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cheka.
8th December 2016, 10:42 PM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4006472/Louisiana-sheriff-unleashes-Black-Lives-Matter-movement-critics-bad-behavior-NFL-star-shot-dead-road-rage-incident-hour-long-press-conference.html

Louisiana sheriff unleashes on Black Lives Matter movement in crazy press conference as he announces manslaughter charge for man who shot dead NFL star (and claims race played no role)

Sheriff Newell Normand of the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office held a press conference about the road-rage shooting that led to the death of Joe McKnight

He made no mention of the details of the shooting in his opening remarks, and instead attacked the Black Lives Matter movement and members of the public

He said that the shooting was 'not about race' and criticized those who believed it was

Sheriff Normand also said that this incident occurred because 'two people engaged in bad behavior,' McKnight and his shooter, Ronald Gasser

Later, Sheriff Normand began referencing black-on-black crime statistics, saying that public outcry about this white-on-black shooting was uncalled for
Ronald Gasser, 54, was taken into custody on December 5 and charged with manslaughter in the death of McKnight

A press conference that was meant to discuss the arrest of Ronald Gasser for the shooting of Joe McKnight turned into an attack on members of the Black Lives Matter movement, the media and members of the public in general on Tuesday.

Sheriff Newell Normand of the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office made no comments about the actual event that led to the shooting of McKnight during his initial remarks, and instead loudly criticized those who called the shooting racially motivated, and who questioned his department's decision to release Gasser that day after the incident.

'This is not about race,' said a defiant Normand, who banged on his podium multiple times while delivering his remarks, during which he fired off racial and homophobic slurs when describing the way his staff had been attacked by members of the public.

He also described what happened last Thursday as 'two people engaged in bad behavior' on multiple occasions during his remarks.

Gasser, 54, was taken into custody on December 5 by police and charged with manslaughter, with his bond set at $500,000.

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Sheriff Newell Normand (above) of the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office held a press conference about the road-rage shooting that led to the death of Joe McKnight

It was not until he opened the floor for questions that a reporter was finally able to ask him to provide the actual details of McKnight's shooting.
This is not about race. Not a single witness has said up to this day that there was one racial slur uttered during the course of these events.

Then, while taking questions, he began to reference black-on-black crime statistics, using these as an example of why public outcry about this white-on-black shooting is misguided.

'Statistically, your fear is misdirected,' said Normand.

'What we had were two adult males engaged in unacceptable behavior who did not understand how to deal with conflict resolution, and this thing went to a point that unfortunately led to incredibly tragic consequences over bad driving behavior and bad spoken words.'
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He later added: 'Not a single witness has said up to this day that there was one racial slur uttered during the course of these events and unfortunately, a life was lost, but you want to know something, folks? Two people engaged in bad behavior that day. Why? I don’t know, but they did.'
It’s not fair for [an official] to be called, 'You punk a** Uncle Tom c****. We saw you sell out to them you rat a** f***** punk.' That’s the tone of what we call our elected leaders for standing up and saying let justice prevail and let the process take its course?

He then read some of the criticism his department had been receiving, as had other elected officials in the area.

'It’s not fair for him to be called, ‘You punk a** Uncle Tom c****. We saw you sell out to them you rat a** f***** punk,"' said Sheriff Normand at one point.

'That’s the tone of what we call our elected leaders for standing up and saying let justice prevail and let the process take its course?'

Sheriff Normand had said earlier in the press conference: 'I am very much disappointed in the conduct of some of the citizens of not only this parish, but this country. At some point in time we’re going to have to come to grips with the dialogue and the rhetoric in this country.'
Sheriff Normand also said that this incident occurred because 'two people engaged in bad behavior,' McKnight (above) and his shooter, Ronald Gasser

Sheriff Normand also said that this incident occurred because 'two people engaged in bad behavior,' McKnight (above) and his shooter, Ronald Gasser

He also attacked the first eyewitness in the case, who he claimed lies repeatedly to authorities, telling three different stories in the span of an hour.

That individual claimed that Gasser has stood over McKnight's body and fired a shot, something that Sheriff Normand claims that the autopsy proved was not true.

Results of the autopsy have not yet been made available to members of the public.

'Shame on that individual,' said Sheriff Normand.
What we had were two adult males engaged in unacceptable behavior who did not understand how to deal with conflict resolution, and this thing went to a point that unfortunately led to incredibly tragic consequences over bad driving behavior and bad spoken words.

He seemed to take the most issue however with the fact that there was outrage over the release of Gasser, a white man, by a police department run by a white sheriff, shortly after the shooting of a black man.

Sheriff Normand claimed that this was all just 'strategic,' and in now way out of the ordinary.

'In fact, it is not uncommon and there's nothing we've done in this case that is out of the ordinary or unusual,' said Sheriff Normand said.

'I can point to hundreds of cases where we've identified shooters, accused perpetrators, that we do not arrest at the point of time of us knowing that, for strategic reasons in an investigation.'

He also stated that if he had arrested Gasser on Thursday evening after the shooting, no witness would have ever come forward in the case.
Sheriff Normand said that the shooting was 'not about race' and criticized those who believed it was (Gasser above)

Sheriff Normand said that the shooting was 'not about race' and criticized those who believed it was (Gasser above)

On Thursday, deputies who arrived on the scene said that Gasser handed over his gun and admitted to shooting McKnight.

Witnesses on the scene stated that the two men were seen in a heated argument before three shots were fired, killing McKnight.

Witnesses said that McKnight did not have a weapon, something that authorities later confirmed.
I am very much disappointed in the conduct of some of the citizens of not only this parish, but this country. At some point in time we’re going to have to come to grips with the dialogue and the rhetoric in this country.

There were also reports that after Gasser had shot McKnight he stood over his body and shot him one more, saying: 'I told you not to f*** with me.'

McKnight was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police took Gasser in at that time but released him the next morning. Louisiana is a 'Stand Your Ground' state.

DailyMail.com has established that both Gasser and his late father, Robert Gasser Sr, have a history of troubles on the road ranging from speeding tickets to illegally cutting across private property.

The most troubling parallel was revealed by the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, which is investigating McKnight’s death.

The sheriff said that it happened on February 20, 2006 on the Crescent City Connection bridge, which is where Gasser’s altercation a decade later with McKnight began.

At the time, John Shilling was 51 and working at the Rolls Royce Commercial Marine in New Orleans.

Speaking at his home in Marrero, Shilling said: ‘There was a number on the side of the vehicle if he was driving irate and crazy.

‘I said to myself I was going to call his boss. I called the number and he was the boss. I said hey we’ve got a guy in a red truck. He said: ‘I am the guy in the red truck!’

‘It didn’t bother me. I said you’re driving like a fool. He sees me on the phone and realizes it’s me.

‘I pull off (the road) to get out the way, unlike the two of them (McKnight and Gasser). They stayed together.'

It was then when he went to a gas station that Shilling said Gasser hopped out of his car and began to spit at him and 'swung at him a few times.'

Gasser then drove off but was later issued a misdemeanor summons for simple battery which was ultimately dismissed.

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cheka.
8th December 2016, 10:45 PM
blm.nyc created and promoted fake news that the negro was the innocent victim. now the truth -- enraged negro exited vehicle and got in face of self defense shooter who remained in his vehicle

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2016/12/06/ex-nfl-player-joe-mcknights-alleged-killer-charged-with-manslaughter/?utm_term=.90bbc45ff27e

Not long after the man accused of shooting to death former NFL player Joe McKnight was charged Tuesday with manslaughter, the sheriff in New Orleans’ Jefferson Parish described — in unusually explicit terms — details of the road-rage incident, the resulting arrest and the pressure his office was under.

In a move that drew wide criticism last week, Ronald Gasser, 54, was released hours after the Thursday afternoon shooting, drawing immediate attention to Louisiana’s “stand your ground” law. Over the weekend, there were protests at a vigil for McKnight and state politicians promised to revisit the law. On Tuesday morning, Sheriff Newell Normand began his news conference by thanking McKnight’s family and friends for their “restraint and patience,” then quickly segued into a frank description of what had happened between the shooting and the arrest.

He clearly was incensed about the criticism and social media conversation, beginning with a lengthy defense of the time it took to charge Gasser, at one point reading off emails and messages in which authorities and elected officials were called profane and derogatory terms. Normand read those emails verbatim, right down to the racial and homophobic slurs over the time lag.

“Tough. I don’t care,” he said to critics of the four days that had elapsed. “What I know is that I can put my head on the pillow every night knowing we’ve done the right thing for the right reasons. . . . Justice is a marathon, not sprint.”
Louisiana man charged with Joe Mcknight's death
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A man suspected of fatally shooting former NFL player Joe McKnight in a road rage incident near New Orleans has been arrested and charged with manslaughter. (Reuters)

Normand, who was flanked by several lawmakers, defended using the slurs, saying he hoped “it gets everybody to realize how crazy we’re getting.”

As for the case itself, Normand said authorities had conducted “over 160 interviews,” identifying “260 folks we had an interest in talking to.” Witnesses were identified from license plates from multiple cameras from around 70 business owners along the stretch of street on which the road-rage incident unfolded. Gasser, who waited for police at the scene after the incident, did more than 10 hours of interviews without a lawyer present and two with a lawyer. In addition, he gave consent to a search of his home.

The story of what unfolded came together, he said, after key witnesses were located Saturday and Monday. One of the first people interviewed lied, Normand said, adding, “Shame on that individual.” Finally, on Tuesday, Gasser was charged with manslaughter, Normand said, because “that most appropriately fit the evidence we have at this time. We may get additional evidence that may allow the [district attorney] to up charge or … down charge.”

Normand described what happened Thursday afternoon: Gasser and McKnight had engaged in a lengthy back and forth for several blocks, one that may have begun when McKnight, driving his stepfather’s truck, cut off Gasser. The two sparred verbally “many times” as they drove and eventually came to a red light. With Gasser’s car boxed in by traffic, McKnight exited the truck and approached Gasser’s vehicle. Normand did not say whether McKnight tried to open the door, but indicated that McKnight leaned down to talk to Gasser “eye to eye.” At some point, Gasser pulled a gun from the console and shot McKnight three times. McKnight was unarmed, although there was a gun that belonged to his stepfather in the truck. Officials said there was no reason to believe that McKnight had hinted that he had a gun or threatened to use it on Gasser.

“This is not racial,” Normand said. “What we had were two adult males engaged in unacceptable behavior who did not know how to deal in conflict resolution.”

BREAKING: Alleged Joe McKnight shooter Ronald Gasser jailed on count of manslaughter, records show https://t.co/S9CjocGDOa

— New Orleans Advocate (@theadvocateno) December 6, 2016

On Friday, the sheriff’s office released details of a 2006 road-rage incident involving Gasser at the same intersection, drawing further criticism for the lack of an arrest in the McKnight case. That 2006 incident began when a 51-year-old man saw someone later identified as Gasser driving “unsafely” down a New Orleans road in a red pickup truck. The man first dialed a number printed on the truck instructing people to call if they saw the vehicle being operated unsafely. Gasser, the pickup’s driver, answered the call, police said.

The two got into what police described as “a verbal altercation” on the phone before the caller pulled into a service station to refuel. Police said Gasser followed the man into the service station, where he “began to strike him with a closed fist several times.”

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[McKnight killing prompts “stand your ground" scrutiny]

“In this state, there are some relative statutes that provide defenses to certain crimes,” Normand said during a news conference Friday afternoon. “ . . . For example, officers have those same defenses, so when we shoot and kill someone it’s a homicide, but the question is, is it justified?”

The “stand your ground” law says a person does not have a “duty to retreat” when life-threatening or great bodily harm appears imminent. With renewed attention on the law, legislators at the McKnight vigil promised action.

“You can believe that we will be going back to the Capitol to work on legislation to make it clear [that] when people commit these crimes, they cannot hide behind laws that were intended to do one thing, and are used to disguise what appears to be [murder],” state Sen. Troy Carter (D-New Orleans) said (via Nola.com).

Rep. Rodney Lyons (D-Harvey) echoed that. “When we get back to the Legislature, we’ve got to find a way to look at these laws,” he said. “As we move forward, stand strong. Remember Joe, and remember his family.”

cheka.
8th December 2016, 10:55 PM
the blm.nyc fake news story that was pumped into public. bold below is exactly what i read from multiple msm sources -- white guy stood over top of poor negro laying on ground and shot him. and of course, nego dindunuffin to provoke it. the msm even reported that negro was busy apologizing to white guy when white guy killed him. ALL LIES ALL FAKE NEWS

http://bearingarms.com/bob-o/2016/12/02/did-former-nfl-star-joe-mcknight-attack-the-man-who-shot-him/

Those early accounts suggested that the relatively tall and slim Gasser physically pulled McKnight out of his vehicle, shot him to the ground, and then made a profane statement before killing him with a coup de grâce.

We cautioned at the time:

Keep in mind that eyewitness statements are often somewhere on the spectrum of incredibly inaccurate to outright fabrications.

Sadly, it appears that those “eyewitness” statements are outright lies.

Those “eyewitness accounts” are in direct conflict with at least some of the evidence in the case that Sheriff Normand was willing to discuss, if only to knock down rumors.

Joe McKnight was shot and killed from shots fired from inside the car of Ronald Gasser, and reports that Gasser stood over the former football star’s body are untrue, Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand said Friday.

Gasser did admit to shooting McKnight, said Normand, who also clarified that there are no witness accounts of McKnight apologizing to Gasser.

Asked why Gasser was released from custody, Normand cautioned the public not to “rush to judgment.”

The highly anticipated remarks from Normand come a day after Gasser shot and killed McKnight at a busy Terrytown intersection.

At one point during the news conference, Normand referenced Louisiana’s stand your ground law and said it “looms on the horizon” of the investigation. But Normand then stopped himself, saying he needed to avoid making statements that could sway information from witnesses who haven’t yet been interviewed.

After hearing the revelation from Sheriff Normand’s press conference that Gasser fired from inside the vehicle, I took a closer look at the photo of Mr. Gasser provided in the press department handout.

Ronald Gasser

Does the driver’s side glass in the photo look shattered to you? It appears that way to me.

This strongly suggests that Mr. Gasser fired through his driver’s window, which means Joe McKnight got out of his vehicle and came around to the driver’s side of Mr. Gasser’s car.

I’d caution that this does not in any way mean that Mr. Gasser’s decision to fire three shots into Mr. McKnight was legally justified—it’s still far to early to know if he has a viable self defense case—but it still inarguably clear that the story of Gasser leaving his vehicle to attack and then execute McKnight told to several different news outlets is complete fiction.

I’d also note—since Sheriff Normand is discussing the facts of the case as little as possible for very good reasons—that this WILL NOT be a “stand your ground” case.

Why?

Gasser was trapped in his vehicle in heavy traffic at a busy intersection. He had no ability retreat if McKnight was at his door and he was boxed in on all sides, therefore stand your ground is irrelevant.

This will stand or fall as a straight self-defense case as did the trial of George Zimmerman, where Florida’s stand your ground law was likewise mentioned continuously by a biased mainstream media, but played no role in the prosecution or defense at all.