Hempstead courtroom brawl results in 6 arrests, 2 injuries

[MASTERBAKER]

Hempstead courtroom brawl results in 6 arrests, 2 injuries

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HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (WABC) -- Six men were arraigned Saturday in connection with a wild courtroom brawl in Hempstead, Long Island.

The pushing and shoving began inside the courtroom hallway Friday morning and then spilled outside.

Two court officers were injured in the melee and taken to the hospital.

It happened during the arraignment of Pedro Merchant.

The 20-year-old is accused of shooting 17-year-old Dante Quinones to death on a street in Hempstead last week.

Both families were in court Friday and apparently tempers flared.

Newsday reports that shortly after a judge remanded the suspect without bail, an outburst of support for him sparked the fighting. Two of those arrested also had to go to the hospital because they were injured during the brawl.

The six suspects have been charged with criminal contempt and riot

 

[Heavenlywings77]

I was just comin out my chicks spot when the boy got hit up. He was a blood so honestly he brought it on himself. This was just crazy tho

 

[Shadow]

I was just comin out my chicks spot when the boy got hit up. He was a blood so honestly he brought it on himself. This was just crazy tho

Where did this happen? in those projects not to far from the courthouse?

 

[MASTERBAKER]

Accused murderer's family brawls with victim's family at Long Island courthouse
The family members started arguing inside the courtroom during the arraignment and were kicked out, leading to a brawl in the hallway that spilled out onto the street

Court officers attempt to clear out a hallway following a brawl at Nassau County Courthouse.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brawl-long-island-courthouse-article-1.1463207#ixzz2fY7nsLeu


There wasn’t much order in this courthouse — and it only got worse outside the building.

A brawl broke out in a Long Island courthouse Friday as a 20-year-old man was arraigned on murder charges.



Family members of accused killer Pedro Merchant and those of the victim in the case, Dante Quinones, 17, began quarrelling with each other during Merchant’s arraignment at First District Court in Hempstead about 11 a.m., Nassau County Police said.
Abdul Rahim Robinson (from left), Jerry Merchant and Louis Merchant were arrested, along with three other men, on charges of rioting and criminal contempt following massive Hempstead court brawl.
NCPD

Abdul Rahim Robinson (from left), Jerry Merchant and Louis Merchant were arrested, along with three other men, on charges of rioting and criminal contempt following massive Hempstead court brawl.

Court officers booted the disruptive family members out of the gallery and into the hallway, but the tension turned into a full-on throwdown between the two groups. The free-for-all spilled out onto Main St. and eventually came to involve close to 100 people, officials and witnesses said.



Eleven court officers were injured in quelling the madness, and six men were arrested on charges of rioting and criminal contempt.

Most of the court officers who were hurt suffered minor injuries, but one of the 11 was hospitalized, according to a Nassau County Police spokesman.
Shapeace Goodwine (from left), Terry Green and Aaron Munlin were also arrested in the free-for-all, and will have to return to the same courthouse Saturday for their own arraignments.
NCPD

Shapeace Goodwine (from left), Terry Green and Aaron Munlin were also arrested in the free-for-all, and will have to return to the same courthouse Saturday for their own arraignments.


The six alleged brawlers — Rahim Robinson, 22, Aaron Munlin, 20, Jerry Merchant, 50, Louis Merchant, 51, Shapeace Goodwine, 22, and Terry Green, 28 — were all expected to be back in the same court Saturday for their own arraignments, officials said.

In the courtroom Friday, a judge ordered Merchant held without bail for allegedly shooting Quinones to death on a Hempstead street on Sept. 11.

The murder sparked outrage in the Long Island town, where residents held a rally against violence.

ttracy@nydailynews.com

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brawl-long-island-courthouse-article-1.1463207#ixzz2fY7T0300

 

[Heavenlywings77]

Where did this happen? in those projects not to far from the courthouse?

No on the Heights by Dartmouth about 2am



"The murder sparked outrage in the Long Island town, where residents held a rally against violence."

/\/\ corny as fuck,them lil' niggas be doiin this shit all day everyday ,pseudo drug dealers and fake tough guys. It's all good when it's not your family member getting murked or locked up. What kills me is that the family knew the lifeystyle Donte was living,they didn't care enough to raise the dude,he joined bloods,he was a dick and eventually some1 pulled his card. Now it's "waaaah,he was a good kid" B.S.

 

[Genesiswiz]

Shit like this make us look stupid.

I wish it was harder to make us look ignorant.

 

[knightmelodic]

Shit like this make us look stupid.

I wish it was harder to make up look ignorant.

I was thinking the same thing. how the media is always going to shine the light on the worst, and we give it to them every time
how do you go into court with hats on backward, etc?

 

[J Storm]

Shit like this make us look stupid.

I wish it was harder to make up look ignorant.

You already look stupid for thinking you're one of them by default.

 

[audio syndicate]

good ole' hempstead..what do you expect?