Call To Disbar Jena 6 District Attorney
posted in News & Events, Action Alert, Racial Injustice | | | View blog reactions | Print This PostSyracuse University Professor Dr. Boyce Watkins has combined forces with Marc Lamont Hill of Temple University to seek disbarment proceedings against the District Attorney in the Jena 6 Case. Reed Walters, the DA in the case, has been under fire for his handling of the case, involving an alleged assault of black students against white students.
In regard to DA Walters telling students that “I can end your lives with a stroke of my pin, Dr. Watkins says “It’s wrong for a DA to come in and talk to kids who have not yet committed a crime and make that kind of threat. Then, for him to file an outrageous charge of attempted murder against these students after the next fight in the case says that he had it out for these kids. That represents a gross abuse of his power as a prosecutor.”
You can see the full article here: www.yourblackworld.com/news/stories/091007/bawpetition.htm
I’ll soon have some intriguing insider information of Reed’s history of prosecutorial misconduct, from a native of Jena. Stay tuned.
The Aphrosphere Jena 6 Coalition has participated in sending another open letter to Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco, this time specifically about insuring the protection of September 20th marchers; the day of Mychael Bell’s sentencing.
It reads in part:
It is now apparent that there will be a massive and historic march on Jena, Louisiana on September 20, to protest the persecution of Black youths in Jena for attempting to integrate the “white tree” at Jena High School. One observer suggested that as many as ten thousand marchers, perhaps including the Rev. Al Sharpton, chanting and demanding “Justice for the Jena Six!”
If so, since the city’s entire population is only 3,000, there is the very real prospect that the number of marchers may exceed the city’s population by a factor of 3 to 1 or more. This presents a public safety challenge that the Jena, Louisiana police, fire and ambulance departments may be unable to meet constructively, particularly in light of the city’s notorious antagonism to Black people.
The Coalition is calling on Governor Blanco specifically to guarantee the safety of the marchers who will march on Jena on September 20.
Thanks to Francis Holland for putting that together.
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