Posted on 09/06/2005 1:46:24 PM PDT by TheOtherOne
New Orleans Man Arrested, Accused of Shooting at Rescue Helicopter
Published: Sep 6, 2005 NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A New Orleans man was arrested and charged with shooting at a military rescue helicopter.
Authorities said the bullets apparently did not hit anything.
Wendell Bailey, 20, was taken into custody Monday night by agents with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
The agents were in the neighborhood to investigate neighbors' complaints of gunfire and heard shots from an apartment window as a helicopter flew over.
AP-ES-09-06-05 1628EDT
Shoot him.
All right.
Then maybe they were celebrating a wedding.
How about in the freezer at the Convention Center?
"Prosecutors say Bailey had previous convictions for possessing cocaine and distributing marijuana. "
Like that is a surprise!!
Think he might have hurt his head while getting into the cruiser?
Oh brother. That ranks right up there with not evacuating so you can stay home and guard your stuff.
I just cant comprehend what goes into the decision of "lets shoot at rescue helicopters"
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An example of the neuronal functioning of someone who wanted to act out a video game or a movie. People like this really have minimal brain waves!
If this was at night, the flash of the barrel would be expected to be visible. We'll see. No doubt a lot of this activity was angry pot shots, and there wouldn't be any possible excuse this side of insanity for shooting from a place like the Superdome.
sounds like the norm, small enough quantities of this stuff is misdemeanors down there
People DID do exactly that.
Wendell should be locked into a ball and chain, given a teacup, and told to bail.
It's possible that there are folks suffering from paranoid schizophrenia who have not been getting their meds.
Just a thought...
BTFE?
I thought they were BATF...
Anyway, I still think they should be disbanded.
Any legitimate function they serve pursuing criminals belongs with the FBI.
My bad, nowadays it's the BATFE.
"Mr. Bailey later spontaneously combusted in confinement, according to a BATF spokesman."
:-D )))
I don't care if his name was Smith ... they should have shot the idiot.
I don't get this...
If someone's shooting at a military helicopter that's on rescue duty, there needs to be a summary execution.
I thought that martial law was declared down there.
Mark
I like your suggestion of putting the cretin to work.
It wasn't just rumors. The Mayor announced it publicly. And some guys did get themselves shot.
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