Thursday, September 27, 2007

New meaning to getting Munsened

Jena, Louisiana is heating up, even though it's September. The biggest civil-rights march in decades was held last week, in the small town, and things are really starting to get ridiculous. Trouble began last September when a noose appeared under a tree at Jena High School, to warn African American students not to sit in a whites-only hangout.
What followed was the beating of a white youth, who some believe was responsible for the racict stunt.
The trial for the 6 youth involved in the beating has been in the courts for months, but things began to boil over again this month, as demonstrators marched through the town to protest law enforcements treatment of the African American defendants.
To make things even more interesting, this week police arrested an 18 year-old youth in Alexandria, La., near Jena, after they found hangman's nooses draped from the back of his pickup truck while he drove near a crowd of people who had taken part in the protest at Jena earlier in the day. Jeremiah Munsen was charged with inciting a riot, and driving while intoxicated. (via Associated Press)
This puts a whole new face to the old thoughts of Munsen(Munson).
This will be a closely watched situation for the next few months I'm sure. Let's hope that everyone can sort out their differences, so the south can attempt to live down their "dirty" monicker.

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