High-Minded Jena.
By Jim Conley • September 27th, 2007 • Email This Post to a Friend •
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It seems that the efforts of civil libertarians to hem in a police dpartment run amok have paid off.
Wait a minute, you don’t think I’m talking about the abusive public indictment (sans proof) of a selectman by the Brookline Police Chief and Town Administrator?
No, I’m talking about the more enlightened community of Jena, Louisiana [see story].
There’s never been any hope that Brookline’s freedom hand wringers would address the violation of privacy and due process found with this month’s official smearing.
It’s just too hard.
Jim Conley is publisher of On Brookline.
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A precipitating factor in this incident, hanging nooses from the “White Tree,” brings to mind Billie Holiday’s rendition of “Strange Fruit.”