The words of Walters would later be prophetic.

A string of physical encounters between black and white students in Jena culminated in December when six black teens —Mychal Bell, Robert Bailey Jr., Carwin Jones, Bryant Purvis, Theo Shaw and Jesse Ray Beard—beat fellow classmate Justin Barker, who is white.  

Barker was knocked unconscious as a result of the attack and was hospitalized, treated for his injuries and released the same day. He attended a social function later that night.

Bell was the first of the six to be tried.

After a trial in which his public defender called no witnesses, Bell was convicted in less than 48 hours by an all white jury. He faced up to 22 years in prison before an appellate court threw out the conviction, saying Bell shouldn't have been tried as an adult.

Charges for the other five students are being slowly reduced as well, but as of press time, Bell—the only member of the Jena 6 with a prior criminal history—remains in prison.

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