The Rev. Jesse Jackson once again rallied for the embattled Jackie Robinson West Little League team on Saturday, calling on the community that supported the team to pressure Little League International into returning their national title.They sure are creative liars in the Chicago area! To learn about Chicago click on this.
Jackson’s son Jonathan took things a bit further, saying the team did not abide by its boundary rules because of Chicago’s segregation and school system.
Little League International last week announced it would strip the South Side baseball team of the national championship because the adults running the program tried to steal territory that was home to talented players from neighboring programs by falsifying and backdating maps.Jonathan Jackson implored Little League International to learn more about Chicago.
“If we could simply have a conversation with the international Little League in Williamsport, Pennsylvania,” said Jonathan Jackson, the national spokesman for the Rainbow PUSH Coalition.
“I would like to invite them to come to my hometown.”
He said he’d share statistics on school closings, and the city’s murder rate.
“There are some footnotes that need to be made,” he said, blaming city resources for the reason why some Little League players went to schools outside their communities.
Sunday, February 15, 2015
Rev. Jesse Jackson to Little League International: give our boys their title
The Chicago Sun-Times reports:
