Razzoo's Second Bouncer on Trial

Prosecuters prepare their case for the trial of the second bouncer at Razzoo's Club, for allegedly killing Levon Jones, a Black college student visiting New Orleans on New Years Eve 2004.

Allegedly is not what the coroner's office said.

Moreover, "The bouncers killed that man," Orleans Parish Coroner Frank Minyard told TV news outlets. His office ruled the death a homicide caused by asphyxia that arose after "excessive physical force."

My heart weeped for the family to hear that the verdict came back "not guilty in the first defendant trial.

That's right, after witnessing the video of the beating of Levon Jones brought memories of Rodney King and a similar verdict of "not guilty". Including, "code blue", sometimes another vicious institution, whos policies can easily cross the lines of injustice. Remember the teacher in the quarters, and the Danzier Bridge incidents, they still deserve to be revisited in the Nation's Supreme Court.

I remembered filming the NAACP march inside the French Quarters, as a demonstration against racism and discrimination. The march goers cried for boycotts, as family members only asked for justice, as we all witness the video, that clearly depicted an assault.

As we stood at the place where Levon Jones was killed, standing where his body marked the injustices on the streets, we all hoped it to be a different picture in court room.

The atmosphere in New Orleans had a stink of racism that many marchers surely believed was the results of Levon's death, but this verdict, is surely to reinforce that notion.

The jury comprised nine white women, two white men and one black man who served as foreman, is a miscarriage of justice in it self.

It seems as if we have to march over and over, ever time an incident of injustice is handed, and at some point, marchers will have to hit the purse string of racism, and perhaps, cripple it for good. Otherwise, we'll continue to operate as some barbaric society, not willing to admit we have a big problem, and a lack of will to correct it.

From Martin Luther Kings speeches, to Rev. Jerimiah Wrights sermon, the lens on America's injustice, are still showing the same race problems decades later. Perhaps it goes back centuries, where the deaths of blacks slaves in the quarters where totally disregarded, and Jim Crowism helped to sustain and maintain racism. Wake Up America, The World is Watching You.