14 y.o. black intrudor shot and killed in Louisiana, white home owner arrested.

[SteadyMercury]

Also, if this is in fact true, then it is nothing at all like the Zimmerman case.

I've already resigned myself to a few months of just about everything being compared to Zimmerman case by any threadstarter with a political ax to grind.

 

[Steve_McGarrett]

This whole incident, or at least some of it was caught on tape by a neighbor.

"Hazouri says his security cameras allegedly show the 14-year-old scaling his neighbor's fence and eight minutes later the police cars pull up."

"Hazouri claims those same cameras capture three events between 9:40 p.m. Thursday night and 2 a.m. Friday. He says several people allegedly rode by on bikes checking out homes and parked cars."

Hazouri won't share the video with those rascals Sharpton, nor the colored peoples of the NAACP, but says he's giving copies to police and Landry's attorneys. He adds his friend felt threatened before pulling the trigger.


"All I know is that Merritt had told his family that he had said: 'Freeze!' and it looked like the guy turned at him and had his hand on his hip. (Like Trayvon had his hand in his waist band when approaching Zimmerman sitting in his truck)

Things are still in the preliminary stages of investigation.


Marigny homeowner booked with shooting 14-year-old; friends say he believed teen to be intruder | NOLA.com


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."

 

[R.C. Christian]

I'm sorry, that isn't a good reason to blast someone unless you're a cop and everything becomes a good reason.

 

[dilloduck]

When did they say the trial was ?

 

[Esmeralda]

Zimmerman Redux, Merritt Landry | Louisiana Self-defense - Downtrend.com



This is getting ridiculous. The prosecutor is going after this man only because he is a white man who killed a black man, and had it been a black man who killed that young man no one would have said shit.

Do people realize what this will lead to if it keeps up?

Do we realize what this will to lead to if it keeps up? Yes, it will lead to a serious reassessment of the right for every fool in America to have a gun and to shoot first and ask questions later. It will lead to equality in that if a black person shoots a white person or a white person shoots a black person, they will be arrested and treated equally by the law. That's what it will lead up to. The fact you think that whites are threatened by this kind of thing is pathetic. As a white, you expect to be able to shoot black people with no repercussions: well, guess what: there will be repercussions, and if you don't like it, move to an all white country.

The perp climbed a fence to access the man's property dumbass. What do you think he was doing there? Looking for his Skittles?

Calling people names only shows that you are the dumbass. It is not legal to shoot everyone who interests your yard, no matter what time of day or night.

 

[dilloduck]

Do we realize what this will to lead to if it keeps up? Yes, it will lead to a serious reassessment of the right for every fool in America to have a gun and to shoot first and ask questions later. It will lead to equality in that if a black person shoots a white person or a white person shoots a black person, they will be arrested and treated equally by the law. That's what it will lead up to. The fact you think that whites are threatened by this kind of thing is pathetic. As a white, you expect to be able to shoot black people with no repercussions: well, guess what: there will be repercussions, and if you don't like it, move to an all white country.

The perp climbed a fence to access the man's property dumbass. What do you think he was doing there? Looking for his Skittles?

Calling people names only shows that you are the dumbass. It is not legal to shoot everyone who interests your yard, no matter what time of day or night.

Gotta love the irony ^^

 

[Esmeralda]

What was this 14 year old kid doing at 2 in the morning, scaling a fence to get in someone's backyard in the first place?

I would have waited until he broke into the house and then blew him away up close so there's no need for a hospital.

You know the guy who broke into the New Jersey home and beat up the woman there was unarmed right? No weapon. If she shot him, she too would have shot an unarmed black man.

What was this 14 year old kid doing at 2 in the morning, scaling a fence to get in someone's backyard in the first place?

Maybe he was drunk or on drugs? Once when I was a teenager, late at night one summer, when only I and my mom were at home, some man walked into our house. He was wet from walking though backyards and through peoples' sprinklers. She tried to talk to him and realized he was out of it, either drink or drugs. She approached him, talking to him, took his arm, and escorted him out of the house without incident. Sure, if he had been going to break in, and she didn't have a gun, it would have been safer to run and hide, not approach him, but what if she had just shot and asked questions later? She'd have killed someone who was just high and disoriented. How often do 14 year olds, by themselves, enter peoples homes, when people are in them, burlarize them, and injure or kill the people? Pretty much never. People who have guns need to think before they use them instead of just shooting. All this guy had to do was fire a warning bullet into the sky, make sure his house was locked up and call the police. He did not need to shoot anyone; you pro-gun people are all just salivating to blow someone away. It's sickening.

 

[Esmeralda]

Zimmerman Redux, Merritt Landry | Louisiana Self-defense - Downtrend.com



This is getting ridiculous. The prosecutor is going after this man only because he is a white man who killed a black man, and had it been a black man who killed that young man no one would have said shit.

Do people realize what this will lead to if it keeps up?

Do we realize what this will to lead to if it keeps up? Yes, it will lead to a serious reassessment of the right for every fool in America to have a gun and to shoot first and ask questions later. It will lead to equality in that if a black person shoots a white person or a white person shoots a black person, they will be arrested and treated equally by the law. That's what it will lead up to. The fact you think that whites are threatened by this kind of thing is pathetic. As a white, you expect to be able to shoot black people with no repercussions: well, guess what: there will be repercussions, and if you don't like it, move to an all white country.

Yes Virginia, morons REALLY do exist.

Yes, and the easiest way for you to find one is looking in the mirror.

 

[Sunshine]

From the OP:

The victim was shot within feet from the rear door of Landry’s dwelling in New Orleans, in an area accessible only by having to scale a locked fence, suggesting forcible entry onto the property by the victim.

Don't know Louisiana's laws, as they are under Napoleonic law. If that happened in KY, I think one would get arrested. I'm pretty sure that here the intruder has to be IN your HOUSE and not on the lawn or elsewhere. Here you can use deadly force if someone is coming to burn your house down. So, shoot him on the lawn, put a gas can in his hand. People need to know the law. Or drag him in the house. DUH!

Pretty sure, though, this doesn't have anything to do with the Zimmerman case. I think it is more likely just a different set of laws.

 

[Sunshine]

Do we realize what this will to lead to if it keeps up? Yes, it will lead to a serious reassessment of the right for every fool in America to have a gun and to shoot first and ask questions later. It will lead to equality in that if a black person shoots a white person or a white person shoots a black person, they will be arrested and treated equally by the law. That's what it will lead up to. The fact you think that whites are threatened by this kind of thing is pathetic. As a white, you expect to be able to shoot black people with no repercussions: well, guess what: there will be repercussions, and if you don't like it, move to an all white country.

Yes Virginia, morons REALLY do exist.

Yes, and the easiest way for you to find one is looking in the mirror.

It's about an hour too early.

 

[Sunshine]

Zimmerman Redux, Merritt Landry | Louisiana Self-defense - Downtrend.com



This is getting ridiculous. The prosecutor is going after this man only because he is a white man who killed a black man, and had it been a black man who killed that young man no one would have said shit.

Do people realize what this will lead to if it keeps up?

Do we realize what this will to lead to if it keeps up? Yes, it will lead to a serious reassessment of the right for every fool in America to have a gun and to shoot first and ask questions later. It will lead to equality in that if a black person shoots a white person or a white person shoots a black person, they will be arrested and treated equally by the law. That's what it will lead up to. The fact you think that whites are threatened by this kind of thing is pathetic. As a white, you expect to be able to shoot black people with no repercussions: well, guess what: there will be repercussions, and if you don't like it, move to an all white country.

The perp climbed a fence to access the man's property dumbass. What do you think he was doing there? Looking for his Skittles?

 

[Kooshdakhaa]

What was this 14 year old kid doing at 2 in the morning, scaling a fence to get in someone's backyard in the first place?

I would have waited until he broke into the house and then blew him away up close so there's no need for a hospital.

You know the guy who broke into the New Jersey home and beat up the woman there was unarmed right? No weapon. If she shot him, she too would have shot an unarmed black man.

What was this 14 year old kid doing at 2 in the morning, scaling a fence to get in someone's backyard in the first place?

Maybe he was drunk or on drugs? Once when I was a teenager, late at night one summer, when only I and my mom were at home, some man walked into our house. He was wet from walking though backyards and through peoples' sprinklers. She tried to talk to him and realized he was out of it, either drink or drugs. She approached him, talking to him, took his arm, and escorted him out of the house without incident. Sure, if he had been going to break in, and she didn't have a gun, it would have been safer to run and hide, not approach him, but what if she had just shot and asked questions later? She'd have killed someone who was just high and disoriented. How often do 14 year olds, by themselves, enter peoples homes, when people are in them, burlarize them, and injure or kill the people? Pretty much never. People who have guns need to think before they use them instead of just shooting. All this guy had to do was fire a warning bullet into the sky, make sure his house was locked up and call the police. He did not need to shoot anyone; you pro-gun people are all just salivating to blow someone away. It's sickening.

Hey, hey, hey! I'm pro-gun and I totally disapprove of what this guy did. He makes a bad name for gun owners.

Where I live, a high percentage of people have guns. And most of us know, I've grown up knowing, that you let them come inside the house before you shoot them. Odds are, though, if you call the police they'll get there before he's managed to break in the house. If he's stupid enough to break in with a dog barking. You just find yourself a safe place to wait and the instant he comes in that door or window you shoot the ************ dead. No need to even talk about retreat in your own house.

We had a case here about a year ago where two teens, like 19-year-olds, knocked on a guy's door and when he opened it they forced their way into his house (they had guns!) because they'd heard he had a lot of cash on hand from selling marijuana. They ordered him to open his safe (idiots) from which he was able to grab his pistol and shoot them both. One died at the scene, the other died later. A third guy was waiting outside for them and he was arrested and charged. The guy who did the shooting even had a modest marijuana grow going (for his own use ) and no charges WHATSOEVER were pressed against him.

In this state, anyway, just let the scumbag get inside before you shoot him, and you're perceived as a hero.

 

[Kooshdakhaa]

Although...I remember another case where a man had another man down and was stabbing him. This was right downtown, on the sidewalk alongside the city streets! Nobody was doing anything, but one passerby ran to his truck and got a gun, came back to the scene and shot the aggressor dead. He was hailed as a hero. No charges were pressed against him and he was not inside his house. But he was trying to save someone's life.

 

[Sunshine]

What was this 14 year old kid doing at 2 in the morning, scaling a fence to get in someone's backyard in the first place?

I would have waited until he broke into the house and then blew him away up close so there's no need for a hospital.

You know the guy who broke into the New Jersey home and beat up the woman there was unarmed right? No weapon. If she shot him, she too would have shot an unarmed black man.

What was this 14 year old kid doing at 2 in the morning, scaling a fence to get in someone's backyard in the first place?

Maybe he was drunk or on drugs? Once when I was a teenager, late at night one summer, when only I and my mom were at home, some man walked into our house. He was wet from walking though backyards and through peoples' sprinklers. She tried to talk to him and realized he was out of it, either drink or drugs. She approached him, talking to him, took his arm, and escorted him out of the house without incident. Sure, if he had been going to break in, and she didn't have a gun, it would have been safer to run and hide, not approach him, but what if she had just shot and asked questions later? She'd have killed someone who was just high and disoriented. How often do 14 year olds, by themselves, enter peoples homes, when people are in them, burlarize them, and injure or kill the people? Pretty much never. People who have guns need to think before they use them instead of just shooting. All this guy had to do was fire a warning bullet into the sky, make sure his house was locked up and call the police. He did not need to shoot anyone; you pro-gun people are all just salivating to blow someone away. It's sickening.

I had a break in when I lived in TN. I was at home, and the car was in the driveway. Fortunately for him, he left when I turned on the light.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

It is 2AM and a teenager, quite obviously, just wants to get home when he is shot by an armed homeowner for climbing over the locked gate protecting his driveway.

The homeowner has a pregnant wife and a child, and the teenager broke the law by scaling his fence. What do the police do when they arrive?

Arrest the homeowner, and charge him with attempted 2nd degree murder.

Why would they do that? Could it be because the homeowner looks like this.

And the teenager looks like this?

After all, the police admit the teenager climbed over a locked gate, so he was obviously just taking a shortcut.

Unarmed teen shot inside homeowner's fenced yard, but not breaking into home, NOPD warrant says | NOLA.com

 

[velvtacheeze]

It is 2AM and a teenager, quite obviously, just wants to get home when he is shot by an armed homeowner for climbing over the locked gate protecting his driveway.

The homeowner has a pregnant wife and a child, and the teenager broke the law by scaling his fence. What do the police do when they arrive?

Arrest the homeowner, and charge him with attempted 2nd degree murder.

Why would they do that? Could it be because the homeowner looks like this.

And the teenager looks like this?

After all, the police admit the teenager climbed over a locked gate, so he was obviously just taking a shortcut.

Unarmed teen shot inside homeowner's fenced yard, but not breaking into home, NOPD warrant says | NOLA.com

"Whaaaaah! Whaaaaaaah! We can't shoot unarmed black guys and go scot free!! Whaaaaaaah!"

This trigger-happy murderer should have done what Zimmerman should not have done at all: Call the cops.

 

[TNHarley]

It is 2AM and a teenager, quite obviously, just wants to get home when he is shot by an armed homeowner for climbing over the locked gate protecting his driveway.

The homeowner has a pregnant wife and a child, and the teenager broke the law by scaling his fence. What do the police do when they arrive?

Arrest the homeowner, and charge him with attempted 2nd degree murder.

Why would they do that? Could it be because the homeowner looks like this.

And the teenager looks like this?

After all, the police admit the teenager climbed over a locked gate, so he was obviously just taking a shortcut.

Unarmed teen shot inside homeowner's fenced yard, but not breaking into home, NOPD warrant says | NOLA.com

He should have been charged. You can't do that kind of stuff anymore. You can't just shoot someone because they hoped your fence. Not in the city anyway ...

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Based on what I've read of this case, the shooting was justified. Just because he's been charged doesn't mean he'll be found guilty, but I don't think he should have been charged in the first place. The kid invaded his property in the middle of the night. He has a history of burglary. He got what he had coming to him, plain and simple. New Orleans just became a safer place now that he's off the street.

 

[OriginalShroom]

What was the kid doing trespassing, climbing over locked gated, at 2am?

How was the home owner to know the kid wasn't going to break in?

IMHO, the homeowner did nothing wrong what-so-ever.

There is nothing "obvious" that the kid was taking a short cut.

Doesn't the idea of private property mean anything to anyone anymore?

 

[Agit8r]

Sounds like the witness's story made the difference.