 6 on Monday, August 20. I am appalled to know that the courts are still doing the things that they so widely did in the fifties and sixties and expect to get by with it. Black America says no! America says no! “TRUE JUSTICE WILL BE SOUGHT AND OBTAINED”

Mr. Beam,

It was a pleasure speaking with you yesterday in regard to the Jena 6 trial. Appears that you and I share an interest that reaches beyond this specific case; however, I firmly believe Jena maybe a good place to start a common peace. Fathers for the Future would love to assist you with being ambassadors to this peaceful process.

I look forward to our follow-up conversation. Also, please visit our newsletter at http://www.anewwaymedia.com. We focus on issues relevant to the hiphop generation. And the Jena 6 trial could be one of the most pertinent cases since the Rodney King Trial.

Thank you for bringing attention to this important matter.

Genuinely,

J. Michael Carr Jr.
President and CEO
Fathers for the Future Foundation
1809 E. 71st Street
Suite 200
Chicago, Illinois
Office-773.966.8049
http://www.fathersforfuture.org

time for a new martin luther King

I am sickened and saddened by this story. I swear I sometimes think we all live in our own bubble. I had never heard this of this story before seeing the link on rosie.com It sound like a story from yhr 50’s! Have we made no progress? There is actually a barber shop that won’t serve african americans, and this is legal??? I don’t understand. I feel for this boy and his family. I pray justice will be served. If the media would get involved the way they should instead of chasing actors down the street maybe our world would change. It’s all about distraction. It’s truly a disgrace. This country needs to wake up! i

It’s alarming how national news media is not bringing this story to the forefront. You heard how the prosecution process was going everyday for the Michael Vick controversy because of his unjust actions perpetrated on some dogs, isn’t the civil rights of human beings valued more than that?—–oh no I forgot this is America and we are talking about black lives—–we need to take a stand, each and every one of us, stop perpetrating violence to ourselves, this is what they want us to do……do as the Lord commanded us to do and Love One Another…..at the end of the day, all we have is each other

My prayers go out to the Jena 6, their families and all families of African Americans in this day and time. I live in Detroit, Michigan and eventhough the NAACP had their Convention here about a month ago and had their symbolic funeral to bury the “N” word, these actions speak loudr thanany word ever could. We as a Black people need to stop waiting until something like this happens to rise up together. We need to stop “talking about it” and “be about it”. This racial injustice is happening every day “somewhere” and we need to keep on fighting and doing something about it. Here in Detroit I have failed to see anything about this on any of our local radio stations. Why? But I am constantly bombarded day in and day out about this couple over the waters somewhere whose daughter is missing. (White) I heard about the Jena 6 for the first time on the Mix 92.3 radio station that I listen to in the morning, Steve Harvey Morning Show on my way to work and that same station in the evening with Michael Baisden. An I applaud these brothers.
I went online and found out more and more information about it then. I signed the petition and contacted my family and friends as well.
Once again, hold on to your Faith and know that all over this country prayers and support are with you Jena

I am outraged at what is taking place in Jena. I am the white mother of two bi-racial sons & I am scared of what is happening in this country. It is a sad fact that I have cautioned my boys from a very young age to be careful – because they wil suffer worse consequences for anything they do than any white children will. They have always known that the white community considers them to be black. I have taught them to embrace their black heratige & be proud of who they are. I watched the documentary & am outraged & disgusted that people are saying this isn’t racism. WAKE UP – THIS IS RACISM – PLAIN – BOLD FACED RACISM! How sad that in this day & age of awareness that this still goes on. I am physically sickened by this. Are people really allowed to put nuces in trees & have no reprecussions? Shame on those people in Jena who refuse to deal with something this horrible!