Jena

It sounds as if the charges of attempted murder were indeed overly severe in Jena. But is the once-proud Civil Rights movement reduced to defending thugs? In the old days, there were real grievances, such as not being able to sit at a lunch counter or being ordered to the back of the bus. But I'm having a hard time working up sympathy for six toughs who beat up a white guy-or for the people defending them.