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No charges for Marigny homeowner Merritt Landry in shooting of Marshall Coulter
NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune ^ | May 15, 2014 | Ken Daley

Posted on 05/15/2014 7:32:42 PM PDT by BBell

Merritt Landry, the homeowner who shot an unarmed teenager in the head after finding the intruder on his Marigny property, no longer faces criminal prosecution

Orleans Parish prosecutors on Thursday announced the decision to decline charges following news that Marshall Coulter, 15, who survived the shooting, had been arrested in connection with burglaries in the same neighborhood. The decision also comes after a grand jury failed to take action earlier this year, leaving the viability of the case in doubt.

"I am ethically obligated not to charge an individual against whom I do not possess evidence that proves beyond a reasonable doubt that he committed a crime," Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro said in statement. "Such evidence does not exist in this case."

Police arrested Landry, 33, on a charge of attempted second-degree murder after he shot Coulter, then 14, after finding the teen in the fenced-in area of Landry's property in the 700 block of Mandeville Street.

(Excerpt) Read more at nola.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: banglist; leoncannizzaro; louisiana; marigny; marshallcoulter; merrittlandry; neworleans; trayvonmartin
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Well Trayvon round two is over. Lets see if the Feds step in.

I can't wait for Al and Jesse and all the other race baiters to comment.

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1 posted on 05/15/2014 7:32:42 PM PDT by BBell
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To: BBell

If Ann had a son...


2 posted on 05/15/2014 7:36:21 PM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: BBell

Al is certainly preparing a most lengthy yet strangely much unintelligble rant abut this vital matter of that be assured


3 posted on 05/15/2014 7:37:03 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
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To: BBell

Is Mr. Landry black?


4 posted on 05/15/2014 7:47:24 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican
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To: MeshugeMikey

Justified. Enough said.


5 posted on 05/15/2014 7:48:35 PM PDT by loucon
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To: BBell

And...he’s STILL out there breaking into peoples houses, according to a friend who lives in N.O.


6 posted on 05/15/2014 7:51:25 PM PDT by Shadowstrike (Be polite, Be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
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To: chajin

You know, I’m not happy that the kid was shot. But, unlike the Sharptons of the world, I want to say that he should not have been where he didn’t belong. What was he doing there in the first place? Clearly he was up to no good, and brought what happened to him all on himself.

Maybe when he goes home, he will be a warning to other ghetto kids, of what might happen to them.


7 posted on 05/15/2014 7:52:02 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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isn't this stooopid azz the same kid that just got arrested AGAIN on somebodies property in broad daylight???
8 posted on 05/15/2014 7:56:40 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: Shadowstrike

Yep, but the local reverends are claiming brain damage.


9 posted on 05/15/2014 7:57:49 PM PDT by loucon
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To: BBell

Mr Landry... better practice.


10 posted on 05/15/2014 8:07:13 PM PDT by ExCTCitizen (I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
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To: VerySadAmerican

MR. landry is white.


11 posted on 05/15/2014 8:07:32 PM PDT by BBell (The Blue Dog is Stupid)
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To: Chode

Yes, same hoodlum.


12 posted on 05/15/2014 8:08:12 PM PDT by BBell (The Blue Dog is Stupid)
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To: ExCTCitizen

One shot fired, hit him in the head from 30 feet away and it was dark out(2am). Pretty good shot. Or a lucky one.


13 posted on 05/15/2014 8:12:56 PM PDT by BBell (The Blue Dog is Stupid)
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the boy is definitely a sloooow learner...
14 posted on 05/15/2014 8:14:10 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: Chode

I say he’s hard headed.


15 posted on 05/15/2014 8:24:49 PM PDT by BBell (The Blue Dog is Stupid)
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To: loucon

Enough said...in as sane world

I dont think either of the Just Us Brothers is familiar with the “old” “cliche”


16 posted on 05/15/2014 8:39:35 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
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LOL!


17 posted on 05/15/2014 8:47:48 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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>>>he will be a warning to other ghetto kids...

I doubt it. This criminal behavior won't stop because any effective efforts to get to the roots of the problems bring out cries of discrimination. Whether spoiled rotten by wealthy parents or knowing only a ghetto life, these kids never learned how to lead a responsible life.

Sure, they are guilty of their crimes, but what's wrong with penalizing the bad parents who set them on these paths? Maybe they need to be taught a lesson.

18 posted on 05/15/2014 10:20:09 PM PDT by IIntense (WH)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

“You know, I’m not happy that the kid was shot.”

He survived; it is safe for people to be happy that he was shot.


19 posted on 05/16/2014 4:15:32 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: BBell
pretty much...
20 posted on 05/16/2014 4:48:35 AM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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