David Bowie has donated $10,000 to a legal defense fund for six black teens charged in an alleged attach on a white classmate in the tiny central Louisiana town of Jena.
The British rocker's donation to the Jena Six Legal Defense Fund was announced by the NAACP as thousands of protesters were expected to march through Jena today in defense of Mychal Bell and five other teens.
Bell was found guilty of second-degree battery charges June 28 by a six-member, all-white jury. Before the case was over-turned by the state 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal, his sentencing had been set for today.
Associated Press
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