14 Year Old in Coma After Being Shot in Head

 

 

"The shooting, happened just before 2 a.m. July 26 in a gentrified neighborhood in New Orleans. It came less than two weeks after George Zimmerman's acquittal in a similar case in Florida.

 

Police say Marshall Coulter, who was unarmed, hopped a 6-foot fence surrounding the driveway and courtyard area of the home of Merritt Landry, who is now charged with attempted second-degree murder.

 

Landry, a city building inspector who has since been put on leave, was home with a pregnant wife and toddler. He shot once at Coulter, hitting him in the head, police said."

 

 

The above tells me all I need to know. Justified.

 

What say you?

Justified

Reverend Brown's an idiot.

Sounds like a clean shooting to me.

What gets me, specifically in New Orleans, what prompts you to jump a fence that is not your own? You gotta know darn well what might happen, I dont care what age you are.

What gets me, specifically in New Orleans, what prompts you to jump a fence that is not your own? You gotta know darn well what might happen, I dont care what age you are.

 

And at 2:00am

What gets me, is there are really people saying this was racially motivated and trying to compare it to the Trayvon Martin incident....I mean, really? People are that stupid?

Rev. said "If he were white it would be a different situation," so I guess race is the only thing that matters to him in this case. The facts what ever they may be, mean nothing to him.

What are the facts of the case? If a kid jumps your fence and his heading towards the next yard to jump that fence does it give one the right to shoot him?

 

Do we know if the kid was coming AT the house? Or was he simply in the back yard? Just being in the yard doesn't grant one freedom to shoot.

What gets me, specifically in New Orleans, what prompts you to jump a fence that is not your own? You gotta know darn well what might happen, I dont care what age you are.

 

Very true but it still doesn't give one the legal right to shoot, does it?

Very true but it still doesn't give one the legal right to shoot, does it?

 

I believe it does. Castle law or something like that.

 

It's 2 in the morning. He was trespassing on someone else's property, and he had to make a substantial effort to get onto said property. There is no chance he was "just passing through".

From a quick google search:

 

A castle doctrine (also known as a castle law or a defense of habitation law) is an American legal doctrine that designates a person's abode (or, in some states, any legally-occupied place [e.g., a vehicle or workplace]) as a place in which that person has certain protections and immunities permitting him or her, in certain circumstances, to use force (up to and including deadly force) to defend against an intruder -- free from legal responsibility/prosecution for the consequences of the force used. Typically deadly force is considered justified, and a defense of justifiable homicide applicable, in cases "when the actor reasonably fears imminent peril of death or serious bodily harm to him or herself or another".

What gets me, specifically in New Orleans, what prompts you to jump a fence that is not your own? You gotta know darn well what might happen, I dont care what age you are.

 

And at 2:00am

 

Yea because what would ever make people think you've got bad intentions when you come invading their privacy at 2 am. His parents should be ashamed, I know that sounds harsh but I really mean that. There's no reason a young boy should be out at that time of night.

I believe it does. Castle law or something like that.

 

It's 2 in the morning. He was trespassing on someone else's property, and he had to make a substantial effort to get onto said property. There is no chance he was "just passing through".

 

I won't pretend to be an expert on "castle law" but my understanding is that there has to be a threat. I don't see simply being in the yard as a justification. I think there's a case in TX now dealing with that where the victim was shot while running away.

From a quick google search:

 

A castle doctrine (also known as a castle law or a defense of habitation law) is an American legal doctrine that designates a person's abode (or, in some states, any legally-occupied place [e.g., a vehicle or workplace]) as a place in which that person has certain protections and immunities permitting him or her, in certain circumstances, to use force (up to and including deadly force) to defend against an intruder -- free from legal responsibility/prosecution for the consequences of the force used. Typically deadly force is considered justified, and a defense of justifiable homicide applicable, in cases "when the actor reasonably fears imminent peril of death or serious bodily harm to him or herself or another".

 

My general understanding as well. It's why I asked what the evidence was? Where was he when he was shot? Was he on the patio/deck? Or was he 30 feet away from the house going away from the house?