JENA -- The rallying cry of "Free Mychal Bell!" -- shouted by thousands Thursday -- won't be answered anytime soon.

Bond for Bell -- the first member of the "Jena Six" to face trial -- was denied a second time Friday, said Marcus Jones, his father.

Bell's father quickly left the courthouse Friday afternoon, ignoring the media's questions and stopping only to quickly tell John Jenkins, the father of another member of the Jena Six, that bond had been denied.

Attorneys for Bell had filed a motion to recuse 28th Judicial District Court Judge J.P. Mauffray and a motion for bond, Bob Noel said on his way into court Friday morning.

Both were denied, according to family of the teen, who has been behind bars since he was arrested in connection with a Dec. 4 incident at Jena High School that left a fellow student unconscious and bleeding with facial injuries.

Bell along with five other black teens -- together called the Jena Six -- were all initially charged with attempted murder in connection with the incident. The victim was white.

District Judge Tom Yeager, with the 9th Judicial District Court, decided Mauffray shouldn't be recused from the case, Bell's grandmother, Rosie Simmons, said while rushing out of the courtroom.

Mauffray then began the bond hearing.

Less than two hours later, Jones came out of the courtroom, protected from the nearly 150 media and onlookers by the still-present steel barricades. About 20 minutes later, Melissa Bell, Mychal Bell's mother, came out, escorted by police, with other family members close behind.

Tears streamed down her face as she was helped down the long sidewalk.

"Stay strong!" one person yelled to her.

"We're praying for you!" another shouted.

"No justice, no peace!" the crowd began to chant.

Melissa Bell shielded her face from media and tried to make her way to her car across the street as quickly as possible but was mobbed by the pack of reporters and photographers. Police repeatedly had to tell them to move, as the group stopped her from walking any farther just before she crossed the street.

Jenkins picked up one of the family members on crutches and carried her to the car. Police surrounded the group trying to protect them from the media, who encircled the police with cameras and microphones shoved toward the center.

Officers had to yell repeatedly to get them out of the way so Bell and her family could get in their cars, back out and leave.

More than 150 members of the media and spectators had been camped outside the courthouse Friday wondering if Mychal Bell might be released from jail.

"This fight isn't over," the Rev. B.L. Moran of Antioch Baptist Church in Jena said moments after the cars took off with Melissa Bell and family. "We will call for another mass march. ... (Mychal Bell) is still in an adult facility without bond. We have a problem."

As a minister, Moran said his first role is to provide moral support to Mychal Bell's obviously distraught parents. But after that, he's there to help them find the "justice they deserve."

King Downing, national coordinator for the American Civil Liberties Union's Campaign Against Racial Profiling, said he wasn't surprised about the ruling. But he said he was hopeful that the national attention given to Bell's case -- especially with Thursday's rally splashed across the front pages of newspapers across the country and dominating the nightly newscasts -- would tip the scales of justice.

Before the ruling was announced, Perry Bell said he had been praying for weeks that his grandson would walk out of the jail Thursday. He added that Mychal Bell was excited about the rallies and everyone's participation.

C.J. Cary, with warfamily.org, came from Virginia Beach, Va., to support Bell and the other boys. While waiting on the lawn, he said he couldn't go home until he found out about Bell's status.

"I understand what they are up against," he said of the attorneys on both sides. "The system is like a tree that isn't capable of bending, so we must break it through prayer and peaceful protest ..."

Cary suggested that the next rally be at the Governor's Mansion in Baton Rouge. And then after that, he said, the White House in Washington, D.C.

"Out of love for Jena, we should give them a break," Cary said. "But don't give the struggle a break."

Bryant Purvis, who has spent much of his time since the incident with his uncle, Dallas Cowboys player Jason Hatcher, waited on the courthouse lawn for the results Friday morning. His mom, Tina Jones, didn't stray far from his side.

Purvis is the only member of the Jena Six charged as an adult whose charges haven't been reduced. He hasn't yet been arraigned.

He, Mychal Bell, Robert Bailey Jr., Carwin Jones and Theo Shaw were originally charged with attempted second-degree murder and conspiracy to commit that crime in connection with the December beating incident. Jesse Ray Beard, who was 14 when arrested, is being tried in juvenile court, and his records in this case aren't available.

Charges against Bailey, Bell, Jones and Shaw have been reduced to aggravated second-degree battery and conspiracy to commit the same.

Friday's hearing came after Bell's attorneys filed a writ claiming that Bell was being held illegally. A hearing on that writ was incorporated into Bell's bond hearing, which had been ordered Thursday within 72 hours by a state appellate court.

Had Yeager ruled that Mauffray should be recused from the case, Yeager then would have presided over the bond hearing and the rest of Bell's proceedings.

Mauffray ruled on Sept. 4 that Bell's conviction of conspiracy should have been handled in the juvenile court -- Bell was 16 at the time of his arrest. However, the judge maintained he had jurisdiction for the battery charge.

Ten days later, the 3rd Circuit ruled that the battery conviction as well should never have been handled in the adult judicial system and tossed the charge back to juvenile court. Walters has said he is considering appealing that decision.

Bell was denied bond on Aug. 24 as Mauffray cited Bell's previous criminal behavior. Prior to his conviction, Bell's bond had been set at $90,000.

During the August bond hearing, it became public that Bell had four past adjudications as a juvenile -- two charges of battery and two of criminal damage to property. The details of the those incidents aren't public.

Tens of thousands of people, including the Revs. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, rallied in Jena on Thursday on behalf of the Jena Six.

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