The Master Butcher wrote:
Do we know much yet about what happened before the Video.. The Cop may have already be unhinged before shooting the guy or the person may have demonstrated to be complete scum. We are assuming off of what we see and not doing much research into the facts behind the video. Mind you if one of my friends killed someone I might try to argue the person he killed was scum. Mind you if someone in my family were killed I might make him out to be a saint!
We can't know much more then what is on the video!
Scott had missed child support payments, which shouldn't be a capital offense. He was unemployed at the time of his death, so it's easy to envision how he could have missed payments due to inability to pay. I'd imagine that scenario of having extremely tight finances is a pretty common one given the economy of the past few years.
The reason he was originally pulled over was for a broken taillight, which isn't even a crime under
South Carolina law. So, basically, he was pulled over for Driving While Black.
At some point, the officer used his taser on Scott. After that, Scott fled and was murdered.
The missing portion right now is the time between the unjustified traffic stop and the tasering. How did it escalate to the point where Scott felt unsafe and attempted to flee?
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