tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post7618180562562487766..comments2024-03-28T03:15:55.088-04:00Comments on Fetch me my axe: Oh, jeeeeeeeeezu...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-41278848864693832007-09-20T09:24:00.000-04:002007-09-20T09:24:00.000-04:00Of course they were a threat. The only thing a noo...Of course they were a threat. The only thing a noose is used for is murder. So, even if the kids who put it there didn't think through the racial implications (and please -- they used a noose in the South!), they still made a death threat. They knew it would freak people out, which was the point. I'm even willing to believe they didn't think it would end up this big a deal. Which is a fault of Zanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01086497481509929875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-39739627944572300222007-09-19T20:42:00.000-04:002007-09-19T20:42:00.000-04:00I am 45 and I think if someone hung nooses from a ...I am 45 and I think if someone hung nooses from a tree I had been sitting under, I'd be in a fight over it...even with out the historical context here. <BR/>TO me those nooses were nothing more than a threat. sigh.andihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07193493687484232494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-81593827236756538672007-09-19T09:10:00.000-04:002007-09-19T09:10:00.000-04:00Oh, I know people are like this everywhere. It's j...Oh, I know people are like this everywhere. It's just very disheartening to have this happening so very close to home. Not surprising, but still. And what kills me are the people who live in this area who just don't get it. They really do think that nothing wrong has happened to these boys. *sigh* And I don't understand why people can't put themselves in someone else's shoes -- how hard is it to Zanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01086497481509929875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-63585749374524530862007-09-19T07:37:00.000-04:002007-09-19T07:37:00.000-04:00"*sigh* Times like these, I want to relocate to Ca..."*sigh* Times like these, I want to relocate to Canada or somewhere."<BR/><BR/>Zan, people like this are everywhere.Rootietoothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804816032287310463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-4027800277006045412007-09-19T02:37:00.000-04:002007-09-19T02:37:00.000-04:00In Canada, they have a saying. "You guys are all r...In Canada, they have a saying. "You guys are all racists. We're not - our minorities really are lazy."Alonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17267294744186811858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-47757670209724821412007-09-18T21:28:00.000-04:002007-09-18T21:28:00.000-04:00Because they didn't toss the charges, exactly. The...Because they didn't toss the charges, exactly. They vacated the conviction, because he should have been tried as a juvenile but he was tried as an adult. So, the DA has the option of holding him on bail pending the juvie trial. He's also planning to appeal the overturn to the La. Supreme Court. He's got 2 weeks to do that. If he doesn't file an appeal in two weeks, then Bell goes free even if he Zanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01086497481509929875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-90374142762135083992007-09-18T18:39:00.000-04:002007-09-18T18:39:00.000-04:00why in the name of all that is holy is he even bei...<I>why in the name of all that is holy is he even being held if his conviction was overturned? why would he need a bail hearing - he should have just been released.</I><BR/><BR/>His shoes were reclassified as a motorised vehicle and he's now up on charges of using them in a pedestrianized area.R. Mildredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00932355251730998294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-26973592588514529952007-09-18T18:11:00.000-04:002007-09-18T18:11:00.000-04:00why in the name of all that is holy is he even bei...why in the name of all that is holy is he even being held if his conviction was overturned? why would he need a bail hearing - he should have just been released.andihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07193493687484232494noreply@blogger.com