Prometheus 6

Nooses are pranks, racists screeds are not viable threat...

Exactly what does it take for an anti-Black racist to be taken seriously nowadays?

Deputies had already stepped up patrols around the six families' homes "to keep reporters away," LaSalle Parish Sheriff Carl Smith said last night. Smith added that he did not think the posting was "any kind of viable threat," but that his officers would remain vigilant.

Neo-Nazi Web Site Probed In Jena Case
By Avis Thomas-Lester
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, September 22, 2007; A08

FBI agents are looking into a neo-Nazi Web site, which has listed the home addresses and phone numbers of the six black teenagers charged in the beating of a white schoolmate in Jena, La., a bureau spokeswoman said last night.

The Thursday posting on the site that lists the information also encourages readers to "get in touch, and let them know justice is coming."

The FBI is investigating to see whether the posting violates federal laws, special agent Sheila Thorne said from New Orleans.

Deputies had already stepped up patrols around the six families' homes "to keep reporters away," LaSalle Parish Sheriff Carl Smith said last night. Smith added that he did not think the posting was "any kind of viable threat," but that his officers would remain vigilant.

Parish officials have not encouraged the families to leave their homes, the sheriff said, "because we don't want to make people feel like they're living under siege."

Also yesterday, a judge denied a request to release Mychal Bell, the only teenager still jailed.

LaSalle Parish District Judge J.P. Mauffray declined a defense motion for a writ of habeas corpus that sought to have Bell, 17, released, family members and court sources told the Chicago Tribune. A second judge also turned down a defense motion seeking to remove Mauffray from the case.