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The committee further concluded that the three young teens had no knowledge that nooses symbolize the terrible legacy of the lynchings of countless blacks in American history.
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this says one of two things: 1) the "committee" is trying to contain the damage with a story about the supposed ignorance of the students who put up the noose, or 2) the schools of jena are doing an incredibly poor job of teaching american history/social studies to their students.
as for the items in the story, there's nothing new that hasn't already been in other news stories. so much for the medias "failure".
the bottom line, the district atty realized what was just, he changed the bailey's charged crime to assault from attempted murder. that says a lot, and the town can move forward.