Two Stories in Louisiana

In a local newspaper, I read today of a story that's going on in the Lower 9th Ward where I have been volunteering. The City of New Orleans is bulldozing and clearing houses in the Lower 9th that have no reason to be torn down. They are certified to be non-blight, yet these houses continue to appear on blighted house lists in order that they may be torn down.

Another story in Jena, LA near the Texas border goes something like this: 6 black students at the high school get arrested for attempted second degree muder for beating up a white kid. Hmmm. Deeper into the story I hear tensions at the school were high after three nooses were found hanging from a tree in obvious threat to the black students there. Also an alumnus from the high school threatens some black students with shotguns. No one is convicted of anything but the black students for beating up a kid. Hm. Nooses.