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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (358866)	11/16/2007 5:16:37 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572474

Ted, > LOL. That white boy who was "beaten to within an inch of his life" was out partying the same nite of the fight. He was beaten unconcious. The beating didn't stop until another student intervened. He was taken to a hospital, Ted. He was indeed wounded. Pictures prove it: Don't forget he has a black eye. Does that justify life sentences for the offenders? Just as J. Barker didn't deserve to be beaten up for his bragging; the six black guys who did it didn't deserve life prison sentences for the deed IMO. Do you disagree? Here is the NPR's version of the incident: "Charges and Public Outrage The next night, 16-year-old Robert Bailey and a few black friends tried to enter a party attended mostly by whites. When Bailey got inside, he was attacked and beaten. The next day, tensions escalated at a local convenience store. Bailey exchanged words with a white student who had been at the party. The white boy ran back to his truck and pulled out a pistol grip shotgun. Bailey ran after him and wrestled him for the gun. After some scuffling, Bailey and his friends took the gun away and brought it home. Bailey was eventually charged with theft of a firearm, second-degree robbery and disturbing the peace. The white student who pulled the weapon was not charged at all. The following Monday, Dec.4, a white student named Justin Barker was loudly bragging to friends in the school hallway that Robert Bailey had been whipped by a white man on Friday night. When Barker walked into the courtyard, he was attacked by a group of black students. The first punch knocked Barker out and he was kicked several times in the head. But the injuries turned out to be superficial. Barker was examined by doctors and released; he went out to a social function later that evening. Six black students were arrested and charged with aggravated assault. But District Attorney Reed Walters increased the charges to attempted second-degree murder. That provoked a storm of black outrage. "Jena has always been a racist town," says Bailey's mother, Caseptla Bailey. "We've understood that….It has been that way since I've lived here." npr.org