Mychal Bell of the ‘Jena 6′ Back in Jail
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A black teenager whose prosecution in the beating of a white classmate drew thousands to Louisiana for a civil rights demonstration is back in jail, but a prosecutor said Friday the sentence has nothing to do with the racially charged case.
Mychal Bell, 17, was unexpectedly sent back to prison on Thursday after going to juvenile court in central Louisiana’s LaSalle Parish for what he expected to be a routine hearing, Carol Powell Lexing, one of his attorneys said.
Instead, state District Judge J.P. Mauffrey Jr. decided Bell had violated probation and sentenced him to 18 months in jail on two counts of simple battery and two counts of criminal destruction of property, Lexing said.
“This matter was unrelated to the December 2006 event at Jena High School, and that case was not even mentioned in the court proceedings,” District Attorney Reed Walters said Friday.
Bell had faced charges before the Dec. 4 attack on white classmate Justin Barker at Jena High School. Walters’ decision to pursue adult felongy charges against Bell and others who became known as the Jena Six led to charges of unfairness and, eventually, to last month’s march that drew an estimated 20,000 to 25,000 to the little town of Jena.
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Mychal Bell of the ‘Jena 6′ Back in Jail
Damn, can’t a brother catch a break?? What’s it gonna take?? The brother just needs a break and some adult mentoring…
I am betting that this will be the reaction from Black leaders Je$$ie Jack$on and Al $harpton, I would bet BIG bucks on it, this only happened because the young man was ‘misunderstood’ and because he’s Black, I mean, you KNOW it has nothing to do with him being a criminal, a juvenile delinquent or whatever the street term for BAD kid is today…
And I am also guessing that the race baiters are going to scream bloody murder that state District Judge J.P. Mauffrey Jr. is nothing but a racist, he just hate da boy, and that’s likely what it is, I mean, District Judges are noted racists you know…
Yes, that IS sarcasm..
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October 12th, 2007 at 3:16 pm
I’m Black, I’ll be Back, you can count on that.
October 12th, 2007 at 3:30 pm
Sheaaat man, don’t ya knows it be because he’s stil traumatized and acting outs after whippin some cracker ass and all dat not so equal justice bulls sheat.
Dis just bees more of dat, more predgudice towrdz da good black folk here in Louisiana.
October 12th, 2007 at 4:04 pm
This Bell attacked another kid from behind and beat him unconscious. The incident didn’t have anything to do with the two nooses that were hung from that tree. What pisses me off, if it was Bell who was attacked and beat unconscious, it would be labeled a Hate Crime and the Justice Department and FBI would be overseeing the case. Bell may be charged as an adult but he doesn’t have the extra sentence that’ll tacked on for it being a Hate Crime.
October 12th, 2007 at 4:48 pm
Whites can’t win! If this was the other way around the hue and the cry would be racism. However the way it is now the cry is still racism! What I’d like to see is black leaders say, “Yes there are bad blacks and bad blacks should be punished for their bad behavior. Saying blacks can do no wrong and blacks can’t be racist is a lie!”
I ain’t however gonna hold my breath waiting for that to happen!
October 12th, 2007 at 6:27 pm
A thug is a thug is a thug, no matter the color.
BZ
October 13th, 2007 at 1:44 am
Dum sumbitch dat juj be. He jus aint likin dis po boy a’tall,
it dun make me no nevahmind he kommited dis crime. Da white fokes just pickin on he. he be needin a pass, dood. dat po black boy dun need no jale. whut he lern iffin he put dere? nuttin. he be loze his stutus as da negro whut got dis city in a almose riot. so whut he beet da white kid. so whut ? y’all s got to be knowing da white fokes gone pay fer dem yankee sumbitches remindin us all a tyme a dat slave ting. herts mah hart, it reelie do.