U.S. attorney: Nooses, beating at Jena High not related

JENA, Louisiana (CNN) -- There is no link between the nooses hung by white students outside a Louisiana high school and the alleged beating of a white student by black teens, according to the U.S. attorney who reviewed investigations into the incidents.

The events, though likely symptoms of racial tension, were separate incidents, said Donald Washington, U.S. attorney for the Western District of Louisiana.

The events occurred three months apart last year in Jena, Louisiana.

"A lot of things happened between the noose hanging and the fight occurring, and we have arrived at the conclusion that the fight itself had no connection," he said.

Thousands of protesters are descending on the town of 3,000 to demonstrate Thursday against the way the cases have been handled.

Many said they are angry the six black students, dubbed the "Jena 6," are being treated more harshly than the white students who hung the nooses.

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I justs saw this guy (Reed Walters) on CNN. I know nothing about the guy. I DO know that he spoke out about the beating the White boy took by the six niggers, and you could hear in his voice how angry he was.

He pointed out that the White boy was "blind sided" by one of the niggers. I did not know this until a few minutes ago. The EXACT SAME THING as what happened to Robbie Hedrick up here in Kingston, NY!

We were able to mobilize a little more than 50 angry White people. :krofl

Also...have you guys heard NPR's take on this? http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/19/1621212

-Jim