I believe it is incorrect to label the 14-old black boy as the "victim". His own family refers to him as a "professional thief", and no one has questioned that he was on the property illegally. Otherwise, this is a good analysis by Andrew Branca:
Merritt Landry, a 33-year-old “white caucasian” shot the victim, a
14-year-old black boy, in the head. A single spent cartridge case was
recovered at the scene, indicating that a semi-automatic weapon was used
and suggesting that a single shot was fired. The hour of the shooting
was approximately 2:00AM, on Friday, July 26, 2013. As of this writing
the victim is reported to remain alive, in critical condition at a local
hospital.
The victim was shot within feet from the rear door of Landry’s
dwelling in New Orleans, in an area accessible only by having to scale a
locked fence, suggesting forcible entry onto the property by the
victim.
A local resident and friend of Landry’s, Charles Hazouri, had
security cameras on the exterior of the home which appear to have
recorded the victim and a friend riding their bicycles up and down the
street at 1:44AM. Earlier in the evening, another neighbor had seen the
apparent friend biking around the neighborhood at 8:00PM. This neighbor,
like Landry a “white caucasian,” considered calling the police, but
decided against this for fear of being perceived as having racially
profiled a “kid who’s just biking.”
More detailed analysis at Legal Insurrection Here
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