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Did you read the story about black kids being assaulted and having a gun pulled on them without arrests being made before this incident?
Sure they beat the crap out of this kid, but he walked away and went to a school event that evening. Then the black kids get arrested and charged with attempted murder? Sure the charges were reduced (after public outcry) but that doesn't excuse the imbalance of justice, the first unjust response that this town had to the crime.
And I am not an apologist for them. That's a total falsehood. I fully support their being punished in a just way. It's just unfortunate that it couldn't work both ways in Jena.
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
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