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11 yr old shot on the corner of MLK and Freret last night. Don't think MLK dreamed of it.

Posted on 5/24/17 at 11:50 am
Posted by arseinclarse
Member since Apr 2007
35469 posts
Posted on 5/24/17 at 11:50 am


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The preliminary NOPD report says an "unknown subject in a vehicle" opened fire on the 17-year-old shortly before 8 p.m., as the teen was in the 1500 block of Freret Street. Both the teen and the 11-year-old boy were struck by gunfire and taken by EMS to an area hospital for treatment. With the shooting, 22 people 17 and younger have been wounded by gunfire in New Orleans this year, according to a Times-Picayune tally of NOPD reports. The youngest victim, a 5-month-old girl, was with her parents inside a car when someone opened fire Jan. 14 in Algiers, striking the infant in the foot and thigh. An additional six juveniles have been killed in the city this year.


Posted by Malik Agar
Member since Nov 2012
12076 posts
Posted on 5/24/17 at 11:51 am to
Shooter must not have known the statues came down.
Posted by Ed Osteen
Member since Oct 2007
59346 posts
Posted on 5/24/17 at 11:51 am to
Cue a thousand dumbass statue references
This post was edited on 5/24/17 at 11:52 am
Posted by notiger1997
Metairie
Member since May 2009
61786 posts
Posted on 5/24/17 at 11:51 am to
quote:

Cue a thousand statue references


But it's funny and cool to put it in every fcking thread.
Posted by upgrayedd
Lifting at Tobin's house
Member since Mar 2013
139226 posts
Posted on 5/24/17 at 11:52 am to
This never would've happened at the corner of MLK ST and MLK Blvd
Posted by PaperPaintball92
Fly Navy
Member since Aug 2010
5330 posts
Posted on 5/24/17 at 11:53 am to
quote:

Cue a thousand dumbass statue references


They need to check that area for statues.
Posted by onelochevy
Slidell, LA
Member since Jan 2011
18376 posts
Posted on 5/24/17 at 11:54 am to
quote:

This never would've happened at the corner of MLK ST and MLK Blvd



Too bad it happened at the corner of MLK Blvd and Whiteys Fault Ave.
Posted by logjamming
Member since Feb 2014
8313 posts
Posted on 5/24/17 at 11:54 am to
Not surprised. Unqualified, understaffed, and underfunded police force will lead to more and more crime.


Coupled with an apathetic mayor who doesn't care about the community most adversely affected by gun violence, it's a shock NOLA hasn't seen more case like these in recent years.
Posted by Sao
East Texas Piney Woods
Member since Jun 2009
68469 posts
Posted on 5/24/17 at 11:54 am to

Po boy
Posted by double d
Amarillo by morning
Member since Jun 2004
17210 posts
Posted on 5/24/17 at 11:56 am to
quote:

This never would've happened at the corner of MLK ST and MLK Blvd


Or Obama Blvd.
Posted by terriblegreen
Spokane, LA
Member since Aug 2011
12458 posts
Posted on 5/24/17 at 11:56 am to
quote:

Po boy


Now I'm hungry
Posted by Dont_Call_Me_RAY
Member since Feb 2017
1439 posts
Posted on 5/24/17 at 11:56 am to
No shootings at the corner of Lee and Perkins.
Posted by JJ27
Member since Sep 2004
62330 posts
Posted on 5/24/17 at 11:57 am to
Sad. Prayers for the family. Losing an 11 year old child would be crushing.
Posted by upgrayedd
Lifting at Tobin's house
Member since Mar 2013
139226 posts
Posted on 5/24/17 at 11:57 am to
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Or Obama Blvd.


We need to replace the Bayou Food Store with one of these


Posted by trident
Member since Jul 2007
4870 posts
Posted on 5/24/17 at 12:12 pm to


Credit Pain Train
Posted by Shepherd
Member since Nov 2009
3100 posts
Posted on 5/24/17 at 12:44 pm to
No amount of money, qualifications, desire to eradicate crime would or could stop this. It's a morality issue.
Posted by Loungefly85
Lafayette
Member since Jul 2016
7930 posts
Posted on 5/24/17 at 1:09 pm to
That's right where they "re-vitalized" the Melpomene projects.

Knocking down projects to build more expensive projects and calling it "mixed income communities" is not the solution. That land should have gone to private developers. It's prime real estate location.
This post was edited on 5/24/17 at 1:11 pm
Posted by lsugrad35
Jambalaya capital of the world
Member since Feb 2007
3358 posts
Posted on 5/24/17 at 1:16 pm to
Serious question, what comes first, a street going to complete shite or a street being named after MLK?

Like when naming streets, did they actively go around looking for the worst area and when they found it they named it MLK? Or after naming a street in his honor do these types of people move there and start to kill each other? Every city has an MLK street and its always the same demographic.
Posted by Packer
IE, California
Member since May 2017
8699 posts
Posted on 5/24/17 at 1:23 pm to
William Freret owned the Freret Cotton Press Company, which became the first large industrial firm in New Orleans.

Racist street, statues, names, etc. causing crime once again in our Utopia of a city, New Orleans.
Posted by tipup
Member since Sep 2005
1649 posts
Posted on 5/24/17 at 1:34 pm to
quote:

Cue a thousand dumbass statue references


"If the shoe fits"
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