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Capn Circus
09/10/17 7:59:44 PM
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What should happen to Uncle Louie?




For anyone to frequent New Orleans or live there, many know the famous and friendly Uncle Louie.

"Fingerprints left at a Florida convenience store 43 years ago helped connect detectives in a Florida homicide cold case unit with their suspect, New Orleans resident Johnie Miller, authorities said. Miller, 60, is also known as one of the French Quarter's most recognizable street performers, "Uncle Louie."

New Orleans police arrested Miller May 16 on an out of state warrant for second-degree murder and attempted armed robbery out of Jacksonville, Fla., court records show. Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams on Wednesday (May 24) announced Miller's arrest in connection with the decades-old shooting death of store operator Freddie Farah.

Farah, a father of four, was 34 when he was killed during an attempted robbery on May 22, 1974, according to Project: Cold Case, an organization that recently highlighted Farah's case as part of its partnership with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.

Miller's act involves him wearing an Uncle Sam suit and freezing mid-stride while appearing to walk a toy dog, often accommodating tourists who stop to pose for photos with him."


Here's some videos of him in action, including a Times-Picayune story about him a few years ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWfBFgnKI4I


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcRvkggs124


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y95-g10LE1U

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ChainedRedone
09/10/17 8:00:27 PM
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Why should he go to jail if he's improved so many lives with entertainment? He makes one mistake and the fucking white man wants to put the black man down. Disgraceful.
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DonaldClinton
09/10/17 8:01:21 PM
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He deserves to be in prison.
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Deadpool_18
09/10/17 8:01:52 PM
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I thought they gave up on that stuff after 48 hours
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ChainedRedone
09/10/17 8:02:47 PM
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Deadpool_18 posted...
I thought they gave up on that stuff after 48 hours


Not if it's a black man. In that case they never give up.
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Deadpool_18
09/10/17 8:03:19 PM
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ChainedRedone posted...
Deadpool_18 posted...
I thought they gave up on that stuff after 48 hours


Not if it's a black man. In that case they never give up.


Well I do notice a lack of white guys on the show.
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SaltyWet
09/10/17 8:04:29 PM
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Now they gotta catch the Axe murderer.
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josifrees
09/10/17 8:04:30 PM
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When the cops said Freeze! He said that'll be 2 dollars
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OleBillyBoy225
09/10/17 8:05:11 PM
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Hope he's executed.
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Anarchy_Juiblex
09/10/17 8:05:50 PM
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I'm not sure that I would find that evidence convincing enough but if he actually did it, death penalty for all murderers.
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Capn Circus
09/10/17 8:14:38 PM
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I'd ask what the victim's family wants. It seems, though, they do want justice. The man killed was a father of four and there are reasons there aren't statute of limitations on murder---because it's one of the most horrific crimes out there.

It's a tough situation. Uncle Louie is special to a lot of people.
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Hey
09/10/17 8:18:03 PM
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Bill Cosby was special too, should he be free of all crimes and judgement?
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OleBillyBoy225
09/10/17 8:19:22 PM
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I don't care if he was 17 at the time.
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Neoconkers
09/10/17 8:21:03 PM
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Yeah he's entertaining, but four kids grew up without a dad because of him
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Kitt
09/10/17 8:21:44 PM
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josifrees posted...
When the cops said Freeze! He said that'll be 2 dollars

XD
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The_Juice_
09/10/17 8:21:56 PM
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So did they not have the guy's fingerprints until now? Obviously they had the ones from the scene but they didn't have this guys to match?

I'm just curious how they figure it out after that long
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StarReaper13
09/10/17 8:26:19 PM
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He robbed a 34 year old man of his life, of his family, not to mention that he robbed said family of their father/husband/whatever. He deserves life in jail.
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Capn Circus
09/10/17 8:28:25 PM
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The_Juice_ posted...
So did they not have the guy's fingerprints until now? Obviously they had the ones from the scene but they didn't have this guys to match?

I'm just curious how they figure it out after that long


Apparently the last time they tested was again in 1998. Then they decided it in December of 2016 again and it produced a hit.

So my guess is Uncle Louie was arrested for something within those 17 years.
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EyeWontBeFooled
09/10/17 8:28:52 PM
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The_Juice_ posted...
So did they not have the guy's fingerprints until now? Obviously they had the ones from the scene but they didn't have this guys to match?

I'm just curious how they figure it out after that long

Maybe they had prints, but none to match to in the files until very recently.
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GiftedACIII
09/10/17 8:29:59 PM
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ChainedRedone posted...
He makes one mistake

This is a shitpost right
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tremain07
09/10/17 8:31:35 PM
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Holy shit, future Discovery ID episode right here
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Vyrulisse
09/10/17 8:32:01 PM
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GiftedACIII posted...
ChainedRedone posted...
He makes one mistake

This is a shitpost right

4oaikNO
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scorpion41
09/10/17 8:32:40 PM
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He's 60 years old...probation or three years at max. No need to lock him up if he's harmless now.
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Capn Circus
09/10/17 8:34:43 PM
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tremain07 posted...
Holy shit, future Discovery ID episode right here


Yeah I think it may be turned into an episode. This guy was known by many and is pretty much an icon in the french quarter. He's been there for years.
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dummy420
09/10/17 8:38:45 PM
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If there is enough evidence a life sentence is well past appropriate.
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PiOverlord
09/10/17 8:50:58 PM
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Of course he deserves to go to prison for life if he was truly involved in the murder of another human.
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thronedfire2
09/10/17 8:52:31 PM
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Deadpool_18 posted...
I thought they gave up on that stuff after 48 hours


cases get reopened because of new evidence all the time
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ChrisHanson24
09/10/17 8:53:05 PM
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the statue of limitations is 7 years why the fuck did they arrest him what a fucking joke!
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darkjedilink
09/10/17 9:16:45 PM
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ChrisHanson24 posted...
the statue of limitations is 7 years why the fuck did they arrest him what a fucking joke!

There is no statute of limitations for murder.
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kuwab0
09/10/17 9:48:56 PM
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dummy420
09/10/17 9:49:24 PM
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darkjedilink posted...
ChrisHanson24 posted...
the statue of limitations is 7 years why the fuck did they arrest him what a fucking joke!

There is no statute of limitations for murder.

Methinks it be sarcasm.
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josifrees
09/10/17 9:50:13 PM
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Actually looks like a pun
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ZombiePelican
09/10/17 9:51:36 PM
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NOLA native here. Lock him up street performers are a plague to this city
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josifrees
09/10/17 9:52:09 PM
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Street perfomers are like the irl micro transactions
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Mistere Man
09/10/17 9:56:33 PM
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Innocent until proven guilty.

If he did it for sure then jail.
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Capn Circus
09/10/17 10:00:44 PM
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josifrees posted...
Street perfomers are like the irl micro transactions


It is a place a lot of people go to disappear to. It attracts some very interesting people, to say the least. Robert Durst, the eccentric billionaire was arrested there a few years ago on a murder warrant. He was using an alias and paying in cash for his hotel room.
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ZombiePelican
09/10/17 10:13:25 PM
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Capn Circus posted...
It attracts some very interesting people,

No, it attracts sketchy bums and crusties who don't want to work real jobs and only scare the tourists
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Capn Circus
09/10/17 10:16:34 PM
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ZombiePelican posted...
Capn Circus posted...
It attracts some very interesting people,

No, it attracts sketchy bums and crusties who don't want to work real jobs and only scare the tourists


That too. The gutter punks are definitely an eye sore---worse than the Bourbon sludge.
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ZombiePelican
09/10/17 10:24:41 PM
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Capn Circus posted...
That too. The gutter punks are definitely an eye sore---worse than the Bourbon sludge.

They literally quarantined off an entire section of neutral ground because of how disgusting they made it and just to keep them off of it. The less incentive to give those crusties a reason to stay the better
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Nubcake13
09/10/17 10:26:40 PM
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ZombiePelican posted...
Capn Circus posted...
It attracts some very interesting people,

No, it attracts sketchy bums and crusties who don't want to work real jobs and only scare the tourists

I thought you didnt like tourist or transplants in your 'great" city
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haloiscoolisbak
09/10/17 10:39:04 PM
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Is Uncle Lou from the French ward in Mafia 3 a nod to this?
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Capn Circus
09/10/17 10:44:32 PM
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@ZombiePelican

vPGdnqS
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ZombiePelican
09/10/17 10:59:46 PM
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Nubcake13 posted...
ZombiePelican posted...
Capn Circus posted...
It attracts some very interesting people,

No, it attracts sketchy bums and crusties who don't want to work real jobs and only scare the tourists

I thought you didnt like tourist or transplants in your 'great" city

I don't. But I hate crusties and street performers even more though sometimes that goes hand in hand


Capn Circus posted...
@ZombiePelican

Words cannot express how much I hate these people
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josifrees
09/10/17 11:04:56 PM
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Are they crusty on purpose?
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ReignFury
09/10/17 11:11:56 PM
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Honestly it shouldnt matter what kind of life hes lived because taking a life cant be undone, not by sorry, not by regret, and not by living a good life after the fact.
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evosthunder
09/10/17 11:15:50 PM
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ChainedRedone posted...
He makes one mistake


This only applies if you're young and white. "Uncle Louie" is neither.
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ZombiePelican
09/10/17 11:19:43 PM
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josifrees posted...
Are they crusty on purpose?

Yes. Crusty is short for Crust punk.


It's a subculture of rich yuppie shitheads pretending to be dirt poor living in the streets and listen to some of the worst music mankind has ever conceived.
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Capn Circus
09/10/17 11:20:06 PM
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josifrees posted...
Are they crusty on purpose?


Yes. You can be disenfranchised and poor without having to put a bull ring in your nose and get nonsense tattooed on your knuckles.
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Capn Circus
09/10/17 11:26:38 PM
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ZombiePelican posted...
and listen to some of the worst music mankind has ever conceived.


*looks up on Youtube* --- huh.. yeah..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6_WI78gtJc

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Syntheticon
09/11/17 12:07:51 AM
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josifrees posted...
When the cops said Freeze! He said that'll be 2 dollars

Underrated post.
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