This PD is as corrupt as they come...............
I hope this gets lots of publicity.
I hope they clean their clocks in a civil case. No sane jury will believe that every car camera and every camera at Costco that happened to be pointed at the action was not working. They need to also sue the officers personally, not just the force and Costco.
“Another graduate called Metro PD an ‘out of control police force,’...
The person who wrote this has obviously never been in Lee County Florida.
Harry Reid's name is never mentioned when the names of honorable men are listed or discussed.
How long before the police can do no wrong brigade arrives to denounce the West Point Alumni as cop haters and government haters?
I've just found a story from the LV Sun about the case and after having glanced at it I have several thoughts but I'll save all but two for now.
The ones I *won't* save are 1)Scott was carrying *two* handguns at the time,one of which he wasn't licensed to have.The story says that that's a felony in NV.But more importantly (to me) is...what's the deal with *two* weapons?? Yah,I can see having one...I have no problem with *one*.But *two*,even if legal,suggests to me that he might have had a screw loose.
And 2) suing Costco is Barbara Streisand.Suing the cops might be logical....but Costco didn't fire any weapons and they didn't *cause* any weapons to be fired.Suing them is a sign that a slimey lawyer is at work here looking for *DEEP* pockets and a *HUGE* payday for himself.
And,lastly,I'd be curious to see if any toxicology tests were done in the autopsy (I'll wager there were) and how they turned out.I'd also want to see what psychiatric history,in any,Scott,and the cops,had...and what trouble,in any,Scott had with the police/courts (civilian and military) in the past...and what disciplinary problems,if any,the cops involved might have had in the past.
OK...I'm ready...flame away!
Cold blooded murder and cover up of same. Period.
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The sheer size and nature of the police response also contributed to the almost certain outcome.
erik scott made the 'mistake' of not bending to illegal demands presented by a store employee, to disarm or leave the store when no required signage was present...
from there, the situation was ramped up and the response was ridiculous at best, resulting in his death...
According to this article, some of the most violent neighborhoods in the country are in Las Vegas.
Thank you for posting this article.
“...even though five of the seven bullets hit him from behind, and at least one appeared to have been fired while Scott lay prone, dead or dying on the ground.”
I can understand, and accept, all the ‘official’ explanations, the officer’s actions, the Costco Security employees fears, and Scott’s behavior.
But that final bullet is unexplainable, unjustifiable, and immoral. That is why we will never be allowed to see the Security Camera footage.
The cop is/was trigger happy.
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Just hours after Erik B. Scott was killed by 3 Las Vegas Metro Police Department Officers, the Public Administrator’s Office broke in to Erik’s Apartment to obtain his “weapons” and “valuables”. These items were obtained without a warrant and a Metro PD Officer accompanied this Public Administrator during the break-in per the audio in the message.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRNPPA-XgEA
Certainly military personnel and veterans have good reasonto fear for their lives from the Las Vegas death squads now at work, and I'd sure hate to see innocent cops get shot should they make furtive moves toward their weapons or other threatening gestures. Maybe the best thing to do would be to disarm them until the guilty ones in their midst can be sorted out and those found guilty can be given the sleepy needle, like a previously good and faithful family dog that's unfortunately become rabid.
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LVPD needs to be disbanded, and all members permanently blackballed from any public or security employment.
Let the Sheriff take over.
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