Like any good story, the ‘Epic of Jena’ has come to an end.

With the end of this story, more and more troubling facts have come to light.

In more recent developments, Mychal Bell admitted in court on Dec. 4, that he hit Justin Barker repeatedly and left him unconscious.

He also took a plea bargain taking a charge of second-degree battery, and will testify against the other five if they decide to go to trial.

This is now the second conviction of this particular crime for Bell. Could this be a patterned history of extreme violence and disregard for society, or just a system that is relentlessly targeting an innocent man?

I am surprised an innocent man is copping a plea even when the entire nation knows of his “injustice.”

Members of Congress were demanding his release, along with celebrities from David Bowie to Mos Def.

With all of this support and attention, Bell should know that his case would be heavily scrutinized. Maybe he realizes how lucky he was getting away with his racially targeted attack.

Even more interesting is the fact that fellow “six” member, Bryant Purvis, is now facing battery charges for beating a kid at his new high school in Texas.

You may ask what had this kid done to deserve Purvis’ fury.

He didn’t yell the n-word or assault Purvis, he was suspected of slitting his tires, an act of vandalism that the police have no record of.

If the both incidents can be described as minor fights, why is the idea that they both are charged with crimes and going to face jail time viewed as an acceptable outcome?

“Injustice” is still being committed, but now everyone seems OK with it.

Is this because of laziness, and lack of attention, or do many realize the truth finally reared its head?

I have never heard of concessions or forgetfulness being part of Martin Luther King’s and Malcolm X’s strategies for civil rights.

On Robert Bailey’s (one of “the six”) MySpace page there were pictures of him with $100 bills in his mouth and other pictures of him showing off bling with “Free the Jena 6” shirts on.

Hell, you might as well start donating aid and resources to Hamas.

They claim “innocence” too.

Aside from all of these questionable problems I sought out the leading group and their story about Jena.

One hundred and fifty-eight words.

This is the total number of words used to describe the situation on “freethejena6.org.”

There is no way you can talk about what has happened in 158 words. Actually, I realize that you can if you happen to be a con-artist.

They have more information on donating money than the story itself.

Ironically, the Chairman of the NAACP, Julian Bond, claimed that Jena “demonstrates the continuing shame of racial division in our country.”

Chairman Bond further pleads, “Join us in making it one of the last.”

He is right in one aspect. We need to show people like him that actively help deepen these divides, this is not acceptable.

Unless Chairman Bond and his cronies are going to quit, debacles like this will continue to happen.

I think I have also exposed some bigger issues we need to talk about concerning race.

Why is it that when a white man tries to separate fact from fiction, he is “extremely racist and using ignorant spin?”

Let’s call a spade, a spade: Being white and disagreeing with the crowd is wrong under the rule and guise of tolerance.

For trying to say what I thought, I was automatically a racist because I didn’t happen to agree with the conventional wisdom.

Instead of using logic and rationality to disprove my thoughts I was labeled racist and ignorant (a fascist, and oppressive tactic), with the hope I would cower in fear at these allegations and stop talking.

Now I know how those in the Bus Boycott and Selma marches felt, going up against everyone who attacked me simply because I thought differently.

I didn’t get a brick through my window or my house burned, but either way, wrong is wrong and intimidation is intimidation.

The prejudice of me being white and therefore automatically racist is disturbing.

So much for tolerance itself, I guess we can stereotype “Whitey.”

People supported the Jena Six because of their racist prejudices. The system was to blame.

There was no compromise or even acknowledgment of facts.

This makes sense when I see 45,000 petitions were sent to drop all charges.

They did not care about anything that they were not told by “civic leaders” and developed a mob mentality of “opposition is racism.”

Many “took a stand” in Jena. Few realized that they were the ones now standing on the side of racism, hate, intolerance, oppression and ignorance.