Jena 6 Kid freed from jail

[Stinky The Clown]

Just breaking on MSNBC.

I'm sorry, as I type this, the kid's name escapes me. (I'm old, okay?)

[Me.]

1. Mychal Bell

I believe

[Sequoia]

3. Yes. That DA is a kook

Walters also addressed the stress and notoriety the town has been subjected to, saying the only way he and other residents "have been able to endure the trauma that has been thrust upon us is through the prayers of the Christian people who have sent them up in this community." He also suggested that some kind of "disaster" was averted when thousands of marchers came to Jena last week.

"I firmly believe and am confident of the fact that had it not been for the direct intervention of the Lord Jesus Christ last Thursday, a disaster would have happened," Walters said. "The Lord Jesus Christ put his influence on those people and they responded accordingly," he said, without explaining exactly what he meant.

Soon after the district attorney spoke, a local reverend took issue with his comments.

"Obviously, we are serving two different gods here," the Rev. Donald Sidley said. "My Bible says that we should do -- we should be loving, love your neighbor as yourself. For him to try and separate the community like he is and then using Christ Jesus to influence the people that Jesus is working on their side, well, that's -- that's absurd. ... God is god of the human race," said Sidley, of the New Evergreen Church.

CNN.com

[Connie_Corleone]

6. The DA must be friends with Bill O'Reilly.

[Sequoia]

8. Funny....I was going to post a snide remark about him in my post.

But my Clever Lines clipboard was empty.

[ljm2002]

9. "those people" ??!!

"The Lord Jesus Christ put his influence on those people and they responded accordingly," he (Walters) said, without explaining exactly what he meant.

Wow it really takes me back, back to the days when these same sorts would show up on TV after some civil rights demonstration, or after the police had firehosed a crowd, expounding darkly about those durned "outside agitators" causin' trouble, yessirree...

[Breeze54]

10. Oh pleeezzzee! What a total ditto head!

The only thing that saved their asses last week was the peaceful demonstrators!!

Really glad to hear this young man is out of jail!

[MoonRiver]

2. Sharpton gave an awesome speech about this case, just now on CNN.

Bell should be tried as a juvenile, but imprisoning him for 10 months and looking at adult charges was unconscionable, imho.

[LiberalinNC]

4. First, thankfully he was finally released! Second, if Bell is found guilty

at a fair trial...than he's served his time! If he's found not guilty, I hope he sues the DA, the town of Jena...

[MoonRiver]

5. Agree, 100%.

Let justice be done. And god bless those who pursued it in this case.

[gateley]

7. K&R - This entire incident is just so shameful. nt

[emlev]

11. Here's more in LBN, with a great photo of Bell and Rev. Sharpton

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