(CNN) -- A student who videoed a re-enactment of the "Jena 6" incident apologized and said the video was not intended to make fun of the six black students arrested in the beating of a white classmate, according to The News-Star newspaper of Monroe, Louisiana. The incident involving six black students has sparked protests across the country, like this one in Washington. The video, taped by University of Louisiana-Monroe student Kristy Smith, shows students in blackface apparently acting out the beating of Jena High School student Justin Barker. One of the males in the tape runs onto the beach acting as if he is holding a noose, and three others -- covered in river mud -- pretend to knock him to the ground, punch and kick him. At least one racial epithet can be heard.
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Student tells News-Star of Monroe, Louisiana, she wasn't making fun of "Jena 6"
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Kristy Smith posted tape on her Facebook page; it has since been removed
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Hundreds meet on University of Louisiana-Monroe campus in response to video
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Six black students, dubbed "Jena 6," accused of beating white student
The beating of Barker followed an increase in racial tensions in Jena, @placeholder, including at least two fights, sparked originally when three white teens hung nooses from an oak tree on the grounds of the town's high school.