March puts US race row in focus - 21 Sep 07

Thousands of demonstrators have marched through a town in the southern United States in support of six black teenagers initially charged with attempted murder in the beating of a white youth.

The march on Thursday through Jena, Louisiana, was led by Reverend Al Sharpton, a civil rights campaigner. Teresa Bo reports from Jena.

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[shegax03]

yeah one of the reasons why I (an american) is leaving the states to new zealand. Getting crazy over here man.

[BrynWebb18]

aaa I sure do love living in England where there is some sort of common sense when it comes to culture

[Scotta82]

Teresa Bo is argentinian and really hot journalist

[KwakuAnanse]

thanks for that suhailshafi

[kaylakane]

I know anyone outside the US dose not know what happend. The kid Bell asked to sit under a tree that BLACK & WHITE have used for years. He has been CONVICTED of 3 previos violent crimes and one more since this (total-4). He is just a violent little shit that belongs in prison regardless of race. He and 5 kids after knocking out a kid not in this school (or realated to the noises stomped him), thats attempted murder.

[suhailshafi]

Al Jazeera has excellent coverage of the USA.

[EastAtlantaboy]

??? Please stop. Your really enducing out your ignorance. You need to go through a process of gradual change, quick. A racist attack? lol Mr. Jonny the black kids did not bring race into this. That's all I going to say, you have a computer use it to do more research before you come up with a blunt conclusion.

[jonnypicaso9991]

was this not a racist attack by those black kids????!!!! would that kid have been beaten up if he was not white???!!! no. so why is it not headlined as a racist attack as it would be if the situation was reversed, is all i want to know.

[EastAtlantaboy]

And what is up with this news lady!! OMG The qualifications for this job must not be that much because she is horrible. This motivates me though because if she could get a good paying job, I know damn well I'm on my way to become a millionaire.

[EastAtlantaboy]

Today in the white society, whenever a race problem occurs, they always resort to asking "what if." What if the victim was black!? What if it was 6 white kids that beat up 1 white kid and the 6 white kids was charged as adults and was facing up to 22 years in prison! This was a double standard, so quit it with your bigot talk. lol Your facts are all wrong. You need to evolve social, political, and literary. You need to undergo an evolutionary change!

[Beachbug1vw]

For those of you who don't know, Al-Jazeera English is funded and run by the US Government in an effort to get the real story out to counter the Arab Al-Jazeera un-truths!

[crasmane]

I don't consider this to be a smear job.