“I would like to be your best friend, but I can be your worst enemy.”
“With a stroke of this pen,” he told the students, “I can take your life away!”
“I will not tolerate this type of behavior, to those who act in this manner, I tell you that you will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law and with the harshest crimes that the facts justify. When you are convicted, I will seek the maximum penalty allowed by law. I will see to it that you never again menace the students at any school in this parish.” Three quotes from LaSalle Parish District Attorney Reed Walters
And the fine White People of Jena? They agree, after all it was just an innocent prank. The suspensions of the students who hung the nooses from the tree were overturned as they should have been, it was just a prank. The White people all agree with Reed Walters that there is no racism in Jena, and this issue is not about racism. I suppose we must take their word for it. The nooses were obviously hung on the tree to scare off horse thieves and cattle rustlers. About 75% of the residents have left Jena this week, with one must assume, their cattle and their horses in fear that these people busing in will steal them. CNN calls this a "Disconnect" instead of "fking bullcrap".