A federal judge has agreed to postpone a trial for a Mississippi man charged with firing a shotgun at three black men in New Orleans who were wounded in what prosecutors said was a racially motivated attack in Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge has agreed to postpone a trial for a Mississippi man charged with firing a shotgun at three black men in New Orleans who were wounded in what prosecutors said was a racially motivated attack in Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath. A trial for Roland Bourgeois Jr., a 47-year-old white man, was scheduled to start Feb. 28. On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon agreed to move the start of the trial to May 9. Bourgeois’ attorney, Valerie Jusselin, asked for more time to evaluate his mental and physical condition. His doctors have testified he needs a liver transplant and may only have several months to live. Bourgeois, now a resident of Columbia, Miss., is charged with firing a shotgun at the men while they tried to leave New Orleans after the 2005 hurricane. Copyright 2011 The Associated Press.
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