Antonio Olivo, Chicago Tribune
Black community leaders in Chicago on Saturday sought to keep the spotlight on the racially charged “Jena 6″ case in Louisiana a day after a state appeals court there threw out a felony conviction against one of the teen defendants.
Both Rev. Jesse Jackson and Rev. Al Sharpton pledged to continue plans for a demonstration in Jena, La., on Thursday, arguing the overturned battery conviction against Mychal Bell, 17, did not diminish the racial injustice of a case that drew national attention when Bell and five other black teenagers were charged with attempted murder for beating a white teen and leaving him unconscious.
