Keith Lamar Scott is a 43 year old African American male who was shot on September 20th of this year. He was sitting in his car when the police approached him on suspicions of a weapon. The policeman were pursuing another man when they came across Scott who was waiting for his son to get off of the bus reading the Quran (Muslim Bible). During a press conference on Wednesday, Attorney Andrew Murray said “after a thorough review, and given the totality of the circumstances and credible evidence in this case, it is my opinion that Officer Vincent acted lawfully when he shot Mr. Scott.” Their is no clear statement on the shooting, witnesses are saying one thing while police are saying the opposite thing. His wife was at the scene recording the shooting happening, telling the cops "don't shoot him", "he doesn't have a gun", and "he just took his medicine". The police ignored her and fired their shots. In the video you can see the policeman standing over his dead body while she asks them to call for help to save her husband. Attorney Murray says the officers tried telling him to drop his "gun" (that they only posted pictures of as evidence) at least "10 times". “The videos also show that Mr. Scott did not comply with those commands,” Murray said. “In interviews, an officer described Mr. Scott’s behavior during this incident. Those descriptions included that he had a blank stare as if he was in a trance-like state. This behavior is consistent with the known side effects of medication prescribed to Mr. Scott. Additional side effects are aggression and behavior abnormalities.” In response to a reporter's question, Murray mentions that there is no clear evidence of Scott ever pointing a weapon at any policeman. This shooting caused six whole nights of protests some at which turned violent causing people to be killed. The cop responsible for the death of Keith Lamar Scott will not face charges because they believed it to be a "lawful" shooting.
Educational. This teaches everybody that the justice system is truly unreasonable. If that was a black man who shot a cop, he'd get life plus 25 years. Let it had been a black man accused of a crime with no evidence to prove he was guilty, that'd be 15 years in jail. You can see where racism comes to play in the world and this really shows for it. There was no solid evidence that Keith Scott had a weapon only pictures the police posted and said they had found it after the shooting which to me looked like a Glock 22. For those of you who may not know what a Glock 22 is, it is the official gun of policeman. By reading this article I learned that the justice system will do anything to keep African American's from getting justice.
Title of Article: Police Officer Who Shot Keith Lamont Scott Will Not Face Charges
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/keith-lamont-scott-officer-charges_us_583efbb5e4b04fcaa4d60490?section=us_black-voices
