Expelled student says fight justified

JENNINGS, LA (KPLC) - 15-year-old Logan Cormier was a student at Jennings High School until Friday.

"I got expelled, got arrested and got felony charges or whatever put on me," said Cormier.

That came as a result of a fight. Cormier acknowledges his actions, but said he was acting in self defense against a bully.

"He kept saying he was going to beat me up and he kept on running his mouth to me and I just got tired of it and beat him up," said Cormier.

There are none of those school board agreements on file regarding Cormier, indicating an incident at school was never reported. But Cormier's parents say they've addressed the school and city police.

"This has been an ongoing thing," said Cormier's father, James Trahan. "It seems like no one wanted to do anything about it. I basically told him to react and do what he felt like he had to do... if his life was threatened."

That case is hard to make with no bullying reports from the school and only one report on file with the police. That report was filed on Aug. 29 when Cormier's mother called 911 reporting an incident where her 15-year-old son was being harassed. Without a clear description of who was doing it, police had no leads.

Trahan says they've consulted with a lawyer to handle the battery charges.

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