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| Louisiana Protest erupts over fatal police shooting of Black man |
| 2020-08-23 |
| LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — The mother of a man fatally shot by Louisiana police said her son was intelligent, shy and had sought therapy for social anxiety. Her lawyers said they plan to sue over the death of Trayford Pellerin, who police said had a knife and was trying to enter a convenience store. The shooting Friday night was captured on video, and the state ACLU condemned what it described as a "horrific and deadly incident of police violence against a Black person." Both the ACLU and the Southern Poverty Law Center quickly called for an investigation. Pellerin’s death prompted a crowd of protesters to gather Saturday and demonstrate against the latest fatal police shooting. Officers in riot gear fired smoke canisters on Saturday night to get the crowd to disperse, Trooper Derek Senegal said. No tear gas was deployed, he said. At a news conference late Saturday, local officials said the protest began peacefully, but violence later erupted with fireworks shot at buildings and fires set in the median of the road. "Our intent is not going to be to just let people disrupt our town and put our citizens and our motorists and our neighborhoods in danger," Interim Police Chief Scott Morgan said. Arrests were made, Morgan said, but an exact number wasn’t immediately available. "We do support people’s First Amendment rights," Lafayette Parish Sheriff Mark Garber said. "However, when it comes to the destruction of property, we are not going to have Lafayette set on fire." On Friday night, Lafayette officers followed Pellerin, 31, on foot as he left a convenience store where he had created a disturbance with a knife, Louisiana State Police said. Stun guns failed to stop him, and the officers shot Pellerin as he tried to enter another convenience store, still with the knife, according to a news release. Pellerin became anxious in groups and may have been frightened by the officers, Michelle Pellerin told The Advocate. He had sought professional help earlier this year, she said. "Instead of giving him a helping hand they gave him bullets," national civil rights attorney Ben Crump told the newspaper. He and Baton Rouge attorney Ronald Haley said they have begun their own investigation by interviewing witnesses. Some said Pellerin was not armed, Haley said. The family believes Pellerin may have been having a mental health crisis, Crump said. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #13 That cultural characteristic, The crazy check, bounces ballistic. One lunatic? Tragic! A million? Add magical Thinking and press ["Doh!"]: Statistic. |
| Posted by: Squinty Cherert1278 2020-08-23 23:34 |
| #12 Gators are hungry you know. And the gator hunters need some bait. Chicken goes in the pot. Antifa goes on the hook:p |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2020-08-23 20:04 |
| #11 It would be interesting to see some of the antifas come down to Lafayette, where the Cajun population has been diligently working on their hunting skills for the last 250 years or so. Also, any survivors may get to visit the Louisiana State pen at Angola, which would surely give them a fresh perspective on BLM. But antifa only plays home games. |
| Posted by: Matt 2020-08-23 14:42 |
| #10 They can continue their protest as Hurricane Marcos comes ashore tonight. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2020-08-23 13:18 |
| #9 Check the Cold Case Files and see if there are any unsolved stabbing murders locally... |
| Posted by: magpie 2020-08-23 12:36 |
| #8 stun guns failed to stop him Drugs, mental health issues, and criminal behavior. When the body-cam footage comes out, we'll see the cops were doing their job but the burned out buildings and looted stores will remain. We've seen this movie before. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2020-08-23 11:15 |
| #7 For once somebody didn't die from COVID-19? Why the switch? |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-08-23 09:24 |
| #6 "Instead of giving him a helping hand they gave him bullets" Ah, you have a knife. Trouble stabbing? How can we help? |
| Posted by: Slats Angoling7518 2020-08-23 07:40 |
| #5 ...and had sought therapy for social anxiety. A 31 year old person and you're seeking therapy? What the hell were you doing over the previous 15 or so years, sitting on your ass? Sorry - my sympathy meter's shot. |
| Posted by: Raj 2020-08-23 07:06 |
| #4 Going into another convenience store with a knife in hand. WHAT did they expect. Grew up on a farm. Soon a lot of African Americans moved in all around the farm. Saturday nights was party time for them, every Saturday night. Every Saturday night there was gun fire. Finally pop sold the farm and moved us into town after an African American cut the heart out of another African American next door to our home on a Saturday Night with a steak knife. In general the African American cultural center piece has been violence whether you want to hear that or not. They always vote Democrat and when Democrats win all hell breaks loose. The majority pride themselves in their gangsta culture. I see no change in the future, only that that culture will be acceptable to you or else. |
| Posted by: Vespasian Ebbereng3110 2020-08-23 05:18 |
| #3 Public Service Shooting (PSS). His mental torture has ended. A threat to society has been successfully removed. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2020-08-23 03:05 |
| #2 her son was intelligent, shy and had sought therapy for social anxiety. ... had a knife and was trying to enter a convenience store. ...family believes Pellerin may have been having a mental health crisis He thought he's in New York? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-08-23 03:03 |
| #1 Mix one Mental health crisis with a knife. High probability of dead bodies |
| Posted by: Dacama 2020-08-23 02:58 |