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August 24, 2020

Protesters in Lafayette, Louisiana, Demand Justice for Trayford Pellerin, Shot Dead by Police
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In Lafayette, Louisiana, protesters took to the streets this weekend in
the wake of the police killing of a 31-year-old Black man, Trayford
Pellerin, on Friday. Police officers reportedly were called for a
"disturbance" at a convenience store, where they encountered Pellerin
and used Tasers on him, before shooting him dead as he tried to enter
another convenience store. Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump, who is
representing Pellerin's family, called for the officers involved to be
fired. Trayford Pellerin's mother told the media her son struggled with
anxiety, while his aunt remembered him as a quiet and generous person
with "a big heart."


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