Thousands take outrage to La.: Marylanders are joining people nationwide to show support for the Jena 6.

From: The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) | Date: September 20, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: Kelly Brewington

Sep. 20--For many, the Jena 6 have become a symbol of persistent racism and uneven justice in the Deep South.

But for Clinton homemaker Kim Carrington, the case of six black teens charged with attempted murder of a white student because of a schoolyard brawl feels very personal.

The accused, she thought, could have been one of her five sons. That's how vulnerable young African-American men are to racial bias in the criminal justice system -- even today, even in Maryland, she said.

"This movement is something that they can relate to," ...

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