Car Owner Fatally Shoots Teen During Alleged Robbery Attempt (New Orleans)

La. also has what is called "shoot the burglar" law..he shouldn't have been arrested and will not (probably) go to trial and if so will not be convicted....but then in New Orleans you are actually in another country....it isn't really part of the state of La....it is mainly located in the state of disarray and confusion.

81 posted on 08/27/2002 6:22:08 PM PDT by cajun-jack

but then in New Orleans you are actually in another country....it isn't really part of the state of La....it is mainly located in the state of disarray and confusion.

Well, thank God for disarray and confusion, because New Orleans has some of the best food on the planet! My wife and I make an annual pilgrimage there. Les bons temps rouillier!

82 posted on 08/27/2002 6:27:39 PM PDT by sinkspur

Well ,Texas is a whole nuther country and if Minor was to move to the west side of the sabine river,what he did would have been perfectly legal.Since I didn't read all the other responses,I am sure some other Texan brought that to the attention of this thread.

83 posted on 08/27/2002 6:31:17 PM PDT by eastforker

politically it is. Make no bones about it. If it wasn't for New Orleans, Louisiana would be solidly Republican with a few conservative Democrat exceptions.

84 posted on 08/27/2002 6:32:12 PM PDT by Bogey78O

Sean Minor, 29, was charged with manslaughter in the shooting, because officers say he wasn’t in danger at the time of the incident.

Didn't we just see an article within the last few days where a cop shot at some teenagers who were tp'ing his yard. No arrest.

85 posted on 08/27/2002 6:36:31 PM PDT by gunshy

Warning shots...HELL! The first warning shot should be to the center of mass followed by a shot to the head. Warning shots are dangerous.

Exactly! What if one of those warning shots had hit the car? He would have had to pay for a replacement windshield out of his own pocket, because the insurance company sure wouldn't pay for it. lol.

86 posted on 08/27/2002 6:36:38 PM PDT by JavaTheHutt

Standing off at a safe distance and shooting a thief who poses no immediate threat to your person or to anyone else is NOT justifiable homicide. I'm a gun owner and a great believer in self-defense, but this ain't it.

Maybe not under the letter of current law, but I can tell you that, as a juror, I would never convict

87 posted on 08/27/2002 6:43:26 PM PDT by SauronOfMordor

88 posted on 08/27/2002 6:47:40 PM PDT by eddie willers

You're quite right. It's a matter of what value you place on a human life over property. I wonder if some these people would be saying the same thing if the dead kid were their own son?

Who knows what the future would have been. Perhaps the car theft was an isolated incident, and the perp would have gone on to become an honor student, get his medical degree, and discover a cure for cancer

More likely, the perp would have continued stealing stuff, graduated to armed robbery, and would have wound up raping and killing a few innocents before winding up in jail. In which case the shooter did the human race a favor

89 posted on 08/27/2002 6:48:37 PM PDT by SauronOfMordor

"When you steal a man's property, you steal a segment of his life. No man should have to submit to that. "

Unless of course 51% of the voters say it's ok, of course.

90 posted on 08/27/2002 6:56:18 PM PDT by Lurker

91 posted on 08/27/2002 6:57:57 PM PDT by Leisler

There's an old saying out West that says:
We don't hang people because they steal horses. We hang people so others won't.

92 posted on 08/27/2002 7:04:38 PM PDT by Shooter 2.5

Justice in the Big Easy.

4th Circuit Court of Appeal, At Large: James F. McKay III*, Democrat.

4th Circuit Court of Appeal, 1st District, Div. A: Sidney Cates, Democrat; Yvonne Hughes, Democrat; Ed Lombard, Democrat.

4th Circuit Court of Appeal,, 1st District, Div. B: Leon Cannizzaro, Democrat; Sonja Spears, Democrat.

4th Circuit Court of Appeal, 1st District, Div. H: Charles R. Jones*, Democrat; Clara Toombs, Democrat.

Criminal district Court, Sec. A: Charles Elloie*, Democrat.

Criminal District Court, Sec. B: Yancy Carter, Democrat; Patrick Quinlan*, Democrat.

Criminal district Court, Sec. C: Michael Idoyaga; Sandra Jenkins, Democrat; Harry Tervalon, Democrat; Ben Willard, Democrat.

Criminal district Court, Sec. D: Frank A. Marullo*, Democrat;

criminal district Court, Sec. E: Calvin Johnson*, Democrat; Joseph Meyer Jr.; Ammon Miller, Democrat.

Criminal district Court, Sec. F: Ermence DeBose-Parent, Democrat; Dennis J. Waldron*, Democrat.

Criminal district Court, Sec. G: Julian A. Parker*, Democrat.

Criminal district Court, Sec. H: David L. Bell, Democrat; Camille Buras*, Democrat.

Criminal district Court, Sec. I: Raymond Bigelow*, Democrat;

Criminal district Court, Sec. J: A.F. "Sonny" Armond, Democrat; Darryl Derbigny, Democrat; Darryl Harrison, Democrat; Tim McElroy, Democrat.

Criminal district Court, Sec. K: Arthur Hunter*, Democrat.

Criminal district Court, Sec. L: Terry Alarcon*, Democrat.

Criminal district Court, Magistrate: Curklin Atkins, Democrat; Gerard Hansen*, Democrat.

Civil District Court, Sec. A: Carolyn W. Gill-Jefferson*, Democrat.

Civil District Court, Sec. B: Rose Ledet*, Democra.

Civil District Court, Sec. C: Roland Belsome*, Democrat; Wayne E. Woods, Democrat.

Civil District Court, Sec. D: Graymond F. Martin, Democrat; Lloyd J. Medley Jr.*, Democrat.

Civil District Court, Sec. E: Madeleine Landrieu*, Democrat.

Civil District Court, Sec. F: Yada Magee*, Democrat.

Civil District Court, Sec. G: Robin Giarrusso*, Democrat.

Civil District Court, Sec. H: Michael Bagneris*, Democrat.

Civil District Court, Sec. I: Piper Griffin*, Democrat.

Civil District Court, Sec. J: Nadine Michele Ramsey*, Democrat.

Civil District Court, Sec. K: Herbert Cade, Democrat; Mavis Early, Democrat.

Civil District Court, Sec. L: Kern Reese*, Democrat.

Civil District Court, Sec. M: C. Hunter King*, Democrat.

Civil District Court, Sec. N: Ethel Juilen*, Democrat.

Juvenile Court, Sec. A: Ernestine Gray*, Democrat.

Sherry Watters, Democrat.

Juvenile Court, Sec. D: Yolanda King, Democrat; Lawrence L. Lagarde Jr.*, Democrat.

Municipal Court: Marie Bookman, Democrat; George Chaney, Democrat; John A. Shea*, Democrat.

Traffic Court, Div. B: Robert E. Jones III*, Democrat.

Constable, 1st city Court: Lambert C. Boissiere III*, Democrat; Gene Dooling, Republican.

Recorder of mortGages: Desiree Charbonnet*, Democrat; Michael McCrossen, Democrat; Nicole Sheppard, Democrat.

93 posted on 08/27/2002 7:05:43 PM PDT by Leisler

To: Dimensio; tpaine
"Well maybe he can argue that he was aiming for the leg. I would have done that, because I believe that someone trying to steal my property deserves pain before death."

I speak from personal experience, there's nothing like the sound of a shattering knee cap and the resulting scream to dear God.

:)
78 posted on 8/27/02 5:59 PM Pacific by VA Advogado
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Mmmmmmm, wassat mean VA? -- You've been caught and capped?

-- Or are you actually claiming that you have kneecapped someone else? -- Line of duty, or line of Walter Mitty bull?

[I'd bet one thousand to one on the bull.]
You're a phony if I've ever seen one post.

94 posted on 08/27/2002 7:06:23 PM PDT by tpaine

Give him a medal.

Thieves need to know that there are consequences to their actions.

95 posted on 08/27/2002 7:07:23 PM PDT by Lx

“He didn't have no right to kill him...

This is too damned easy.

96 posted on 08/27/2002 7:12:20 PM PDT by TankerKC

"Jurors are not stupid"

Ever hear of the OJ Simpson trial?

97 posted on 08/27/2002 7:16:44 PM PDT by hoosierskypilot

"Two words: warning shot."

Dang straight. Shoot him and then yell, "Halt! Halt! Halt!"

98 posted on 08/27/2002 7:20:38 PM PDT by hoosierskypilot

You don't want to find out. CRACK.

99 posted on 08/27/2002 7:22:10 PM PDT by VA Advogado

To: the bottle let me down

"If you find a stranger in your daughter's room, standing over her bed, it is reasonable for you to shoot. If the bad guy is trying to escape out the window at the time, you're probably not ok. A fleeing perp is not a threat. If the perp is on the other side of the room from your duaghter and freezes, so that he isn't threatening you or her, you can't shoot. If you do, you'll have to explain why you thought he was a threat. Realistically, as long as you don't shoot the perp in the back, shooting a stranger who broke into your house will probably not lead to prosecution."

My daughter's well being is worth more than a rapists life. I wouldn't take the risk of letting him crawl out the window, agonizing over the thought (and her agonizing over the thought) that the beast might come back another night and finish with my daughter. If he was in her room, going in or out, he's dead!

100 posted on 08/27/2002 7:31:05 PM PDT by Bob Mc

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