Do Civil Rights Era Tactics Still Work?NEW ORLEANS -- A judge ordered a black teenager back to jail, deciding the fight that put him in the national spotlight violated terms of his probation for a previous conviction, his attorney said.
Mychal Bell, who along with five other black teenagers in the so-called Jena Six case is accused of beating a white classmate, had gone to juvenile court in Jena on Thursday expecting another routine hearing, said Carol Powell Lexing, one of his attorneys
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That's crazy given the fanfare. Whoever that judge is, they sure 'aint scared.' (wink). In the back of my mind, I'm thinking that his atty should have at least had some sense that custody was a possibility. But I guess not.
Fights violate parole and probation.
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