Posted on 06/19/2014 4:16:35 PM PDT by BBell
The death of Miquial Jackson has defied easy explanation.
Jackson, 14, became New Orleans' youngest homicide victim of the year on May 5. That's when police say a 52-year-old man became so enraged he phoned his roommate to bring him a gun, and chased three teens down a Central City street firing the weapon at the boys.
One shot hit Jackson in the back of the skull, and the eighth-grader died from the head wound at a hospital about three hours later. His brother Lamichael Jackson, 15, was shot in the leg. The third teen, who has not been identified, was not hit by the gunfire.
The accused shooter, Gregory Johnson, had a criminal record and an active warrant out for his arrest, having been named by an ex-girlfriend as the man who stabbed her inside a liquor store nearly three weeks earlier. Workers at McMillian First Steps child-care academy, where Johnson cut grass and occasionally worked as a handyman, said he was "always smiling" and never displayed a foul temper. The school even issued Johnson a photo ID badge calling him "Mr. Gregory," according to an NOPD search warrant document.
Police had not offered a detailed motive for the shooting until a hearing this week. As defense attorneys aimed to expose any weaknesses in case against Johnson and Randy Pittman, 49. And ears perked up inside an Orleans Parish courtroom as two NOPD detectives said the three teens appeared to have initiated the confrontation. At least one of the teens had suggested they play the "Knockout Game," the detectives testified.
Widespread existence of the Knockout Game remains a subject of intense, often racially-tinged, debate in various big cities around the United States and Europe. The New York Times found little hard evidence of a new crime trend in a report last
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If you have to ask, you haven’t been paying attention.
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Looks like Miquial, like Trayvon, is a loser in the Knockout Game.
As long as he’s dead, who cares what you call his attack on peaceful white folks.
Johnson versus Jackson.
It’s racist assault and the result of decades of leftist policy and rhetoric.
What media hype?
the media goes out of it’s way to not report the hundreds of incidents of this
It only makes the news when a non-black supposedly does it
The person they attacked was a 52 year old black man. They didn't know he was a violent felon with a gun when they knocked him off his bike. Ooops!
Indeed. It is a violent, racist assault.
Yes, this is a rising crime trend that NOPD is having trouble coping with. 83.09% (172 votes)
I take it that Gregory Johnson isn't black, because there was no "turning his life around" mention, and Mr. Daley decided to enumerate part of Mr. Johnson's brushes with the law.
Ha ha. Wrong fella to start sh#t with.
I have to say living in Atlanta. ..I only read this on FR...you would think it would be knock out central...but its not.
Ride MARTA?
5 days a week..west end to North side
Stay armed FRiend.
People seem to want to off themselves in front of them... ; (
I’m at spaghetti junction. We’ve had two jumpers in the past 10 days. It’s very rude.
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