AP:
David Bowie has donated $10,000 to a legal defense fund for six black teens charged in an alleged attack on a white classmate in the tiny central Louisiana town of Jena.
The British rocker's donation to the Jena Six Legal Defense Fund was announced by the NAACP as thousands of protesters were expected to march through Jena on Thursday in defense of Mychal Bell and five other teens. The group has become known as the Jena Six.
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I would encourage any artist to express themselves any way they can. We need the influence of the Arts in the things we do.Let the artists speak, listening to these Lawyers, Bankers, and Cops is not getting us anywhere.
David Bowie, Life on Mars...
Good on ya', brother!
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Do you remember your President Nixon?
Do you remeber the bills you have to pay?
Or even yesterday?
All thanks to David, Ziggy, The Thin White Duke and the rest.
David Bowie a gifted artist and a prince among men.
Now that so many people are there, will some actual good come out of this? Or will the corporate media say, racism?... boring. Let's do wall-to-wall coverage of Brittany getting loaded instead.
David Bowie, my brother. Respect, sir.
Too bad there was not this much support for the Duke lacrosse players.
Good point. Why don't you inquire of various illustrious figures on the Right?
This has got to be a joke right?
The BIGGEST difference, other than race, is wealth. THose Duke boys were not languishing in jail until their day in court because no one could post bail...unl
Bell has been in jail only because he has four prior convictions of assault. The other 5 are not in jail, why is that?
So the "Free The Jena Six" signs and shirts is a tad misleading.
Can't ONE reporter go down there and figure out what 's really going on? This is turning into a dangerous circus, and all the info is sketchy.
Go to Democracy Now; they broke the story nationally back in July and there is nothing sketchy about their reporting.
The story was big even on German media. I can't understand why so many Americans have no clue about it.
Wow, David Bowie, thanks for putting your money where your mouth is.
Pete, I think that's a great idea. There should be some kind of unity statement made. That's the very least we can do.
Well David is married to Iman, so I guess he's putting his mother...s
Damn, I hate that we can't delete and correct our post:
Well David is married to Iman, so I guess he's putting his mouth...so
I'm wearing black today as a sign of unity... I can't afford to make a donation..
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First Posted: 09-20-07 10:44 AM | Updated: 03-28-08 02:45 AM