Mychal Bell, convicted in the "Jena Six" beating case, shot himself in the chest and was taken to the hospital yesterday, days after his arrest on a shoplifting charge.
Mychal Bell's wound isn't life threatening, fortunately. The 18-year-old used a .22-caliber firearm in the shooting around 7:40 p.m. I was still out with Shanae and Steeley when all of this went down.
People are speculating that Mychal was upset over media coverage of the arrest last week.
Mychal is one of a group of black teenagers who once faced attempted murder charges in the 2006 beating of a white classmate at Jena High School. The charges for all of the defendants were reduced.
The severity of the original charges brought widespread criticism and eventually led to more than 20,000 people converging in September 2007 on the tiny central Louisiana town of Jena for the largest civil rights march in decades.
My PRAYERS are extended to Mychal Bell and his Family as we ALL stand on the pulse of a New Year; 2009.
As one of My Celeb.u.Tantes and Leading Ladies, KIVA, would say...'MIRACLES & BLESSINGS'
2 comments:
Wow Xem. We can only hope that Bell finds strength in getting his life back and make it through this trying time of injustice. My thoughts go out to his family as well.
Wow...
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