Injustice plagues our nation on a daily
By: James Dawson
Issue date: 9/27/07 Section: Jena 6
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When the officer checked his license, it revealed that it was suspended he was taken to jail. While being detained inside this jail he died. My father lived 37 years and never had any type of brush with the law. This was his first experience behind the walls of a prison and unfortunately the last experience of his life.
Just like Jena, my dad was arrested in a small town, Cumberland County, located in downstate Illinois. During this time the census showed Cumberland County had a population of 11,253. (11,123 Whites, 12 African Americans, and other nationalities making up the rest.)
On this particular night my dad was the only African American being processed along with seven whites. In most cases when being detained for driving on a suspended license and having NO warrants or prior arrests, a person is issued a citation and detained in a holding cell until someone comes to pick them and their car up.
Once your license reveals suspended, the officer usually won't let you continue to drive. Although my dad had no warrants or prior arrests it didn't matter, he was still stripped of all his clothes and personal belongings, issued a prison uniform and processed as a prisoner for driving on a suspended license.
Injustice plague our nation on a daily basis and if it is not a high profile case such as the Jena 6 which was spread acrossnation wide then the world would never know about it, the media are the voices we listen to, and the media are the voices we hear. So what about the untold stories of injustice that never hits the media?
Like when a family is being introduce to the body of an alleged hanging victim by a jailed staff, and there are absolutely no marks what's so ever on the neck, how do u explain this unusual phenomenal?
Then when you have every professional individual in a town working toward a same goal to protect their town and jail staff, what is a family up against. I think about all the silent voices today as I march in the Jena 6 rally. I think about my dad and why did it have to take my family to investigate his death for anyone to listen.
The hanging of the nooses from white high school students which sparked the Jena 6 controversy introduces that lynching blacks is still ALIVE. Although no one died during this tragic event, an injustice occurred and people stepped in to try and right a wrong.
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Thomas
posted 10/01/07 @ 4:32 PM CST
What about the REAL victim in Jena who was knocked unconscious and nearly beaten to death even though he had nothing to do with the nooses? Who's standing up for him? Why is it no one is demanding that the vicious criminals who did that remain in jail where they belong instead of being set free to attack someone else? Why is it that the real racists like Sharpton, Jackson and the NAACP can't ever admit that what a black person (or 6) did was wrong? Racism is alive because those who claim to fight it won't let it die. (Continued…)
OH WHATEVER
posted 10/01/07 @ 10:25 PM CST
THOMAS YOU NEED TO ASK THE "VICTIM" WHAT DID HE SAY TO THE GROUP OF KIDS TO MAKE THEM STOMP HIM?!!! HE IS NOT COMPLETELY INNOCENT EITHER!!! YOU BETTER BELIVE THEY HAD A GOOD REASON TO SEND HIM ON A TRIP TO THE E. (Continued…)
Thomas
posted 10/02/07 @ 4:04 PM CST
So you believe there is something that he could have said that would justify a group of people knocking him unconscious and beating him nearly to death? There are NO words that make it OK to physically beat someone, ever. (Continued…)
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