JENA, La. (AP) — The victim of a beating that stirred massive civil rights demonstrations in a small central Louisiana town has reached a settlement in the civil case against the LaSalle Parish School Board.The settlement is the last matter expected in the so-called Jena Six case in which six black students were charged with beating a white schoolmate.School Board attorney Lottie Bash said Thursday that the board and Justin Barker, the victim, had reached an undisclosed agreement.Bash said the School Board denied any liability in the case, but felt it was time to wrap up the incident.The students were originally charged with attempted murder in the case, which sparked protests by civil rights leaders who said the harshness of the charge was because the defendants were black and Barker was white.- – – -Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at [email protected]
Final civil case settled in Jena 6 matter — 4:05 p.m.
September 30, 2009