The Jena Six are six young men who decided to beat a young man unconscious...

From all evidence gathered by law enforcement detectives, the violent attack of Barker by seven black students at Jena High School December 4 is not linked to the arson fire that destroyed the main academic building four days prior or the hanging of a noose at JHS in August. U.S. Attorney Donald Washington has stated on numerous occasions that no where in any witness statements concerning the attack is there ever any reference to the noose incident in August, thereby, discounting the attack was related to the noose hangings. Investigator Paul Smith of the LaSalle Parish Sheriff’s Department said the investigation so far has revealed no link between the fire or noose incidents and several fights throughout Jena over the previous weekend involving white and black students of JHS.