JENA (AP) — One wants to be a lawyer. One, a soldier. Another, a sports agent. Some don’t care to talk about their future or that part of their past – five years ago, when they faced up to 40 years in prison in the beating of a white classmate, an episode that sparked the biggest civil rights demonstration the nation had seen in years.
The “Jena Six” are ready to move on. So is the young man who was beaten. So is the town of Jena.
“This is a nice little town, it’s really like Mayberry,” said Jena mayor Murphy McMillin. “We were never portrayed accurately during all that. But now we’re past it and focused on the future.”
 
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