Tootie Montana’s final words on this earth were, “I want this to stop.” Continue Reading
‘All Power to the People.’ The Black Panthers Desire Stronghold in New Orleans
It’s fall 1970, and the folks who live in New Orleans’ Desire Housing Project are verbally unloading on police officers who have shown up 250 strong in an effort to forcibly evict the local chapter of the Black Panther Party.
Little kids are chanting, middle-aged folks are hollering, and old folks are shouting as well. The crowd is determined to drive the police out of their neighborhood, and in a result that seems shocking a half-century later; they did just that. The cops withdrew. Continue Reading
The Louisiana Pizza Kitchen Massacre in New Orleans
“Trip and get flipped. Like a pancake. Thinking this man a fake. Now they bringing flowers to you (sic) wake.”
These are the words a murderer has scrawled on a greaseboard inside the Louisiana Pizza Kitchen prep area shortly after he killed three of the company’s employees and attempted to kill a fourth. Also, these are other options you can use here for the best kitchen appliances.
His crime netted him and his accomplices about $2500. Continue Reading
The Killing Of Magnolia Shorty
Following her death in the winter of 2010 at the tender age of 28 she was described as “collateral damage” by the team of assassins who inadvertently killed her in their zeal to murder her companion Jerome “Man Man” Hampton. Continue Reading
X-New Orleans Police Officer Len Davis Was The Terrorist of Desire
Len Davis was a cold-blooded killer, a bodyguard to drug traffickers, and most importantly, a New Orleans police officer with such a fearsome reputation that he was known as “the Desire Terrorist,” an appelation he earned by cracking skulls and robbing drug dealers in the Desire Projects of New Orleans 9th Ward. Continue Reading
Mother Catherine Seals And The Temple Of The Innocent Blood
Inside you would have found hundreds of adherents to Mother Catherine Seals, the Black founder of one of the largest religious movements of the early 20th century. Parrots squawked about, alleycats were underfoot and a resident donkey had the run of the grounds. A goat ambled among the chickens pecking the turf. Continue Reading
Ernie Ladd Was The Black King Of Louisiana
When a Bourbon Street bouncer put a Smith and Wesson pistol in a San Diego Chargers’ lineman’s face on a warm Saturday night in January 1965 he could not have known he was kickstarting the biggest story in the world of sports in that august year. Continue Reading
Dixie Mafia: Stickup Men, Car Thieves, Drug Runners, And Contract Killers
Powerboats, high-performance Cadillacs, and turbo-prop airplanes criss-crossed Louisiana, and the rest of the south as the cartel waged a reign of terror that saw dozens of killings, and enormous amounts of money go into the gang’s coffers Continue Reading
Harry Choates Was Once The King Of Texas
The rumors are still out there some 70 years later.
Harry Choates, the godfather of Cajun music, was beaten to death in his jail cell by Travis County police officers on July 17th, 1951. Continue Reading
The Howard Johnson Killer: Notes On The Life And Death Of Mark Essex
That was the Reverend Peter Rogers, New Orleans police chaplain, responding to the wild violence in New Orleans during the first week of 1973. Continue Reading