http://iowaindependent.disqus.com/Iowa's top online-only news outletenTue, 19 Feb 2008 05:18:15 -0000http://iowaindependent.com/1956/more-data-needed-about-hate-crimes-in-iowa-officials-say#comment-1664503<strong>Jena 6</strong> In the timeline of events, according to NPR, CNN and The Associated Press, the fight occurred about two months after the noose hanging incident, which the reports say heightened the racial tensions. I am going to add two months into that sentence to clarify it. Thanks.D. BooneTue, 19 Feb 2008 05:18:15 -0000http://iowaindependent.com/1956/more-data-needed-about-hate-crimes-in-iowa-officials-say#comment-1664502<strong>Misrepresentations</strong> "Black students fought a white student after a noose was hung from a tree on school property."<p><br>The white student was knocked unconscious from behind. He fell to the ground and the black students kicked him numerous times in the head as he lay unconscious. Mychal Bell, the only black student tried so far, admitted in court that the nooses hung three months prior to the beating had nothing to do with his motivation for beating Barker, the white student.</p>dsfMon, 18 Feb 2008 17:02:02 -0000