Already, another Trayvon Martin incident has just happened (22065 hits)
Merritt Landry shot a 14-year-old boy who was standing near his car. He shot the young teen in the head. Merritt Landry has been booked with attempted second degree murder.
This comes less than two weeks after the Trayvon Martin verdict.
“A Marigny homeowner has been booked with attempted second-degree murder after he shot a 14-year-old boy in the head early Friday, police said. The homeowner’s friends and neighbors said the owner believed the teen was an intruder. The teenager remains hospitalized in critical condition, police said.
New Orleans police arrested Merritt Landry, 33, a building inspector for the Historic District Landmarks Commission, after conducting multiple interviews and reviewing crime scene evidence, including a single spent casing at the scene, NOPD spokeswoman Remi Braden said.
Police said the teen was near Landry’s vehicle when he was shot. Landry’s friends said the vehicle was in the driveway behind a gate just a few feet from the house’s backdoor.
Landry’s attorneys, Michael Kennedy and Miles Swanson, issued a statement after the arrest saying, “This incident is terrible, and Mr. Landry feels terrible about how things have occurred. Nevertheless, we remain convinced our client has done nothing wrong, and we are sure — as facts come to light — it’ll become clear that Mr. Landry will be fully exonerated of any wrongdoing.”"
A Marigny homeowner has been booked with attempted second-degree murder after he shot a 14-year-old boy in the head early Friday, police said. The homeowner's friends and neighbors said the owner believed the teen was an intruder. The teenager remains hospitalized in critical condition, police said.
New Orleans police arrested Merritt Landry, 33, a building inspector for the Historic District Landmarks Commission, after conducting multiple interviews and reviewing crime scene evidence, including a single spent casing at the scene, NOPD spokeswoman Remi Braden said.
Police said the teen was near Landry's vehicle when he was shot. Landry's friends said the vehicle was in the driveway behind a gate just a few feet from the house's backdoor.
Landry's attorneys, Michael Kennedy and Miles Swanson, issued a statement after the arrest saying, "This incident is terrible, and Mr. Landry feels terrible about how things have occurred. Nevertheless, we remain convinced our client has done nothing wrong, and we are sure -- as facts come to light -- it'll become clear that Mr. Landry will be fully exonerated of any wrongdoing."
A spokesman for the City of New Orleans said that Landry has been placed on emergency suspension without pay, pending the outcome of the criminal investigation.
Merritt Landry.jpg Merritt Landry, 33
A friend, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said he heard Landry's account that he thought he was shooting at an intruder from Landry's father, former St. Bernard Parish Justice of the Peace Larry Landry, who had heard directly from his son.
Charles Hazouri, a friend who owns property near the 700 block of Mandeville Street, where the shooting happened, said his surveillance cameras captured two juveniles riding BMX bikes up and down Mandeville and Dauphine streets around 1:44 a.m. One of the teens was wearing a blue tank top with white stripes; the other was wearing a light-colored T-shirt, Hazouri said.
Earlier in the evening, a different neighbor said, the teen in the blue tank top had been biking around the area around 8 p.m. and the neighbor believed he was looking at different houses.
"I thought about calling the cops, but the last thing I want to do is racially profile a little kid who's just biking," said the neighbor, who spoke on condition of anonymity. The neighbor and Landry are white; the two teens are black.
Hazouri said his video, which he gave to NOPD detectives, shows the two teens talking in the middle of Mandeville Street outside of Landry's house. The video then shows the teen in the light-colored T-shirt walk his bike across Mandeville toward Landry's house. Then, the teen walks back out to the middle of the road before climbing over Landry's fence, Hazouri said. The other teen in the tank top stayed on the other side of Mandeville Street, Hazouri said.
Landry's large dog started barking, which alerted Landry to the teen being inside his yard, according to Landry's friends.
Landry, who has a pregnant wife and baby daughter, believed the teen was trying to break into his house, Hazouri said.
"Merritt is a friend. I can't blame him one bit," Hazouri said. "He's got a family. You've got to protect your own."
Speaking before Landry was arrested, Hazouri acknowledged the potential for his friend to be in legal trouble, nodding to the recent controversial acquittal of George Zimmerman in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Florida. Zimmerman's trial brought issues of self-defense shootings, racial profiling and Castle or "Stand Your Ground" laws to the national spotlight.
"Unfortunately, I feel bad about it because I hope it doesn't turn out to be another Florida deal," Hazouri said. "I'm a permit holder and a gun owner myself. You've got to stand up for your family."
Authorities ask anyone with information on crimes to call Crimestoppers at 504.822.1111.
Saturday, July 27th 2013 at 2:11AM
DAVID JOHNSON
@Irma
Speaking to David by text or cell phone?? He signed-in earlier??? He can defend himself???
Now Irma Robinson no need to keep hot about the little simple questions I asked.
Notice: How my last comments were deleted????
Monday, July 29th 2013 at 7:35PM
Yaiqab Saint
JAKES you been up all nite click click ,,,,clicking on this post then you want to run back like you dont know how the hits got up ,,,see your so dumb you'd do it on a day when im not around thinking it wont be noticed bet you damn fool yesterday was my birthday and i was out partying with the fam ...got you again for trying to cause trouble that you try to disguise as coming from someone else but you are the real trouble maker ,,,,,
busted ,,,busted ..busted again,,,jakes you love making a fool out yourself !
mom your sooo right !
Monday, July 29th 2013 at 11:52PM
DAVID JOHNSON
Greetings:
The Trayvon Martin kike incidents are going to keep happening until you all come under the protection of God now that we have a genuine prophet who has been anointed to lead us into our own sovereign country right here on this continent.
When the killing of the Children of Israel stopped was when they hook-up with Moses. They had God’s protection when God held Pharaoh back with that ball of fire all night while the Israelites cross the Red Sea that Pharaoh’s army drowned in am I right.
Until Black Americans hook-up with me we will continue to suffer casua
jake ms. irma is talking to you, answer the question???
Friday, August 2nd 2013 at 9:50PM
Kemetria 'Kim' Smith
MOM ,I did not see reg's comment ,i missed it
Friday, August 2nd 2013 at 9:56PM
DAVID JOHNSON
@JAKIE, I HAVE NEVER LEARNED TO DRIVE A CAR, DON'T OWN A CELL PHONE AND HAVE NEVER TEXED IN MY LIFE BUT YOU KNOW YOU NEVER ALLOW TRUTH OR FACTS OR THE REAL WORLD STAND IN YOUR REALITY NOW DO YOU? ...
LIFE SHOULD BE ENJOYED NOT MADE THE LIVING HELL YOU MAKE IT JAKIE FOR YOUR SELF.(SMILE)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
OH WELL, I BELIEVE JAKIE IS OVER ON IS RE: JEN I AM NOT THROUGH...POST TRYING TO DENY REGGIE EVEN SENT A COMMENT TO HIS BLOG...I JUST REFUSED TO COMMENT TO HIM ON THE MATTER ANY MORE....HE IS JUST BLOWING SMOKE FO RJEN AND ROBERT ABOUT HE WANTS SIEBRA TO COME BACK BECAUSE HE HAS SOME QUESTIONS FOR HER...D-U-H. LOL!!!(SMILE)...
NOW I HAVE TWO NAMES FOR JAKIE TO RUN FROM...CHRISTINE AND REGGIE...
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
@THE BLOG KING...LETS SEE IF JAKIE HAS THE BALLS AND JEN HAS THE BALLS TO ALLOW HIM TO PUT AND NOT FORM HIS NEEDS TO POST SOME OF WHAT IS BEING SAID BY HIM IN ONLY TRANSFERING TO HER POST SOME OF WHAT IS SAID ON THIS POST AS HE HAS JUST DONE...
IT LOOKS LIKE JEN IS GOING TO BE FORCED TO BLOCK YOU NOW BUT CAN SHE AFFORD TO DO SO SINCE SO FAR SHE HAS ONLY BEEN ABLE TO CONVERT JAKIE AND ROBERT TO FOLLOW HER AS SHE TRYS TO BUILD HER PRIVATE NATION HERE ON BIA SITES...SHE SURE HAS BEEN TRYNG TO CON YOU ON YOURPOST LATELY AND SINCE SHE WAS ABLE TO FULLY FINALLY RECOVER FROM THE SLAP DOWN YOU GAVE HER ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO.LOL!!! (SMILE)...JEN MAY FORGET HER ASKING FOR YOUR FORGIVENESS, BUT I WILL NOT AND SHE HAD BETTER PRAY (NO CHANTING SEEM TO WORK BETTER FOR HER THAN HER PRAYERS HAVE DONE...SHE HAD BETTER CHANT TIS OST WHER SHE DID THIS HAS BEEN GONE UP IN THE THIN AIR SHE NOW CLAIMS... (ROTFLMAO)...
@JAKIE WHY DID YO DELETE REGGIES COMMENT...AND MY SON DID YOU GET TO SEE IT BEFORE IT WAS DELETED???????????????????????????????????????????????????????..."I" MISSED IT...
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
HARRY ARE YOU SAYING YOU PLAN TO HELP END THIS IN AMERICA BY YOUR FINALLY FIGURING OUT WHAT THE HELL YOU ARE TLAKING ABOUT AND WE SHOULD JUST TAKE FAITH IN YOU WILL S-O-M-E-D-A-Y BE ABLE TO DO THIS, HARRY?(NUP)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
I HAVE NO IDEA IF JAKIE IS TALKING ABOUT YOU DELETED HIM OR HE IS TRYING TO SAY I DELETED HIM OVER ON MY BLOG WHERE I TOLD HIM TOPOST THE REST OF WHAT WENT ON THER SINCE HE WAS PUTTING PARTOF WHAT WAS ON ANOTHER ONE OF MY BLOGS THERE AND LEAVINF OFF THE REST WHEN HE CHICKENED OUT ON WHAT HE HAD SAID HIS OWN SELF...SINCE HE KNOWS I ALWAYS GIVE WARNINGS BEFORE I DELETE...BUT, POOR THING HOW IN THE WORLD DID HIS BRAIN GET IN SUCH BAD SHAPE FROM ONLY COMING ONTO THIS POST OF YOURS MY SON...
JAKIE WAS ALREADY UP THE CREEK WITHOUT A PADDLE, BUT IT SEEM SINCE READING THIS POST...HE HAS BEEN TRYING TO TOP HIS OWN SELF IN BRAIN DEADSVILLENESS. (NUP!!!)...
AND THIS WAS BEFORE DAVID GAVE HIM HIS REGULAR SLAP, SLAP, SLAP.LOL!!!...NOW HEE HE IS ALL THE WAY OVER HERE...THISIS THE LAST BLOG JAKIE SHOULD EVER REVISIT...E-V-E-R...E-V-E-R...E-V-E-R...AGAIN...
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
POOR JAKE IT SEEM HE IS NOW COMING AFTER ME BECAUSE YOU ARE TOP BLOGGER...I JUST POSTED AN OPEN LETTER TO ADMINISTRATION ON IF JAKIE AHS A PROBLEM WITH THEY I DON'T WANT HIM SCAPE GOATING ME VOER IT AND HE SHOULD COME TO THEM WITH HIS PROBLEMS. LOL!!!GOD, HOW DO THESE PEOPLE GET TIS FUC#ED UP IN TH EMIND LIKE THIS ANDYWAY???????????????????? (NUP)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
WITHOUT THE WORD SKIN HEAD WRITTEN ACROSS HIS NECK THIS GUY LOOKS LIKE HE COULD BE KIN TO THAT SKIN HEAD JUST ARRESTED FOR KILLING THAT s*x OFFENDER AND IS WIFE YESTERDAY...HE LOOKS JUST LIKE HIM TO ME. (SMILE)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
@DAVID, THANK YOU AS WE NEED THESE KINDS OF WAKE UP CALLS THAT THE 'STRUGGLE CONTINUES AND WE MUST RAMAIN UNITED IN OUR DETERMINATION TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY...ESPECIALLY IN OUR NEED TO RELEARN WE ARE DIFFERENT BUT NOT DEFICIENT NOR NOT PASSIVE PEOPLE, WE MUST CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR EQUAL JUSTICE IN AND BY GOING TO COURT. TIME IS ALWAYS ON OUR SIDE AS IT IS ALWAYS ABOUT THE NEXT GENERATION WITH US.(SMILE)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
O-M-G...AT LEAST DURING THE WHITE ONLY, BLACK ONLY ERA, WE COULD WALK AND RIDE BIKES IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS JUST NOT MOVE INTO THEM. (NUP)...
BUT, IN ME GENERATION WE WERENOT CALLED 'BORN VIOLENT ONLY BORN BLACKS AND *****S WHICH STOOD FOR BRAIN DEAD BUT WITH ENOUGH BRAIN POWER TO KNOW OUT PLACE...
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
