DN!: Voices from Jena//Activists Head to Jena for Rally to Free the Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:05:08 -0400 DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY EMAIL DIGEST September 19, 2007 = = = = = = = = = * Read Amy Goodman's latest column * "Tipping the Scales of Justice in Jena" http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20070918_tipping_the_scales_of_justice_i n_jena/ Consider writing your local newspaper and asking for them to carry the column, distributed by King Features. Many papers across the US have done so already. If you see the column in your paper, please mail us a copy of the full page, to: Democracy Now! 100 Lafayette St New York, NY 10013 Thank you! = = = = = = = = = * DN! is hiring * Full-Time Senior TV Producer/Editor http://www.democracynow.org/jobs.shtml Full-Time Broadcast Engineer http://www.democracynow.org/jobs.shtml = = = = = = = = = TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!: * White School Board Member in Jena Says District Attorney Reed Walters Prevented the Board from Seeing School's Internal Investigation Before Vote to Expel Jena Six * LaSalle Parish school board member Billy "Bulldog" Fowler reveals the school district conducted an internal investigation about the Jena Six but the school board was not allowed to review it before they voted to uphold the expulsion of the six. The school boardıs lawyer was none other than the prosecuting district attorney, Reed Walters. Asked if he felt that Walters had a conflict of interest that night, Fowler replied, ³Well, Iım assuming that Mr. Walters knows the law.² Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/19/1621212 * Harlem Residents Head to Jena Louisiana for Rally to Free the Jena Six * Activists from across the country are heading to Jena, Louisiana for a major demonstration on Thursday to protest the treatment of six African American high school students who were jailed and faced attempted murder charges for taking part in a fight after nooses were hung from a tree in the schoolyard. Last night we interviewed activists in Harlem as they boarded buses bound for Jena. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/19/1412242 * Voices from Jena: White School Board Member Accuses Jena Six of Committing a Hate Crime, Says Nooses Were Hung from a Schoolyard Tree "In a Joking Manner" * During a recent trip to Jena, Democracy Now! interviewed Billy ³Bulldog² Fowler, a member of the La Salle Parish School Board. Fowler, 68, moved to Jena in 1940. He says Jena is being unfairly painted as racist. He feels the hanging nooses were blown out of proportion, that in the high school setting it was more of a prank: ³This is the Deep South, and [older] black people know the meaning of a noose. Let me tell you something‹young people donıt.² Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/19/1412250 * Voices from Jena: African American Educator from Jena Accuses DA of Conflict of Interest in Handling of Jena Six Case * Former Assistant School Superintendent Cleveland Riser says local district attorney Reed Walters should have recused himself from the Jena Six case because he also serves as the attorney for the local school board. When the school board was asked to review the expulsion of the six students, Walters prevented them from reviewing an internal school district investigation. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/19/1412254 * Headlines for September 19, 2007 * - Iraqi Toll in Blackwater Shooting Rises to 20 - 50,000 Iraqis Displaced Since July - State Dept. 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