By Aaron Miller-
police union spokesman, Todd Walther has said that video he has suggests that police did nothing wrong.
At the same time, Charlotte Mayor, Jennifer Mayor, seemed to give no clear indication of when the video will be presented to the public who can make their own judgement.
Walther told reporters that police encountered Keith Lament Scott at a Charlotte apartment complex sitting in a vehicle. Scott is said to have exited the vehicle, revealing a gun as he emerged from the car.
He was then told to drop the gun but was shot for refusing to obey police instructions.
The officer who killed him was Brentley Wilson- a black officer.
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The fact the officer who killed Scott was black, makes racism a less likely factor in the killing. The possibility that the police force may deliberately use a black officer to front the killing, remains possible but not very plausible.
Video evidence would provide absolute clarity, but the police department would want to do their own investigation first. However, on this occasion, the police may deserve the benefit of the doubt.
Police brutality is a widespread fact in America and many parts of the world. Racism is also inevitably associated with the American police. Despite this painful truism, the reality is that police most.likely did nothing wrong in this particular case.
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It still cannot be assumed that every time a black.man gets killed by the police, the police officers involved was wrong, and deserving of prosecution or disciplinary action.
Scott may have been cynical of the police, in light of their dark reputation, and felt he didn’t trust the police enough to drop his gun.Without hard fact, all we have is hearsay and guesses.
Initial reports that the dead man only had a book is not plausible at all, except Scott had pretended to have , a gun, then produced a book. It would seem rather odd and unthinkable evil for a black officer to kill another black civilian without genuine fear his life may be in danger.
EMERGENCY
A state of emergency has followed large protests that have caused serious injury of both police and civilians.
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