Killing of Vivian attorney John Morneau ruled 'lawful'
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The investigation by Arkansas State Police revealed that three Arkansas Wildlife agents and the Deputy Sheriff went into the woods to serve a misdemeanor warrant on Morneau, who had been involved in a dispute with a neighboring hunting club. He believed that the hunting club members were trespassing on his land.
The coroner initally said that Morneau had been shot in the back, but changed his ruling a few days later.
The officers said that Morneau pulled a pistol on them so they shot and killed him.
Daniel Keele of Shreveport, attorney for the Morneau family, said that Jones’ opinion “affects only the criminal aspects of this matter, for which he is responsible under Arkansas law. The scope and breadth of any civil action far exceeds the focus of the Arkansas inquiry.”
Keele goes on to say “Although it has been six months since
Jean (John) Morneau was lured into Arkansas, our independent investigation has turned up numerous facts and substantial evidence. We will not be commenting piecemeal on individual aspects of the official investigation or that which we have underway.”
I will be following this as the civil aspect is pursued. Unanswered questions still abound in this case.
Here are the original blog posts from My Bossier.
Vivian attorney, 2nd amendment advocate, killed by law enforcement officers
Serious questions raised about John Morneau shooting
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just read that story in the inquisiter for this week. like the wild west there are a lot of better ways to have served those warrants other than hiding in the bushes for an ambush. shame human life had to be lost in this thing.
I read the inquisitor also. When something like this happens we always have several people trying to second guess the police. Most people who knew Morneau probably knew him as a nice guy. But from the testimony of the witness tells another story. That's what the officers' had to go by. Remember Morneau was the one constable tearing up their deer stand and firing bullets in their directions.
I'm a 2nd amendment advocate myself but I don't know if anyone who runs around with a western style gun belt with two 45 cal. pistols strapped to my side.
Would the story had been different if Morneau would have been able to get off a shot at the officers.
Most people say if they just would have gone to his office and served the warrants then he would have complied. My question to those people is how do they know that he would have complied. Those people were unaware of all that had taken place with this situation over the past few years.
Morneau could have complied just as easily in the woods as he could have his office. Morneau chose to challenge the police and he died as a result. Just don't blame the police. To call them assassin as the Inquisitor has done is completely irresponsible.
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