David donates a $10,000 to help Jena 6 defense - Sep 20, 2007
David Bowie has donated $10,000 to a legal defense fund for six black teen boys accused of an attack on a white classmate in Jena, Louisiana. Mychal Bell, one of the teens, was convicted of second degree battery in June by an all-white jury, but the decision was overturned. The British rocker said in a statement, ,"A donation to the Jena 6 Legal Defense Fund is my small gesture indicating my belief that a wrongful charge and sentence should be prevented," said the 60-year-old British rock star in a statement on his website. Today a thousand of protesters will march through the small town of Jena, announced the The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
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