Incident in Jena,La.

[Taraz]

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I'm looking into that. I've pretty much given up, as I'm very tired. I've got like 3/4 of a page on MS Word CTRL+V'd. I'm going to delve deeper into the firearm situation. Being that these kids are obviously redneck kids, I'm looking to try to find out if this was a handgun brought into the school or some type of hunting rifle behind the seat of his vehicle. I usually hung out with the redneck crowd in high school, and I had a very close friend who got his truck searched and they found his hunting rifle behind the seat. He'd forgotten to remove it. He too, was given probation. If that's the situation, I'll personally be alot more lenient toward him than if I found out he snuck a 9mm GLOCK into the school in his backpack.


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Confirmation bias. Don't you see that you're looking for reasons to give the white kid the benefit of the doubt? Did you spend the same amount of time looking for reasons to excuse the actions of the black students? Is this not painfully obvious to everybody?

Anyway, I agree that everyone involved is culpable. From the white noose hanger(s) to the 'Jena 6' to the DA to Sharpton and Jackson. It's just a shame that we still have to deal with issues like this at all.