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• Nawlins update

  Published: September 13, 2007, 11:34 pm

  Tags: Political Expediency, Bobby Jindal, Black Politics, Black Political Corruption, Gov Kathleen Blanco, Mose Jefferson, Cheryl Gray, Jalila Jefferson Bullock, Louisiana Politics, Black Voters, William Jefferson, Ray Nagin, New Orleans Katrina, Religious Bigotry, Karen Car

  the massively incompetent Governor, Kathleen Blanco-D Louisiana, will not be running. Speculation centered on chocolate city Mayor Ray Nagin to run in her stead, but, he recently announced, after flirting with a run on the “Tom Joyner Morning Show,” that he would not be a candidate after all. This means that the right-wing

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• Louisiana black caucus appeals to Gov. Blanco

  Published: September 13, 2007, 9:38 pm

  Tags: Jena 6, Racist Prosecution, Jena Louisiana, Punitive Punishment, Gov Kathleen Blanco, Police Prosecutorial Misconduct, Criminal Injustice System, Racism, Race, Racial Profiling, White Supremacy, Power Games, Politics

  Black Caucus asked Gov. Kathleen Blanco to intervene in the case of the Jena Six, but the governor maintains that state law prevents her from acting at this time. Black Caucus Chairman Rep. Juan LaFonta wrote Blanco a letter on Monday and said he spoke with the governor personally to ask for clemency for Mychal Bell, a 17-year-old

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• Jena 6 DA yields to pressure from Governor

  Published: September 26, 2007, 9:20 pm

  Tags: Al Sharpton, Gov Kathleen Blanco, Jena 6, Louisiana Politics, Martin Luther King Iii, Politics, Power Games, Race, Jena Louisiana, Racism, Racist Prosecution

  Associated Press Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco said Wednesday that the prosecutor in one of the so-called “Jena 6″ cases has decided not to challenge an appellate ruling that sends the case to juvenile court. LaSalle Parish District Attorney Reed Walters had earlier said he would appeal the state appeals court’s decision that

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• Finally, CBC steps up on the Jena 6

  Published: September 27, 2007, 6:20 pm

  Tags: Congressional Black Caucus, Gov Kathleen Blanco, Jena 6, Politics, Power Games, Race, Reed Walters, Jena Louisiana, Mychal Bell, Political Expediency, Punitive Punishment, Racism, Racist Prosecution

  letter asking Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco to pardon 17-year-old Mychal Bell, the black teen convicted in adult court of aggravated second-degree battery after the charge was reduced from attempted murder. Bell, who remains behind bars, was one of six Jena High School students arrested after a December attack on a white student, Justin

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• Mychal Bell’s bail set at $45,000

  Published: September 27, 2007, 5:59 pm

  Tags: Al Sharpton, Gov Kathleen Blanco, Jena 6, Louisiana Politics, Martin Luther King Iii, Politics, Power Games, Race, Reed Walters, Jena Louisiana, Mychal Bell, Punitive Punishment, Racist Prosecution

  a juvenile. Wednesday, Gov. Kathleen Blanco announced that Louisiana State Police officers will protect the families of the Jena 6 and investigate any threats they have received. A white supremacist Web site posted the names and addresses of the six black teens after last week’s march, calling on followers to “let them know

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