LaSalle Parish Police says no Police Protection for Jena 6 families

[JerseyDude]

LaSalle Parish Police says no Police Protection for Jena 6 families after this threat:

http://www.overthrow.com/lsn/news.asp?articleID=10585

[BrazenMuse]

LaSalle Parish Police says no Police Protection for Jena 6 families after this threat:

http://www.overthrow.com/lsn/news.asp?articleID=10585

That whole page made my brain hurt.

[BrazenMuse]

Found this too:
http://pursuingholiness.com/2007/07/27/jena-6-sentencing-delayed-doj-conducts-forum/

[GroovMaster]

for the black community to protect each other

[righteous knowledge]

for the black community to protect each other

i agree! this is a travesty of justice.

[BrazenMuse]

Has anyone found articles corroborating this claim? Or is this some other sort of moment? I tried, but I admit I didn't try for very long.

[S&S]

I wonder why we havent seen anything about this artice or website on the national news coverage??? hmmmmmm

[Henry 'da Man]

This situation is getting ugly

[jcapeverde]

This situation is getting ugly

Getting ugly? We ain't seen nothing yet! Check the link below! :madani:

Anti Jena 6 Site Calls For Lynching (http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=2007-09-22_D8RQRNPG2&show_article=1&cat=breaking)

FBI Probes Anti-Jena 6 Web Page

Sep 22 09:03 PM US/Eastern
By BECKY BOHRER
Associated Press Writer

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The FBI is reviewing a white supremacist Web site that purports to list the addresses of five of the six black teenagers accused of beating a white student in Jena and "essentially called for their lynching," an agency spokeswoman said Saturday.
Sheila Thorne, an agent in the FBI's New Orleans office, said authorities were reviewing whether the site breaks any federal laws. She said the FBI had "gathered intelligence on the matter," but declined to further explain how the agency got involved.

CNN first reported Friday about the Web site, which features a swastika, frequent use of racial slurs, a mailing address in Roanoke, Va., and phone numbers purportedly for some of the teens' families "in case anyone wants to deliver justice." That page is dated Thursday.

The Rev. Al Sharpton said in a statement Saturday that some of the families have received "almost around the clock calls of threats and harassment," and called on Gov. Kathleen Blanco to intervene.

A Blanco spokeswoman said the governor had asked law enforcement—primarily state police—to investigate.

"These people need more than an investigation. They need protection," the Rev. Jesse Jackson said. He said his organization would be in touch with President Bush's nominee for attorney general, Michael Mukasey.

"This is a test for the disposition of the Department of Justice to serve as an intervenor and a deterrent" to hate crimes and discrimination, Jackson said. He said federal marshals should protect the families.

Carolas Purvis, whose number was among three listed on the Web site, said she did not feel in danger. Purvis is the aunt of Bryant Purvis, who has yet to be arraigned. She said she has received a number of calls, some from people who say nothing, others to let her know that her number had been put on the site. One, Friday night, used the N- word to her young son, she said.

A dispatcher for the LaSalle Parish Sheriff's Department said no one in the office Saturday could say whether any threats had been reported.

Of the two other numbers listed as "active" on the Web site, one was not answered Saturday; the other yielded a constant busy signal.

On Thursday, thousands of demonstrators marched in a civil rights demonstration in support of the so-called Jena 6. The six black teens were arrested after a December attack on a white student—the culmination of fights between blacks and whites.

Of the six teens arrested, five initially were charged with attempted second-degree murder; charges for four have been reduced as they were arraigned. Charges against the sixth teen, booked as a juvenile, are sealed.

Mychal Bell is the only one to have been tried so far. A state appeals court recently threw out his conviction for aggravated second-degree battery, saying he couldn't be tried as an adult. He remained in jail pending an appeal.

William A. "Bill" White, listed as the Web site's editor and commander of the American National Socialist Workers Party, did not immediately answer an e-mail to his address. Calls to one of the two William Whites listed in Roanoke were not answered; the other said he was not involved with the site.

Blanco said Saturday that harassing families involved in the case "cannot and will not be tolerated."

"Public attacks on private citizens done out of ignorance and hatred is appalling, and anyone who stoops to such unspeakable persecution will be investigated and subject to the full penalty of law," she said in a statement.

___

Associated Press writer Janet McConnaughey contributed to this report.

[BrazenMuse]

Thank you for that article, jcapeverde!! I'm happy to hear that the FBI is involved and hope some good comes of it.

It's not that I don't believe there are those who have latched onto a different aspect of the case and want to see racial strife blown up and out of proportion...as if it isn't huge enough already due to its horrific nature.

what I'm puzzled by is that I can't find any trace of an article where the Jena police said any such thing. Has anyone else found it? Is this on its way to becoming an urban legend or is it real?

I am sure the threat from the hate groups is real. Publishing addresses and numbers is NO JOKE and is very dangerous. I hope that those families have been warned.

I really don't like how the govt officials have responded to public outcry in La. at all...I'm sure some of us got that trifling form letter back in response to letters you sent on the issue...nugatory. But still...there's action and there's outcry, those things are GOOD.

But I also don't want to be stampeded by lies and misdirection. Corroboration please, on the police declining to protect these folk...

[JerseyDude]

CNN reported that Overthrow.com printed the phone numbers and addresses on Thursday. Someone at CNN spoke with an official with the LaSalle Parish Police Department (which covers Jena). The official said he cannot assign a cop to each family. His police department is too small.

[BrazenMuse]

CNN reported that Overthrow.com printed the phone numbers and addresses on Thursday. Someone at CNN spoke with an official with the LaSalle Parish Police Department (which covers Jena). The official said he cannot assign a cop to each family. His police department is too small.

Links? I might be rushing past it but found this on cnn.com http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2007/news/jena6/

I am sorry if I'm being a pest here, but I think it's absolutely vital that we be clear on what we believe...saying "i can't assign a cop to each family" is not the same as saying "we are not going to protect and serve" - there is, of course, the possibility of requesting assistance from the state if the parrish can't handle it, or even asking the feds. I wonder what they will choose to do.
Looks to me like some consciousness of nationwide attention has made for some positive responses:


William A. "Bill" White, listed as the Web site's editor and commander of the American National Socialist Workers Party, did not immediately answer an e-mail to his address. Calls to one of the two William Whites listed in Roanoke were not answered; the other said he was not involved with the site.
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Blanco said Saturday that harassing families involved in the case "cannot and will not be tolerated."
"Public attacks on private citizens done out of ignorance and hatred is appalling, and anyone who stoops to such unspeakable persecution will be investigated and subject to the full penalty of law," she said in a statement.
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/23/fbi.jena.ap/index.html

It is hair splitting, but it is necessary. Lives are at stake here...in soooo many ways.