School bans shirts in racially tinged case
Associated Press
August 30, 2007
JENA, La.
Officials at a central Louisiana high school have banned T-shirts supporting six black students accused in the beating of a white schoolmate, saying the shirts are disruptive.
About nine students at Jena High School wore the "Free the Jena 6" T-shirts on Tuesday, and the slogan caused too much of a stir on campus, said LaSalle Parish Schools Supt. Roy Breithaupt.
John Jenkins said his three daughters wore the shirts to make a statement, not to cause trouble.
"They weren't doing anything other than wearing the shirts," Jenkins said. "The school doesn't have a dress code. They were covered. They're trying to tell them what they can and can't wear."
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Guilt is a bitch, isn't it?
uh
That is so terrible
To think that someone wearing a T-Shirt supporting a truly terrible injustice should wear whatever they want. And to think one of these young men have been in jail since December 2006 and is possibly going to be sentenced to a jail term of 22 years. This is an "Outrage".
I think my pastor Reverend Al should put up the $9000 to get him out. What say you?