Jeremiah Munsen

Jeremiah Munsen

Jeremiah Munsen is being charged for allegedly displaying hangman's nooses from the back of his pickup truck during a civil rights march last year in Jena, Louisiana. Over 20,000 people protested injustice in the handling of... [more]

Jeremiah Munsen is being charged for allegedly displaying hangman's nooses from the back of his pickup truck during a civil rights march last year in Jena, Louisiana.

Over 20,000 people protested injustice in the handling of racially charged cases in Jena. Jeremiah Munsen slowly drove his truck and noose past crowds of protesters during this time.

Teen Pleads Guilty to intimidating Jena 6 Marchers


Federal authorities announced Friday that Jeremiah Munsen, 18, of Colfax, Louisiana, admitted that he placed two large nooses on his truck on September 20. He and several othersdrove repeatedly past a group of marchers gathered at a bus depot in Alexandria ( about 35 miles south of Jena), where the marches took place -- as they awaited buses to return them to Tennessee.

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