California man left paralyzed after beating in the Marigny, NOPD says

really sucks...he could have prevented it though.

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David, 64, told detectives he was crossing the street when "he was almost struck" by a small black vehicle, NOPD spokesman Tyler Gamble said Monday in a statement. Foulds said her uncle "probably said some choice words" to the driver. David told police he threw a beer can, hitting the roof of the vehicle, Gamble said.

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Was with him until this point. Don't start none, won't be none

that sucks

in retrospect, probably not the brightest move to throw a beer can at a car at 11:00PM

It was those statutes that did it

He shouldn't have thrown a beer can at someone's vehicle. That's asking for it...

Typical NOPD response, but the dude made his bed. I don't feel bad for him

Get drunk....check
Cross street in front of car....check
Chunk beer at said car....check
Get arse beat....check

I'm more bothered by the fact that NOPD took 45 minutes to respond and when they got there the victim was already at the hospital so they wrote it up as "unfounded"

Pathetic

You paralyze somebody, you had better be able to make a reasonable case that you were in fear of your life. It's all fun and games until somebody gets seriously injured or killed. This is why grown folks don't get in fights unless it's in a dire case of self defense.

That's assuming they ever find and prosecute the perp.

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Michael Garran, the assistant general manager of d.b.a., said Doug visited the Frenchman Street music club several times a year, usually stopping in for the early evening shows featuring traditional jazz.

"He loves live music," Garran said. "Whenever he was in town he would make a point of checking out our shows."

David is a "super pleasant" man, he said, and well liked by the staff. "All of us here at d.b.a. wish him well, and he's in our prayers."

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This wasn't some drunken fratstar. He's the kind of tourist you want to come visit.

Dont start a fight you can't finish