Insurgent police issued a 10-minute warning before releasing torches and smoke leaflets into the crowd of protesters, KATC reported.
Afterwards, interim Lafayette police chief Scott Morgan made a distinction between Protestants who organized an event earlier in the day and those he said “choose to be evil.” He said people blocked major lanes and started several fires in a grass area, and police observed some throwing fireworks into one of their buildings.
“Our intention will not be to simply restrict people to our city and endanger our citizens and our motorists and our neighborhood. We will use these resources that we have and those other agencies and we will enforce these laws,” he said. is.
The protests came after the Louisiana ACLU called for an independent inquiry into Pellerin’s death, which she said was captured on video. CNN is working on getting and verifying the video.
Hebert said the shooting was an ‘indecent and disproportionate use of force’ by police.
“Not one of our communities is safe as the police can kill people with punishments as when routine meetings escalate into deadly shootings,” Hebert said. “The Louisiana ACLU will continue to demand justice for this brutal assassination and push for reforms that will end the epidemic of police violence once and for all.”
Police say Trayford Pellerin had a knife
There, police found Pellerin in the parking lot of the store with a knife, the statement said. When officers tried to arrest him, Pellerin walked away and followed officers on foot. Police used Tasers when they chased him, the statement said, “but they were not effective.”
Officers shot Pellerin as he tried to enter a convenience store near NW Evangeline Thruway, according to Louisiana State Police. Pellerin was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.
State police said no officers were injured and that the investigation is “active and ongoing.” No further information was available.
“The family, and the people of Lafayette, deserve the honesty and responsibility of those who have been sworn in to protect them – the Lafayette police,” he added.
“If agitators from the city see this, if anyone is planning to improve their techniques tomorrow or the next day, we are ready for you,” he said. “We are prepared. We will not give up the city willingly. You will have to go through every resource I have and every resource the police have to harm the citizens as well as their property.”
Organizers of local communities also warned against “bad actors” coming to the city.
“If you’re one of those bad actors who comes in and sets fire and throws stones and jumps fireballs, you’re not welcome in Lafayette here,” said activist Jamal Taylor. “That’s not the game we do.”
CNN’s Chandler Thornton and Dakin Andone contributed to this report.
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