Civil rights reporting of past and present
Coverage of the Jena 6 may be found at Dallasnews.com, with video at:http://www.dallasnews.com/video/dallasnews/hp/index.html?nvid=176859An excellent history of reporting civil rights may be found here:http://www.reportingcivilrights.orgAgain, I invite you to blog about coverage that you've seen over the past week on this event.
Posted by jacqueline at 7:47 PM 2 comments



The Jena 6 incident seriously appalls me. There have been so many incidents where white people get lighter sentences than black people. The jury listened to the Jena 6 case was all white, with a white judge. I do not see this as being fair at all and it is very biased. On the news, it said that one of the guys in the Jena 6 incident could face up to 22 years in prison! Their possible sentences were attempted second degree murder and conspiracy. Thankfully, their sentences have been reduced to assault and conspiracy. I am happy to see that at least some justice has been done to reduce their sentences because attempted second degree murder for what they did was just a preposterous sentence. I will definitely be keeping up with this.