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Tonya
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Clinton on Jena Six




The New York senator said she has put a request into the Bush administration to ask the Civil Rights division of the Justice Department to investigate the case because, "we have a responsibility to confront racial injustice and intolerance anywhere." She said she did so because she was troubled by reports that the youths were charged and sentenced in a manner that may have been inconsistent with what was called for.

"People need to understand that we cannot let this kind of inequality and injustice happen anywhere in America," the Democratic presidential hopeful told Rev. Al Sharpton when she called into his nationally syndicated radio program Tuesday afternoon.


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http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/09/19/clinton-jena-6-a-teachable-moment/


Barack Obama also criticized the legal proceedings, but apparently not strongly enough for the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who, although he has endorsed Obama, reportedly described him as "acting like he's white."


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http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2007/09/the-jena-six-an.html
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