Summary: There was a police shooting in Charlotte, North Carolina on Tuesday, in which Keith Scott, who was supposedly holding a gun, was shot by an officer. However, Scott denied being aggressive at all, stating that he was passively reading a book when the action occurred. The police immediately released footage taken by Scott's wife and a body camera of another police officer, which showed the attack. The video filmed by his wife shows Scott inside a car with the police around it, asking Scott repeatedly to exit the car. Scott cannot be clearly seen, but he does not appear to be aggressive. However, other accounts, including that of the police, state he had a gun and was seen rolling a marijuana joint just before the attack. The alleged book Scott was reading was not found at the crime scene. The videos seem to have revealed no new information. The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation is searching for new developments.
Analysis: This article was published on September 24, 2016, by Nick Valencia, Jason Hanna, and Steve Almasy to explain more deeply what happened in the North Carolina shooting and the videos that were released. The situation overall seems extremely unclear. Despite the footage being disclosed, we seem to know very little about what actually happened to Scott. The videos are unclear and from different perspectives, making it hard to know the actual situation. Police accounts are drastically different from the story of Scott's wife, and the videos that were released do not really prove either story. Recently, the amount of police shootings and similar events have been very scary. This article was written to inform us, and it's important that we stay aware of what is happening around us. Until we have more information, it is hard for anyone to know what really happened to Keith Scott.
Synthesis: The shooting of Keith Scott is similar to the shooting of Roman Ducksworth Jr. in 1962. Ducksworth, who was seemingly peaceful, was asked to leave a bus by a police officer and refused, resulting in him being killed.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/24/us/charlotte-keith-lamont-scott-shooting-video/
This has become a serious problem, and our government and our people need to do something about it. Their needs to be a clear image to everyone on how America each day is becoming worse and more dangerous.
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ReplyDeleteThis story has two very different sides with evidence to support both. This is something I will definitely have to research and look into. However the long list of unarmed African American men that have been unjustly killed by cops recently doesn't give me much hope.
ReplyDeleteWow! Your current events are amazing! :)
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