What are your thoughts on the Jena 6 story?

Sorry to be ignorant but what is this about, I am in UK

THis systems is really unjustice.They are treated unfairly.The white students did things uncalled for and was suspended.Really racism still exist and its not right.Hopefully justice will be served.

it is really hard to say the boy that was teasing them shouldn't have been doing it but i don't think it was right for 6 boys to jump on one person and i don't think they are treating the guys in jail fair but that is just my views

Yes, this is a sensitive subject, and I have seen folks wearing all black today. But to get to the subject, yes, the beating incident is coincidental to the noose hanging incident, but the punishment to each crime is vastly different.Do I feel the place where this has happened is racist, not really. I just think it's a place where a racial incident occurred. When I first moved to Mobile, there was a young black man killed, basically lynched a few years after I came and it could have escalated into a bad scene, but it didn't.

The only thing I care about is that the boys aren't being tried fairly, nor are they being charged fairly. They are being convicted of aggravated battery, which is an assault with a weapon, or on a protected person (pregnant women, children, etc.), or in a protected place. None of these boy's had a weapon, and the only reason why this charge is actually sliding is because the jury actually agreed that a shoe can be considered a dangerous weapon. What's more, at least one member of the jury happens to be a high school friend of the victim's father - anyone who has a basic knowledge of how the jury system works should see the problem with this. Obvious partiality, and yet people still claim their being tried fairly. I believe the boys should be charged with simple battery. What they did was wrong, but in no way should the be punished as severely as they are. Have you seen the victim? His wounds weren't terribly great. None were permanent, and none were life threatening. Yet another aspect of an aggravated battery crime unmet - serious injury where the injuries leave a permanent mark or injury. I don't think the beating was directly linked to the noose incident, rather, they're directly linked to mounting tension cause by racism within the school and community. If you actually look up the incident that occurred before the beating, you can see that something was terribly wrong with that community when it came to racism.

Well... what are your thoughts? I personally don't think it's appropriate to ask a personal question without giving your own thoughts first... because maybe, if someone doesn't agree with you, they'd rather just not reply so as to avoid an argument or such. Whereas when you don't put your own opinion first, people unknowingly could be saying harsh things you don't agree with. I personally wouldn't want that. not to mention it's good to have discussions with a lot of content and putting your own opinion in would give it more content so it's more than 2 or 3 sentences. My opinion, even though you didn't give yours, is that I just think it's sad that it's 2007 (or 2006 when this happened) and we are still having racial problems of blacks against whites. It's sad that some people still believe we are not equals and teach their kids the same thing. I grew up never really knowing there was a difference between blacks or whites...except that we looked different, but doesn't everyone?

After fully reading the story. I will say that the 6 boys didn't beat up the other guy in a racist thing. No telling what the guy did or said to the 6 boys. Now for the noose hanging, those kids should have there butts beat off by there parents for that b.s. Crap like that should not be tolerated, being punished for only 3 days is b.s. as well. Those 6 boys should not be on trial for attempted murder, they should be punished for simply being in a fight and that's all. Reading that the 17 year old could get up to 22 years in prison for a fight, oh my dear Lord above. This does make me wonder if the roles was reversed, what the outcome would have been. Yes, I'm white, Yes, I live in the south. No, I don't think these 6 boys should be going to court, fighting for there lives. Yes, whoever hung the noose at the high school, should be sent to jail for commiting a hate crime. Before going, there parents should took that noose and beat there butts with it. I know my parents would have. Yes, I do agree because of the location, this crap still goes on today. Jena only has about 4,000 people that's a lot compared to my hometown. There we had our share of racist people. I think when people act this way, they are just ignorant a**holes.

I only recently heard of this situation on the evening news. I think the fight was the result of the noose hangings in the trees, if that is true, then I think those who placed them in the tree need to be punished not let go with a slap on the hand. There was also a victim here who was beaten, so a crime was committed. I think the ones who were involved with the noose hanging should also be prosecuted. I would be upset too if I was involved and they were not punished.

I haven't heard about this story but I would think that there are still many racist people in the world and I could see how many attacks could happen between the people in a community where racism exists.

i do not belive that this whole issue regarding the jena six is an issue about race i belive that those boys should not have gotten a punsihment that extreme the children that hung the nooses should have infact been expelled as well and the children of hena six should have to face a juvenille court , lets face it crime is crime dispite what your skin color is and who you are