On Saturday night in Lafayette, Louisiana, cops fired flash-bang explosives into a crowd of protesters following Trayford Pellerin’s death after being shot 11 times at a gas station.
The protest was held at the Shell gas station, where the 31-year-old Pellerin’s life ended. Trayford Pellerin was alleged to be holding a knife when the cops followed him. According to the officers’ report, they tased Pellerin, but he continued to walk toward the convenience store with a knife, and they shot him as he approached the door.
However, an explanation that is yet to be given by the cops is why 11 shots? Of course, they could have disabled him with one shot so he couldn’t enter the convenience store. At this moment, the PD has yet to address this point.
Over 150 people turned up at the station when Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s deputies wearing riot gear formed a line to block the protesters.
Now facing a police line in riot gear at Moss and W. Pine St. pic.twitter.com/Fve2v0enip
— Katie Gagliano (@katie_gagliano) August 23, 2020
Meanwhile, the protesters could only be heard chanting, “Hands up, don’t shot,” which at a point deputies fired their flash-bang explosives at the crowd.
— Katie Gagliano (@katie_gagliano) August 23, 2020
Moreover, arrests were made. But for the deputies involved in the shooting, they were all placed on administrative leave with pay pending an investigation.
