The white supremacists coming to march in Jena, Louisiana on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day say they will be bringing guns with them. Richard Barrett, spokesman and attorney for the Mississippi-based Nationalist Movement, said, "We will be armed." The Nationalists' main speaker, Larry Darby, will be carrying his personal handgun to the event, Barrett said. Barrett added any kind of attempt by law enforcement officers to stop or search vehicles coming into the town for firearms wouldn't be tolerated.
The guy is obviously a fool in addition to a racist.
Meanwhile, the Shreveport Times reports opponents of the racists plans to march in Jena urged people Wednesday to take a stand against racism by opposing the procession.
A group called the January 21st Committee has issued a call for people to come to Jena.
"If we don't speak up and stand up, this horrific message will go unopposed," said Alice Woodward, of the Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP), who spoke for other groups opposed to the white supremacist parade.
"If not us, who? If not now, when?"
Initial signatories to the January 21st Committee call include:
A group of 14 Jena residents Black and white, young and old, including two parents of the Jena Six
Addis Bey Ababa, People’s Hurricane Relief Fund organizer, Atlanta
Animas SDS (the Fort Lewis College [Durango CO] autonomous chapter of Students for a Democratic Society
Medea Benjamin, Cofounder CODEPINK* and Global Exchange*
Black Men 7, Eunice, Louisiana
Herb Boyd, The Black World Today, NY, NY
Reverend Raymond Brown, Community Activist, New Orleans
Marcus Coleman, President-National Action Network, Atlanta chapter* and 37 members and supporters attending the 1st NAN Atlanta meeting of 2008
C3 (Community, Concern, Compassion)/Hands Off Iberville, New Orleans
60 residents of Cabrini Green, Chicago
Carl Dix, Revolutionary Communist Party
Education Not Incarceration (San Francisco Chapter)
Miky Espinal, NY organizer for Health & Hospital Workers Union 1199*
Peggy Hendrix, member of Georgians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
Idress Stelley Foundation
International Socialist Organization, Madison Campus Branch
Thomas Kleven, Professor of Law, Thurgood Marshall School of Law*
Mayday New Orleans
Michael Novick, Anti-Racist Action, Los Angeles
NU Coalition to Free the Jena 6, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
Don Paul, writer, musician, Housing is a Human Right, New Orleans
People Against Racist Terror
Don Rojas, The Black World Today, NY, NY
San Francisco Bayview Free The Jena Six Task Force
San Francisco Village Voice Community Radio, 105.5 FM
San Francisco Bayview Campaign to End the Death Penalty
Sankofa Community Empowerment
Sess 4-5, Nuthin But Fire Records, New Orleans
Adam Shapiro, “Current Events” on WRFG 89.3 FM Atlanta
Cindy Sheehan, Candidate for Congress, California's 8th district, mother of KIA soldier Casey Sheehan
Benetta Standly, Georgia Statewide Organizer, ACLU*
Student Organizers from University of California, PA and Howard University
Debra Sweet, Director, The World Can't Wait – Drive Out the Bush Regime
Everett Taasevigen
“Mzee” Leonard Tate, Millions More Movement Atlanta Chapter
Ms. Beauty Turner, National award-winning Journalist/Activist/Groundbreaking researcher, Founder of Poor People Millennium Movement
McNair Wagner, member Georgia Students for Sustainability
Cornel West
William Winters, Baton Rouge Activist
Alice Woodward and Hank Brown, Jena, LA correspondents for Revolution
The following is from UPI.
Group 'will be armed' for MLK protest
JENA, La., Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Protesters with the Nationalist Movement said they "will be armed" during marches in Louisiana protesting Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Richard Barrett, a spokesman for the "pro-majority" organization, said "we will be armed" for a protest of Martin Luther King Jr. Day marches that will also support six black Jena, La., teens charged with beating a white classmate, the Alexandria (La.) Town Talk said Thursday.
The remarks are in contrast to statements by the Nationalist Movement's lawyer, Gregory Aymond, who said Friday the group has "no intention" of carrying weapons following a successful lawsuit filed by the organization against the town of Jena regarding rally permit requirements, the newspaper report said.
The ruling, however, didn't address the organization's opposition to a ban on weapons during marches.
A release by the organization said attempts to search vehicles for firearms would be a violation of the court order.
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