# the Jena 6

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**Created:** [September 20, 2007, 6:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-jena-6/35680 "2007-09-20T06:49:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 7:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-jena-6/35680/13 "2007-09-20T07:28:36Z")

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No they shouldn’t be set free. But attempted murder? It’s not like they tried to curb stomp him. He had a concussion and black eye.

I think the kids need some serious punishment, but putting them in jail from the time they’re 14 till the time they’re 50 seems disproportionate.

This seems a bit more objective:

> **[Jena Six](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jena_Six)**
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> The Jena Six were six black teenagers in Jena, Louisiana, convicted in the 2006 beating of Justin Barker, a white student at the local Jena High School, which they also attended. Barker was injured on December 4, 2006, by the members of the Jena Six, and received treatment at an emergency room. While the case was pending, it was often cited by some media commentators as an example of racial injustice in the United States. Some commentators believed that the defendants had been charged initially w...

Be sure not to miss the part where a white kid pulled a shotgun on a black kid, black kid wrestled it away and got charged with stealing the gun. :bloated:

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