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Black shooter makes 1st court appearance in Mother’s Day parade shooting; bond set at $10 million. Liberals in denial.
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Billy Meaney
May 19, 2013, 1:38:49 PM5/19/13
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/new-orleans-police-suspect-
arrested-in-mothers-day-parade-shooting-that-wounded-19-
people/2013/05/16/a08739dc-bdde-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_story.html
NEW ORLEANS � As the official tally of those wounded in a Mother�s Day
parade shooting ticked up to 20 on Thursday, the suspect made his first
court appearance in the case, remaining silent as a judge set his bond at
$10 million.
Prosecutors said a witness picked out a photo of Akein Scott, 19, from a
lineup. An arrest affidavit said the unidentified witness told
investigators that Scott was the person seen in a surveillance video that
police released to the public as they searched for him for three days. The
witness also said Scott was carrying a silver and black semi-automatic
handgun at the shooting scene, according to the affidavit.
Scott, shackled and wearing an orange prison jumpsuit, stood by as his
court-appointed attorney handled the proceedings.
Magistrate Judge Gerard Hansen set Scott�s bond at $10 million � $500,000
on each of the 20 counts in the Mother�s Day shooting case. Authorities
earlier said 19 were wounded, but prosecutors told Hansen the number had
increased.
Scott was arrested Wednesday night in the Little Woods section of New
Orleans. He already faced gun and drug possession charges and was out on
bond at the time of Sunday�s shooting at a parade through a neighborhood
near the French Quarter.
At a later appearance Thursday morning, a state District Court judge
ordered Scott held without bond pending additional hearings in that case.
He faces a felony charge of illegally carrying a weapon while in
possession of a controlled dangerous substance.
In the neighborhood where the gunfire shattered the festive parade known
as a second line, residents awoke Thursday to the news that the manhunt
apparently had ended. Police had been searching for Scott since
identifying him as a suspect Monday from the surveillance video.
Courtney Moles, whose apartment overlooks the shooting site, said she
didn�t feel her safety was in jeopardy while police searched the city.
�I didn�t really think he would come back. It�s more personal than that,�
she said. �He wasn�t going to that second line to make national news. He
was probably settling some kind of score.�
Moles, 24, said the arrest underscores the city�s crisis of violence among
its young people. �His life is over now, too,� she said of Scott.
Police have not established a motive and haven�t said whether they know
the identity of the shooter�s target. Officials initially said three
people were spotted running away from the shooting scene, but Scott has
been the only suspect identified publicly.
Investigators launched an intense search for Scott, with police
Superintendent Ronal Serpas urging him to surrender at a news conference
Monday and warning the teen that �we know more about you than you think we
know.� At one point, SWAT team members and U.S. marshals served a search
warrant at one location but did not find Scott.
Police offered a $10,000 reward in the case, and investigators received
several tips after images from the surveillance camera were released.
The video released Monday showed a crowd gathered for the parade suddenly
scattering in all directions, with some falling to the ground. They appear
to be running from a man in a white T-shirt and dark pants who turns and
runs out of the picture.
As many as 400 people had come out for the event. Officers were
interspersed with the marchers, which is routine for such events. The
crime scene was about less than two miles from the heart of the city�s
French Quarter.
Two children were among those wounded.
The mass shooting showed again how far the city has to go to shake a
persistent culture of violence that belies New Orleans� festive image.
Gun violence has flared at two other city celebrations this year. Five
people were wounded in a drive-by shooting in January after a Martin
Luther King Jr. Day parade, and four were wounded in a shooting after an
argument in the French Quarter in the days leading up to Mardi Gras. Two
teens were arrested in connection with the MLK Day shootings; three men
were arrested and charged in the Mardi Gras shootings.
Comments:
Well lets see, he wasn't "let out of prison' by any judge, much less a
'bleeding hart liberal' one. He was out on bail awaiting trial. And even
though there is nothing to suggest he is involved in politics at all I
guess since he's black he's automatically an Obama supporter. I can see
reality is not important to you and you just make up your own 'facts', you
should really be a Republican congressman Marked8.
tjschul
6:09 AM PDT
Being black almost certainly makes you an O supporter. What percentage
voted for that clown? 99.93%?
arrested-in-mothers-day-parade-shooting-that-wounded-19-
people/2013/05/16/a08739dc-bdde-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_story.html
NEW ORLEANS � As the official tally of those wounded in a Mother�s Day
parade shooting ticked up to 20 on Thursday, the suspect made his first
court appearance in the case, remaining silent as a judge set his bond at
$10 million.
Prosecutors said a witness picked out a photo of Akein Scott, 19, from a
lineup. An arrest affidavit said the unidentified witness told
investigators that Scott was the person seen in a surveillance video that
police released to the public as they searched for him for three days. The
witness also said Scott was carrying a silver and black semi-automatic
handgun at the shooting scene, according to the affidavit.
Scott, shackled and wearing an orange prison jumpsuit, stood by as his
court-appointed attorney handled the proceedings.
Magistrate Judge Gerard Hansen set Scott�s bond at $10 million � $500,000
on each of the 20 counts in the Mother�s Day shooting case. Authorities
earlier said 19 were wounded, but prosecutors told Hansen the number had
increased.
Scott was arrested Wednesday night in the Little Woods section of New
Orleans. He already faced gun and drug possession charges and was out on
bond at the time of Sunday�s shooting at a parade through a neighborhood
near the French Quarter.
At a later appearance Thursday morning, a state District Court judge
ordered Scott held without bond pending additional hearings in that case.
He faces a felony charge of illegally carrying a weapon while in
possession of a controlled dangerous substance.
In the neighborhood where the gunfire shattered the festive parade known
as a second line, residents awoke Thursday to the news that the manhunt
apparently had ended. Police had been searching for Scott since
identifying him as a suspect Monday from the surveillance video.
Courtney Moles, whose apartment overlooks the shooting site, said she
didn�t feel her safety was in jeopardy while police searched the city.
�I didn�t really think he would come back. It�s more personal than that,�
she said. �He wasn�t going to that second line to make national news. He
was probably settling some kind of score.�
Moles, 24, said the arrest underscores the city�s crisis of violence among
its young people. �His life is over now, too,� she said of Scott.
Police have not established a motive and haven�t said whether they know
the identity of the shooter�s target. Officials initially said three
people were spotted running away from the shooting scene, but Scott has
been the only suspect identified publicly.
Investigators launched an intense search for Scott, with police
Superintendent Ronal Serpas urging him to surrender at a news conference
Monday and warning the teen that �we know more about you than you think we
know.� At one point, SWAT team members and U.S. marshals served a search
warrant at one location but did not find Scott.
Police offered a $10,000 reward in the case, and investigators received
several tips after images from the surveillance camera were released.
The video released Monday showed a crowd gathered for the parade suddenly
scattering in all directions, with some falling to the ground. They appear
to be running from a man in a white T-shirt and dark pants who turns and
runs out of the picture.
As many as 400 people had come out for the event. Officers were
interspersed with the marchers, which is routine for such events. The
crime scene was about less than two miles from the heart of the city�s
French Quarter.
Two children were among those wounded.
The mass shooting showed again how far the city has to go to shake a
persistent culture of violence that belies New Orleans� festive image.
Gun violence has flared at two other city celebrations this year. Five
people were wounded in a drive-by shooting in January after a Martin
Luther King Jr. Day parade, and four were wounded in a shooting after an
argument in the French Quarter in the days leading up to Mardi Gras. Two
teens were arrested in connection with the MLK Day shootings; three men
were arrested and charged in the Mardi Gras shootings.
Comments:
Well lets see, he wasn't "let out of prison' by any judge, much less a
'bleeding hart liberal' one. He was out on bail awaiting trial. And even
though there is nothing to suggest he is involved in politics at all I
guess since he's black he's automatically an Obama supporter. I can see
reality is not important to you and you just make up your own 'facts', you
should really be a Republican congressman Marked8.
tjschul
6:09 AM PDT
Being black almost certainly makes you an O supporter. What percentage
voted for that clown? 99.93%?
Wayne
May 19, 2013, 2:11:30 PM5/19/13
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"Billy Meaney" wrote in message news:XnsA1C56C4D...@0.0.0.0...
>http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/new-orleans-police-suspect-
>arrested-in-mothers-day-parade-shooting-that-wounded-19-
>people/2013/05/16/a08739dc-bdde-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_story.html
>NEW ORLEANS — As the official tally of those wounded in a Mother’s Day
>parade shooting ticked up to 20 on Thursday, the suspect made his first
>court appearance in the case, remaining silent as a judge set his bond at
>$10 million.
black, and there was no "assault rifle" involved.
That's three strikes against it being of interest.
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