EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Live From the Jena Six Rally in Louisiana...

By Alan Breslauer on 9/21/2007, 12:06pm PT

The following videos were all created on Thursday, September 20th at the Jena Six rally in Jena, Louisiana and in front of the prison in Alexandria, Louisiana. Sadly, Mychal Bell, the only member of the Jena six still behind bars more than 10 months after he was charged with attempted second-degree murder for a school yard fight, had his bail denied today. And the injustice continues...

Reverend Al Sharpton: "Two wrongs don't make one Civil Right"...

CNN's Tony Harris tells The BRAD BLOG what he would like to see happen with the Jena Six...

More videos beneath the fold...

CNN's Tony Harris interviews fellow Los Angelino Natalia Abrams about the racial makeup of the Jena Six rally crowd...

Jena High School student Sierra...

UPDATED Friday 8:20 pm from New Orleans...

Carolyn Shannon from Flynt, Michigan believes in educating felons and that there is injustice in our justice system.

The Reverend Al Sharpton states that, "This is the beginning of the 21st Century Civil Rights Movement. In the 20th Century we had to fight for where we sat on the bus. Now we got to fight on how we sit in a courtroom. We've gone from plantations to penitentiaries. Where they have tried to create a criminal justice system that particularly targets our young black men."

UPDATED Saturday at 9:45 pm from New Orleans...

Ramona Bell, who teaches ethnic studies at Bowling Green State, comments on the Jena Six, among other issues, while marching from the courthouse to Jena High School.

A group of protesters chanting what sounds like a Mardi Gras Indians song as they march...

Many believe that the problems in Jena began with the hanging of three nooses from a tree that stood in a courtyard at Jena High School. Some labeled the incident a "prank". Here, one protester from the Alexandria, Louisiana rally drew attention to this issue...

Frankie Beverly answers a few questions on the Michael Baisden radio show during the Jena Six rally in Alexandria, Louisiana before performing for the crowd...

UPDATED Sunday at 11:45 pm from New Orleans...

Nightline's Terry Moran tells The BRAD BLOG that he wouldn't be surprised if 30,000 protesters showed up in Jena, Louisiana and states that the rally will get the country's attention...

"Jim Crow, you got to go, let my people go"...

Mitchell Austin of Atlanta, Georgia hopes for "a new beginning for the people of Jena, both black and white, for the betterment"...

Ben Hart from Jackson State University and some fraternity brothers sing "zoom zoom zoom"...

UPDATED Monday at 10:45 am from New Orleans...

Texas Southern University students Faith, Erik and Stephanie speak out against the injustice in Jena, Louisiana and racism in general. Additionally, the three describe and contrast their own personal experiences with that of the Jena Six which helps highlight the extremeness of the measures taken against the Jena students...

Ray Thomas from Phenix City, Alabama, a veteran of the civil rights movement, speaks out about the Jena Six and other issues...

...MORE VIDEOS HERE SOON...

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"EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Live From the Jena Six Rally in Louisiana..."
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COMMENT #1 [Permalink]
... Emily said on 9/21/2007 @ 1:04 pm PT...

Thank you Brad for being there and being a media outlet for this. I've been following this story for a good little while now and am pleased to hear that these guys are finally getting some help and the media attention they deserve. Some stupid white guy disrupts a forum (which was supposed to be over) and gets in trouble with the cops and it's all over the news but when these six black guys have REAL injustice to them it takes months before it's even heard about. Thank you Brad!!! I'm so glad to hear so many well known African-American leaders are there like Sharpton and MLK III.

COMMENT #2 [Permalink]
... Emily said on 9/21/2007 @ 1:09 pm PT...

I also wanted to add I look forward to more video's from you on the rally coverage since I sadly can't be there myself in person anyways.

COMMENT #3 [Permalink]
... Brad Friedman said on 9/21/2007 @ 4:46 pm PT...

Credit where it's due, Emily. It's actually Alan Breslauer whose down there covering for BRAD BLOG (as opposed to me).

Wanted to make sure he got his due! Either way, happy you're happy we're able to add to the coverage out there (or lack thereof!)

COMMENT #4 [Permalink]
... JUDGE OF JUDGES said on 9/21/2007 @ 5:41 pm PT...

Hmmm... Surprised by all of bush's Kompassionate Konservative Kriminals . . .

. . . anyhow Hell just another private exclusive organization ONLY FOR republicans.

COMMENT #5 [Permalink]
... Onyx said on 9/21/2007 @ 6:53 pm PT...

I agree with what the Reverend Sharpton said on the news tonight (MSNBC-Olbermann). These young men, all of them, black and white, deserve properly measured punishments. So far the whites have received nothing and the blacks have received 100 times what they deserve.

Don't forget neither side is innocent. The white boys committed a hateful crime and blacks beat a boy unconscious. Emily - I hope you're not defending this.

The DA appears to be the real racist.

COMMENT #6 [Permalink]
... Onyx said on 9/21/2007 @ 6:55 pm PT...

Correction - I saw Reverend Sharpton on Democracy Now

COMMENT #7 [Permalink]
... Phil said on 9/21/2007 @ 7:45 pm PT...

I watched democracy now on Public Access CH 17
http://live.upstreamnetworks.com/15834-33555?

this morning.

Listened to Amy.

I don't know what to say about racism in America.
A show of force, does get the point out. I wonder what it was like to get the free-speech zone pass for that event?

Oh wait.. They just showed up.

We should just SHOW UP about electronic voting too.
We need to show up for the WAR too..

You can't change racists, but you can REMOVE THE CORRUPTION if you uphold your OATH OF OFFICE, and you have honest elections.

COMMENT #8 [Permalink]
... Phil said on 9/21/2007 @ 7:57 pm PT...

They = we

I am not a racist. (if there was any confusion)

If I am, then end my life.

COMMENT #9 [Permalink]
... Emily said on 9/21/2007 @ 10:10 pm PT...

Oh I see Brad. Well either way he's sort of I guess a part of your website's team right? So none the less you're putting it up here for everyone to see. I thought that the voice didn't quite sound like yours but of course I've only heard you a couple of times and on your radio show (speaking of which is that coming back ever??). I've been following this for a good while now and am pleased to hear more people are starting to realize what's going on even if it's not the total full picture. The fact these six guys were charged as adults when they were not adults is totally ridiculous and goes against even what every law student knows is wrong (speaking as one).

COMMENT #10 [Permalink]
... Dredd said on 9/22/2007 @ 4:08 pm PT...

I know what to say about racism in America.

It has been around since the King ... of England (a.k.a. "the south").

When America started, the environment was heavy with the strong odor of slavery (an extreme form of racism ) and the dems did not have enough spine (a.k.a. "votes:) to stop it on the spot.

Like the Iraq war.

They figured we could pull out our pistols and start taking out neoCons now, or we could wait for Abraham Lincoln.

Well, the wimps were ~~right~~ correct.

~~Just Us~~ Justice takes time and it has its reversals.

I still love America even tho a lot of criminal bastards want the King to rule ... yep, even after all these years.

Fuck them but don't fuck up patient democracy in the mean time. That would bring on demockcrazy.

Love ya ... dredd out.

COMMENT #11 [Permalink]
... Mark A. Adams JD/MBA said on 9/27/2007 @ 6:00 pm PT...

Parents of Jena 6 speak at National Judicial Reform Conference
http://video.google.com/...ocid=8670236700863473591

Link to speech titled "No Justice, No Peace" given by Mark A. Adams, Esquire JD/MBA at the National Judicial Reform Conference at Rice University in Houston, Texas.
Higher Quality Video http://video.google.com/...ocid=5135583133302349969
Lower Quality Video http://video.google.com/...cid=-5274592268158533722

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