re: Some Interesting Louisiana Police History

I believe this is the one I read a book about. Pretty wild. Was kind of neat to read all the street names this manhunt occurred on in relation to the neighborhoods we see today.

Robert Charles Riots 1900 New Orleans

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At approximately 11 p.m. on July 23, 1900, three white police officers, Sergeant Jules C. Aucion, August T. Mora, and Joseph D. Cantrelle, investigated “two suspicious looking negroes” sitting on a porch on the 2800 block of Dryades Street in a predominantly white neighborhood. They arrived to find Charles and his roommate, 19-year-old Leonard Pierce, at the scene. The policemen questioned the two men, demanding to know what they "were doing and how long they had been there." One of the two men replied that they were "waiting for a friend." Charles then stood up, which the police believed to be an aggressive move. Mora grabbed him and the two struggled. Mora hit Charles with his billet. Mora and Charles pulled guns and exchanged shots. Reports vary on who drew first; both men received non-lethal gunshot wounds to the legs. Charles fled the scene to his residence where he was currently living, leaving a trail of blood.[7] Pierce, also armed, was left at the gunpoint of a police officer when Charles ran.

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This is just the beginning. Very interesting and violent event.