I would like to apologize to Mychal Bell for wearing black clothes on the day of the
I have been checking the black blogosphere and visiting the same sites that posted stories about you until the rally. I have seen nothing about the need to send someone to down there to help you deal with all the pressure or to get you some counseling because you were getting in trouble before the Jena incident so it’s obvious you had some other issues. It’s our fault Mychal because we still think it’s 1965 and things are over once we get the symbolic victory. The only saving grace to me is that you didn’t deserve to be in jail as long as you were so it’s good we came down there in that aspect. It’s also a good thing that the presidential campaign was in 2008 instead of 2007 because you would still be in there now and the famous folks that spoke out on your behalf would have been too caught up in the election to talk about it. I hope you can forgive our lack of following through to the end.
P.S.
My friend Lawanda really wants me to call out Michael Baisden for making himself famous at your expense but since we don't listen everyday we can't say you didn't mention it. Although if you had mentioned his personal problems as much as his legal ones when it was popular you could turn your show on at any moment and hear his name.
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Beautiful Cliff!
The sad part is that there are thousands of Mychal Bells, young brothers with issues that people make out of victims with out addressing thier issues. This young man is unique because he was thrown into the spotlight and no one tried to help him handle that. It's a cycle that we have to break in our community.Unfortunately there are not a lot of resources for family's who have a child headed in this direction until they get into they system. That's why we have to have to change it now.
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