A teenager who was arrested and charged in the
controversial 2006 beating of a white classmate in Jena, Louisiana was in a
hospital Tuesday after accidentally shooting himself. Mychal Bell was cleaning
a gun when it accidentally discharged, according to his attorney Carol
Powell-Lexing.
Bell was shot in the shoulder. He was taken to a hospital
in Monroe, Louisiana where he had surgery. The wound it not life threatening.
Bell and five other African American teenagers became
known as the ‘Jena 6’ after they beat a white classmate. The beating came after
three white students hung a noose in a tree the was ‘off limits’ to black
students at Jena High School.
The teens faced adult felony charges. The case drew
national attention as many believed the charges were too excessive. Civil
rights groups protested the charges.
Bell pleaded guilty to battery in a juvenile court and
severed time in a youth home. After being released he moved to Monroe.
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