Fugees: Reconsidering Eddie Jordan
Source: Nolafugees
The editors at Nolafugees rethink the legacy of the disgraced former district attorney Eddie Jordan after a witness in the Dinerral Shavers murder trial is gunned down:
On Thursday, April 17, just a few blocks from the NOLAFugees home office, Guy McEwen, a witness in the high profile Dinerral Shavers murder trial, was gunned down in a hail of bullets reminiscent of Sonny Corleone’s ill-fated toll booth stop on the Jones Beach Causeway. Although the NOPD were hesitant to ascribe a motive to the killing, the style of the deed strikes us as a Message Being Sent. Even though Mr. McEwen, the victim, did not positively identify David Bonds, the accused in the Shavers trial who was acquitted on an 11-1 jury vote , perhaps the message is that any involvement with the DA's prosecuting team is tantamount to betrayal.
Much will be written about this and, no doubt, future incidents of violence with links to the Bonds trial, but it leads us to a reconsideration of the methodology of disgraced former DA Eddie Jordan .
Jordan’s reputation soured rapidly amidst a seemingly incomprehensible number of case dismissals, where he often asserted that the NOPD simply did not bring sufficient evidence to bear. The public, stoked by the indignation that comes from watching hardened young black men perp walk for the 10 o’clock news cameras, grew ever more incredulous. What more evidence is needed beyond the fact that an arrest was made?
