re: Marksville City Marshals......Breaking two officers charged with murder

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Where is the "if you didn't do anything wrong, you should cooperate" crowd?

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They can't get their heads around this one.

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"they should be forced to talk"

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They should. Hell they lied, were caught in a lie. The lie cost the life of a six year old kid and you think it's okay, not to file a report, and not to explain their actions.


Well it's all for naught, these guys are going away, hopefully for a long stretch.

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Well the " never talk to the police" crowd has turned into the "they should be forced to talk"

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Forced to talk? Who's saying that?

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Im a welder

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Rosco P Coletrain

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I finmd that most posters who pick a name related to policework are in themselves police, you are just a bootlicker, not a cop. Itsaulgoodman.

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This is literally the 1st case I can remember where I think the cops may be in the wrong.


Wow.

Well there is the case where the JPSO shot and killed my cousin who was climbing out from under someone's house in Metairie. He was a plumber with a tool in his hand.
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I grew up in Metairie and I remember this incident. It was probably in 1977 or 1978.

A guy from the BR area named Benjamin Barry or Berry (I think) robbed the Metairie Bank main office on Metairie Rd, right at Airline Hwy. Presumably, he thought it it would make for a quick getaway, but it's also next to the main east bank JPSO Office...

There was an off duty JPSO deputy named Corcoran or Cockeran at the bank, working a uniformed detail, I think, but he may have been a customer. He and Barry/Berry shot each other, and then Barry walked over and killed him as he lay wounded. Barry goes back to his car, where his getaway driver (a guy named Pennington, I think) is waiting. They drive to BR and the driver drops him off at a hospital.

Meanwhile, in Metairie, JPSO launches an all out manhunt. Donald (Ronald?) Herkes was working on the plumbing, with a pipe wrench, under a raised house when JPSO sees him. They ended up killing him.

It was a big deal and obviously generated a lot of bad PR for the JPSO, which already had a reputation for being heavy handed. I don't remember what, if anything, happened to the deputy or deputies who shot the plumber.

The robbers were both young, as I recall. Maybe about 19 or 20...
The driver, who swore he didn't know Barry was going to rob the bank, took a plea deal - 40 years, no probation, no parole. Barry got the death penalty, but it may have commuted to life.

It's weird... I googled a couple of times to confirm my recollection, but couldn't find anything. Maybe I have the names confused, but I don't think so.

Edit: It happened on 1/30/78. The JPSO deputy murdered was Robert E. Cochran. Benjamin Berry was executed on 6/7/87.

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you are just a bootlicker

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Carfeful. I called LNCHBOX that earlier ITT and it triggered him. Good thing his girlfriend Topwater Trout was there to come to his defense.

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Smith said whether the officers would or would not be on paid leave is still under discussion.

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Of course it is

Still waiting for you to link anything to back up the bullshite you keep spouting. Don't think I didn't notice you disappear when I asked you to back up anything.

Typical you. Deflect away.

Considering you still have not correctly identified my position, apparently not anyone can do it.

What position do I have again? Since it speaks for itself, you should get it right. Helpful hint, it's not what you've been saying these last few posts of yours.