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| Louisiana man was shot by the police after fleeing. |
Again, why do police believe a fleeing suspect is a "threat on their lives?"
Cops should be able to take down a suspect without use of force. They have them Tasers! Oops, they shot people who grab Tasers.
They get in their vehicles and pull off. Oops. Cops shoot at cars when they back up and flee.
Everyday at least 103 people die from gun violence. I can't even tell you how many stories I've missed involving gun violence in the country. Police shootings are part of the systematic problem with gun violence. No amount of training will ever stop a cop from using split judgement when it comes to a life-or-death situation. However, given how many of these incidents should have involved deescalation, these fatal encounters should have been prevented.
WHEN COPS SEE A BLACK MAN WITH A FIREARM REGARDLESS OF IT BEING LEGAL OR ILLEGAL, THEY AUTOMATICALLY SHOOT THE BLACK MAN. EVEN AN UNARMED BLACK MAN JUST REACHING FOR A WALLET OR A DOOR HANDLE COULD BE KILLED BY THE COPS. NOW A BLACK MAN FLEEING AN ARRESTING OFFICER COULD BE KILLED. WHETHER THEY'RE IN THEIR VEHICLE OR RUNNING FROM THEM. THE COPS WILL SHOOT THE BLACK MAN.
THE POLICE AND JUNK FOOD MEDIA TRY TO MAKE THE VICTIM, "THE BAD GUY" BY BRINGING UP HIS PAST HISTORY, HIS SOCIAL MEDIA OR HIS FAMILY LIFE.
MANY WHITES (IN LARGE GROUPS) HAVE FIREARMS IN FRONT OF POLICE AND THEY NEVER GET SHOT OR KILLED. WHY AREN'T THEY AFRAID OF THEM?
WHENEVER SOMEONE COMPLAINS ABOUT THE LACK OF BLACK FATHERS, I CONTINUE TO DENOUNCE THIS BULLSHIT. I OFTEN REMIND THEM THAT THE POLICE KILL BLACK FATHERS. THE POLICE LEAVE CHILDREN OF COLOR WITHOUT A BLACK FATHER. AND NO AMOUNT OF MONEY COULD BRING THE PEACE AND TRANQUILITY TO THE FAMILIES OF THOSE KILLED BY THE COPS.
We have unrest in the nation. African Americans, Latinos and Native Americans had enough of the status quo in politics, religion, entertainment and law. The need to change started on May 25, 2020 when a cop placed his knee on the neck of an American citizen. He screamed, "I can't breathe...." and cried for his "mama."
A man armed with a knife is shot and killed by the police after he fled them. It happened at a Circle K/Shell Gas Station in Lafayette, Louisiana. A young woman captured the fatal encounter on video.
It will certainly raise tension with residents in Lafayette.
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| Police open fire on Pellerin while he causally walks away from them. |
The video shows, 31-year old Trayford Pellerin walking away from arresting officers. The witness filming saying "he got a knife" and "they gonna shoot him" as he marches swiftly away from cops and towards the entrance of the gas station.
Lafayette officers responded at about 8pm Friday to a disturbance involving a person armed with a knife at the Circle K gas station on Northeast Evangeline Thruway near the intersection of Castille Avenue, said Louisiana State Police spokesman Trooper Derek Senegal.
When officers arrived, they found Pellerin in the parking lot of the gas station. Officers tried to apprehend Pellerin, but he left the scene, Senegal said.
#NEW: #Louisiana State Police confirm that the man involved in an officer-involved shooting on Friday has died. He has been identified as 31-year-old Trayford #Pellerin of Lafayette.— Alexis Wainwright (@AWainwrightTV) August 22, 2020
A witness posted this video via twitter. Warning, it is graphic.
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"Get on the ground!" says one witness while pleading in vain.
The person who filmed the encounter, Rickasha Montgomery told the local junk food media that she believed the police were excessive and the man was fleeing when they shot him. She said they tasered the man but it had no effect on him.
When Pellerin reached for the door of the gas station, the police shot him 11 times.
Police say the incident unfolded after the Lafayette Police Department responded to a 9-1-1 call of a disturbance at a Circle K/Shell Gas Station on Northeast Evangeline Thruway.
Officers said they pursued the man on foot for about half-a-mile before the shooting took place at the gas station.
As the man came within feet of the door to the occupied convenience store, the police opened fire.
After opening fire on Pellerin, the police were seen motioning to people to stay inside the store.
"When I heard the gunshots, I couldn't hold my phone like I was first filming," Montgomery told the junk food media. "I feel kind of scared about it. I'm traumatized. You're so used to hearing about this, but I never thought I would experience it."
The Louisiana State Police are taking charge of the matter and the cops who fired the shots are placed in the freezer pending an investigation into whether the use of force was justified.
Pellerin was taken to a local hospital where he later died.
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| Police are trying to spin a story of non-compliance as a reason for shooting. |
The incident troubles Marja Broussard, the president of the Lafayette chapter of the NAACP. She said she started receiving texts and calls and immediately headed to the scene late Friday night.
After watching the video, which she called hard to watch, Broussard said she wonders what other measures could have been taken to deescalate the situation.
"How much time did they have to diffuse it?...How much time did they have to do something other than freaking shoot?" she said. "I think that so much more could have been done."
Alanah Odoms Hebert, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana, issued a statement Saturday calling the shooting an "inappropriate and excessive use of force by these officers."
"Cell phone video from the scene clearly shows Mr. Pellerin moving away – not towards – police officers, only to be tased and then brutally shot dead," Hebert said. "Trayford Pellerin should be alive today. Instead, a family is mourning and a community is grieving. Mr. Pellerin's family and the people of Lafayette deserve answers."
The police chief promised to provide as much information to the community as possible.
"We expect to do whatever we can as far as transparency goes," Morgan said. "Please understand we are not trying to not give out information. All information has to be verified before we give information out. Part of being transparent is also to get it right."
Local officials, including Lafayette Mayor-President Josh Guillory, Parish Councilman AB Rubin, City Councilman Glenn Lazard and Louisiana State Sen. Gerald Boudreaux, were at the scene along with representatives from the local NAACP.
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| A man kneels in solidarity with the Louisiana man gunned down by the police. |
This is the third time an on-duty Lafayette Police Department officer has shot a person in five weeks, and the fourth in 2020. Morgan said the circumstances for each incident vary and "we have to judge each one based on its merit."
The state ACLU's statement called the police shooting a "murder" and "brutal killing."
"None of our communities are safe when the police can murder people with impunity or when routine encounters escalate into deadly shooting sprees," according to the statement. "The ACLU of Louisiana will continue to demand justice for this brutal killing and push for reforms that will end the epidemic of police violence once and for all."
Of course, they'll say that Pellerin had a criminal history. They will say that he shouldn't have walked away from cops. They would say he shouldn't carry a knife in the first place. They would say he should have complied to officers. The Constitution only applies to white men. Because if a Black man uses his right to not be detained without cause, refuse to speak under prosecution, and defuse the situation by walking away, he still dies. And given he had a knife, they didn't say he robbed someone. He was probably defending himself.
Still doesn't justify why a cop shot a fleeing suspect.
No amount of criminal acts this man done justified that cop's actions. It's has frustrated me to hear folks like Candace Owens, Larry Elder, Leo Terrell, Jesse Lee Peterson, Terrence K. Williams, Kevin Jackson, Diamond & Silk and Allen West defend the actions of bad cops and white vigilantes.
I DON'T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT SOMEONE'S PAST ENCOUNTERS WITH POLICE. THAT DOESN'T JUSTIFY THE DEATH OF ANY SUSPECT! IF THE SUSPECT IS FLEEING, THAT'S NOT A THREAT ON THE LIVES OF POLICE! IT'S A FUCKING COP OUT! THE COPS OFTEN USE NON-LETHAL FORCE WITH WHITE SUSPECTS! WHY IS THIS NOT USED ON BLACK SUSPECTS?
IN CASE YOU'RE WONDERING .... BLACK PEOPLE ARE LAWFUL OWNERS OF FIREARMS TOO! JUST CAUSE YOU SEE A PICTURE OF A BLACK MAN WITH A FIREARM DOESN'T MEAN HE'S COMMITTING CRIMES. WHITE PEOPLE POSE WITH FIREARMS TOO! YOU BELIEVE WHITE PEOPLE ARE NOT COMMITTING CRIMES WITH FIREARMS! THIS COMMON STEREOTYPE EXIST WHEN BLACK PEOPLE ARE KILLED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. THEY SEE PICTURES OF [BLACK MEN] WITH FIREARMS AND SOME JUSTIFY THAT AS A REASON FOR COPS TO KILL.
The status quo of the gun culture. Now is not the time to talk about gun violence!
If there were more security guards and more civilians (aka the good guy) with a gun.......
They learn how to use firearms from watching (or listening) to gangsta rap.
They watch violent movies.
They don't have fathers or mothers in their lives and it results in them committing criminal acts.
Look at his history with police....
Look at his history with police....
Blah, blah, blah...
Moments of silence, street memorials, naming of public places, saying "Your heart goes out to...," lowering of flags and hashtags are platitudes. They are a huge waste of time. It's a man-made crisis created by a lazy ass government. They are enabling this. Donald J. Trump, Congress and the National Rifle Association are a bunch of lily-livered cowards. They are numb to gun violence.
The "good guy" with a firearm is the most dangerous person to have a firearm. Matter of fact, the NICE GUYS are often the ones who are spurned by society. Bad relationships, losing your job, jealousy over promotions, family feuds and racism are typical NICE GUY issues.
NICE GUYS ARE THE MOST DANGEROUS INDIVIDUALS WITH A FIREARM.
THE NICE GUY GETS SPURNED BY SOCIETY. THEY TAKE REVENGE ON SOCIETY.
RESTRAINING ORDERS ARE JUST A PIECE OF PAPER. THEY WILL NOT (I REPEAT) STOP A "MAD" INDIVIDUAL FROM OBTAINING A FIREARM.
Don't you just want to scream!?
Scream in the faces of these damn lawmakers whenever they offer their "thoughts and prayers" to every fucking mass shooting in the United States. They will offer their condolences and say a word vomit how they sympathize with the deceased. Some here will tell us that "now isn't the time to talk." Others will say that "the NRA has too much influence on gun laws."
We will talk about this for a few days and then we're off to another controversy. The next controversy would either be something done by Trump, a politician, an entertainer or we will experience another mass shooting. The next mass shooting will be even worse than the last one.
I repeat myself over and over again! I use the same old copy and paste. I hear the same trolls saying that there's nothing we can do. I keep hearing "concern" trolls telling us that it's their own fault for their own deaths. I hear the same old talking points about "good guys with guns" and "god's given rights."We will talk about this for a few days and then we're off to another controversy. The next controversy would either be something done by Trump, a politician, an entertainer or we will experience another mass shooting. The next mass shooting will be even worse than the last one.
The website Officer Down is a memorial to those who were killed in the line of duty. Those who don't get their names mentioned in the junk food media. Also the website the National Gun Violence Memorial also keeps record of the many individuals killed by gun violence.
So far, more Black men and women are being killed by the police. I don't want to hear no talk about white suspects being killed far more. So far, the junk food media has spotlighted another Black man being shot by the police.
We have mass shootings in the United States everyday. We are the only country in the world that continues to do nothing about this. Donald J. Trump, Congress, the National Rifle Association and agitators in the junk food media have moved on from dealing with this. They're too busy sniping over partisan blame games. With Trump being impeached while in office, he's unlikely to focus on gun violence.
Trump and lawmakers elected to federal office made politics extremely toxic. It's not just the fault of our dear leader and lawmakers, but relentless agitators on the 24/7 cable news channels. They are profiting off division and divisiveness. The internet is also a problem. It's is a breeding ground for potential mass shooters. Facebook, Twitter, Google and other social media outlets have been "ground zero" for disinformation, partisan threats and social activism. Incels and social outcasts find their outlets on sites that inspire them to cause harm to their fellow human beings.
It never happens in your community.......! Until it does! Every community in the United States will eventually have a legacy. A legacy of tragedy. A mass shooting will affect your town, your family and your life. So I don't want to hear that bullshit about how "guns save lives." They don't. The only thing that survives a gun shooting is the gun.
FOR EVERY BAD COP, THERE WILL BE A DEAD COP!
I DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING ON THE INTERNET OR THE COP'S VERSION.
GUN VIOLENCE IS THE NUMBER ONE THREAT IN THE UNITED STATES.
THERE IS NO GOD!
GOD IS NOT FIXING THIS!
We haven't forgotten about the many mass shootings in the United States. COVID-19 doesn't stop individuals from picking up firearms and killing others.
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