Posted on 07/27/2013 7:54:27 AM PDT by Yo-Yo
A 14-year-old boy remained in critical condition Friday after being shot in the head by a homeowner who said he thought the teen was trying to break into his house. But police said the teen was unarmed and did not pose an "imminent threat" when he was shot and have charged the owner with attempted second-degree murder.
The family of Marshall Coulter said the teenager could move only the right side of his body a little, but not the left. Doctors told the family that if Coulter survives, he would likely be severely brain damaged.
Coulter's family acknowledged the teen's history of burglary arrests but said he had never used a gun.
Police said that Coulter did not pose a threat to the homeowner, Merritt Landry, who works as a building inspector for the Historic District Landmarks Commission.
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I understand this is SOP but, if the case drags as long as the Zimmerman case did, how are the pregnant wife and daughter supposed to pay their bills?
No. I got the sarcasm. I just thought other posters would like to see a picture of the homeowner. This might be shaping up into another Saint Trayvon incident. Everyone knows white guys aren’t allowed to shoot black criminals.
I am sure LA law covers this.
This is pure political hokum.
We gonna lynch Beaudreux
Keep an old sleeping bag out on your back porch. If you have to shoot someone in your back yard, just say you were “camping out.”
Don’t know what makes blacks think they have the right to be one someone else’s property, but I see this all the time.
They absolutely do not care.
I don’t feel sorry for this “boy” at all.
I am sure this man was within the law.
This is a PC witch Hunt.
As long as the brain damage doesn’t hamper his ability to make babies, they’re good. That’s some old looking 14. And everyone has to understand- the Marigny is a ‘hip’ neighborhood of old houses right outside the Quarter. It is filled with liberal urbanites, gays and artsy types who think everything is ‘kewl’ and good. They are PREY but persist in living as though New Orleans is a blissful, funky art community. Predators fill the neighborhood around them and cruise theirs.
New Orleans black’s LIVE in the streets at night.Whole families with babies and toddlers are out at 2am. The criminals OWN the streets while decent people sleep. This 14 year old is not an aberration here, he is NORMAL. What he was doing is NORMAL and, in the black culture,stopping him in any way is outrageous. The demographics have changed-the thugs rule N.O. and anyone who says differently is a fool who has never lived here.
Your Avenge poster is a good start but needs more work. We need to find a picture of the thief when he was a young kid. I’m thinking a kindergarten photo would be much better.
Very succinct.
There you go! That picture looks innocent enough.
Amen.
This is not the 14 year-old but the 23 year-old brother. I think Landry was right shooting a person in his yard at night, but let’s keep all the facts straight.
If obama had a son, he’d be a fairy like him.
“File malicious prosecution charges against the DA.”
There you go.
If the homeowner was a cop himself putting a “ham sandwich” in the boy’s hand would have been the first thing he did before calling 911.
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