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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.
A nonviolent burglar how quaint. Now the inevitable comparisons to Trayvon. Ironically enough when Zimmerman forst called 911 he observed Trayvon looking into homes just like this little thief.
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"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.
See if he did racially profile maybe the kid wouldn't be on life support. Profile people.
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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.
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.
The punk shouldn't have been trespassing, much less at 2 AM. These punks are incredibly stupid. I hope the shooter is found not guilty somehow. He shouldn't have been forced into this situation by this stupid worthless kid.
The punk shouldn't have been trespassing, much less at 2 AM. These punks are incredibly stupid. I hope the shooter is found not guilty somehow. He shouldn't have been forced into this situation by this stupid worthless kid.
Law experts say trespassing under Louisiana code does not justify excessive force. "If somebody is breaking into your car, the Louisiana Criminal Code allows you to use force -- but only force that is reasonable and necessary to prevent the trespass," Dane Ciolino, Loyola University law professor, said. "Deadly force is not authorized or justified under those circumstances."
"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," said Merritt Landry's attorney Michael Kennedy.
The punk shouldn't have been trespassing, much less at 2 AM. These punks are incredibly stupid. I hope the shooter is found not guilty somehow. He shouldn't have been forced into this situation by this stupid worthless kid.
Well, looks like the real punk is going to do 30 years in prison.
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