Jason Whitlock suggests that Friends of Justice “spoon-fed” our version of the Jena story to the media.  In reality, reporters like Howard Witt of the Chicago Tribune carefully corroborated every detail of our initial narrative; nothing was accepted at face value, nor should it have been. 

But there’s more.  Until recently, essential elements of our narrative have been largely ignored.  This op-ed from USA Today, “In Louisiana, a missed opportunity ignites a racial uproar,” suggests that the horrendous events of late November and early December might have been avoided if Reed Walters, Roy Breithaupt and the local school board had done their jobs properly back in September.  Friends of Justice has been saying this from the beginning.  The puzzle pieces don’t snap into place until this connection is made.