So now bouncers are getting away with murder too?

[Chevillac 5,000+ posts]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081002/ap_on_re_us/bourbon_street_death;_ylt=AkfGgB9BQ0XLj0vjKHbJX09G2ocA

NEW ORLEANS - Prosecutors dropped manslaughter charges Wednesday against the last two Bourbon Street bouncers accused of suffocating a visiting Georgia college student after a dispute about getting into a French Quarter karaoke bar on New Year's Eve 2004.

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Levon Jones, 26, died on the sidewalk outside the Razzoo Bar and Patio with four bouncers pinning him down. Brandon Vicknair and Matthew Taylor, along with two other bouncers, had been accused of killing the student by pinning him to the ground and putting him in a choke hold.

"The state has determined that the evidence against these remaining defendants would be insufficient to support a conviction," interium district attorney Robert L. Freeman, Jr., said in a statement issued late Wednesday.

Jones' death on a street where tourists party night and day in music clubs, strip joints, bars and restaurants sparked questions of racism and discrimination. Jones was black and the bouncers are white.

Police and prosecutors never detailed what role they believed each bouncer played.

A Baton Rouge jury acquitted bouncer Clay Montz of manslaughter in August and Arthur Irons was acquitted on the same charge by a Calcasieu Parish jury in April.

Initially, three of the four men — Irons, Montz, and Taylor _were charged with negligent homicide, a lesser charge that carries a maximum five-year prison sentence. Manslaughter carries up to 40 years. Prosecutors did not explain the change. All four had pleaded not guilty.

"The state decided not to go through with the prosecution," said Franz Zibilich, attorney for Taylor. "I think it's a very responsible decision."

Jones, a Georgia Southern University student, was in New Orleans for a flag football tournament. The four bouncers pinned him down after Jones' friends challenged a doorman's refusal to let them into the bar, saying they didn't meet the dress code. Jones' family said white patrons in similar attire were allowed in.

"It's unfortunate," said Ron Austin, the attorney for Anthony Williams, a friend of Jones who was denied admittance to Razzoo's that night. He said he hoped a civil lawsuit he has filed on Williams' behalf against the bar would have a different outcome.

The attorney for Jones' family did not return a phone call. Jones family also has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the bar that claims race was a factor in the death.

The coroner said Jones suffocated as one bouncer held him in a headlock for 12 minutes and another pushed down on his back, preventing him from breathing. A third held Jones' legs. Coroner Frank Minyard found that Jones was asphyxiated and classified the death as homicide.

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People held a march following the death to raise awareness of racism in Louisiana's biggest city, said Danatus King, president of the New Orleans chapter.

A study by the city after the death found blacks were discriminated against in the French Quarter in a variety of ways.

The study paired black and white men of the same body style, dress and manner, and sent them into 28 Bourbon Street bars within minutes of each other to evaluate the treatment they received. In 57 percent of the bars the blacks received less favorable treatment than their white counterparts, in many cases being charged more for drinks. In a handful of cases, blacks were told they had to meet a dress code while whites dressed in the same fashion were not.

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[Chevillac 5,000+ posts]

Its not just cops anymore.......

simply ridiculous. Was clearly their fault, but they dropped charges. HMmmmmmmm

 

[chunky cumz 10+ year member]

Chevillac your threads are great! this is sure to start arguments. i am gonna sit back and watch on this one.

Obviously we already know, the black man entered white territory and the klan got em. the end

 

[kovemaster559 5,000+ posts]

they didint intent to kill him thats why its alright.

 

[Chevillac 5,000+ posts]

they didint intent to kill him thats why its alright.

hmm putting someone in a choke hold for 12 minutes. right.

 

[chunky cumz 10+ year member]

hmm putting someone in a choke hold for 12 minutes. right.

WOW you didnt respond to my comment, must mean you agree with me for once. Good stand!

 

[wu501 10+ year member]

another totally useless thread on ca.com

let the post whoring begin

 

[Chevillac 5,000+ posts]

Chevillac your threads are great! this is sure to start arguments. i am gonna sit back and watch on this one. Obviously we already know, the black man entered white territory and the klan got em. the end

Yes, I agree my threads are great.

another totally useless thread on ca.com






let the post whoring begin

the news is useless? Hmm I guess we should get rid of cnn, fox, cbs, nbc, courtv etc.....

 

[chunky cumz 10+ year member]

another totally useless thread on ca.com
let the post whoring begin

Chevillac only knows how to do this.

Hes accomplishes it quite well tho!

 

[fasfocus00 5,000+ posts]

i live in new orleans and have friends that know these bouncers. I and those friends agree that it was wrong but there is so much bull$hit corruption in the court and political systems here in new orleans that $hit like that happens all the time (people getting off the hook). before you go all up and arms about this why don't you come down to new orleans and go party on bourbon street a few weekends and get a chance to see that incedents like this are usually few and far between. plus you can't really claim racism if most of the people in the club are black, this city is predominantly black anyways.

 

[kovemaster559 5,000+ posts]

hmm putting someone in a choke hold for //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif. right.

what ive done a choke hold for 12 mins on some one. 10 sec or 12 mins its all the same.

 

[chunky cumz 10+ year member]

Chevillac, all seriousness. Do you actually believe all the BS you say? Or do you just do this to toy with everyone?

 

[simpsonbuck 10+ year member]

I've been ****ed up by a bouncer pretty bad and I had nothing to do with the incident. I just walked by it at the wrong time.

He grabbed me by the throat and slammed me on the wall. I stopped going downtown to see local bands after that.

 

[kovemaster559 5,000+ posts]

i live in new orleans and have friends that know these bouncers. I and those friends agree that it was wrong but there is so much bull$hit corruption in the court and political systems here in new orleans that $hit like that happens all the time (people getting off the hook). before you go all up and arms about this why don't you come down to new orleans and go party on bourbon street a few weekends and get a chance to see that incedents like this are usually few and far between. plus you can't really claim racism if most of the people in the club are black, this city is predominantly black anyways.

i think its just a plot to make the case bigger

 

[simpsonbuck 10+ year member]

Did I mention he was black.....lol

 

[_DjScrew_ 5,000+ posts]

they didint intent to kill him thats why its alright.

didn't intend.

/spelling police

 

[chunky cumz 10+ year member]

I've been ****ed up by a bouncer pretty bad and I had nothing to do with the incident. I just walked by it at the wrong time.
He grabbed me by the throat and slammed me on the wall. I stopped going downtown to see local bands after that.

lol DEEP ELLUM lol, i find it funny, its always tense down there because you have the redneck club next to the gangster rap club, i dont even step outside because i think one of the dumb billy bob might look at a group of black guy funny and next thing i know, i get stabbed because i am white hahaha

 

[Chevillac 5,000+ posts]

i live in new orleans and have friends that know these bouncers. I and those friends agree that it was wrong but there is so much bull$hit corruption in the court and political systems here in new orleans that $hit like that happens all the time (people getting off the hook). before you go all up and arms about this why don't you come down to new orleans and go party on bourbon street a few weekends and get a chance to see that incedents like this are usually few and far between. plus you can't really claim racism if most of the people in the club are black, this city is predominantly black anyways.

ummmm, racism has nothing to do with the percentage of population.

And if you are a bouncer you shouldnt be overly biased. YOu are in a position where you are supposed to make objective decisions.

Chevillac, all seriousness. Do you actually believe all the BS you say? Or do you just do this to toy with everyone?

I did not write this article //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

I've been ****ed up by a bouncer pretty bad and I had nothing to do with the incident. I just walked by it at the wrong time.
He grabbed me by the throat and slammed me on the wall. I stopped going downtown to see local bands after that.

Bouncers do get out of hand a lot. There was a video of a group of bouncers fighting that one guy, knocked him out and then were cheering and being general bitches about the whole thing. It was on youtube, you may have seen it.

 

[Pottro 563 10+ year member]

if he was resisting them and trying to challenge their refusal to let them in, then by all means choke em till they die.

 

[kovemaster559 5,000+ posts]

I've been ****ed up by a bouncer pretty bad and I had nothing to do with the incident. I just walked by it at the wrong time.
He grabbed me by the throat and slammed me on the wall. I stopped going downtown to see local bands after that.

puss y . i eat bouncers for snacks //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif:laugh: