Posted on 09/24/2010 9:34:59 AM PDT by Mr Rogers
This comes from a Vegas paper, so I'll summarize:
Day 1 of the inquest into the police shooting of Eric Scott at a Las Vegas Costco emphasized the large amount of prescription painkillers found in his body. The assistant DA suggested Scott was suicidal.
Day 2 apparently spent a bunch of time explaining why there will be no video...basically, the machines weren't working, sorry.
Then the cop who was closest to Scott testified. In his testimony, he says the gun found by investigators was in its holster, and that he didn't realize the gun was in its holster when he shot Scott. That info comes about 2/3 of the way into the article:
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/sep/23/officer-deadly-shooting-says-man-pointed-gun-didnt/
(Excerpt) Read more at lasvegassun.com ...
So how many people are lying under oath so far due to your conspiracy theory? I count seven.
No, I wouldn't be in the least.
BTW - I've been following this case quite closely, and I've been on Free Republic long enough to let real news simmer like a good stew, so I'm unconcerned that "I haven't read the inquest articles yet".
They'll still be there when I get to them. I'm not advancing a conspiracy, I'm just remembering situations at work that could have arisen had unethical players been involved, as there are clearly unethical players from NkVd Metro & Costco involved here.
You work for Metro? ;-)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2579595/posts
Erik B. Scott - In Memory of Erik B. Scott Erik B. Scott - In Memory of Erik B. Scott ^ | August 20th, 2010 | William B. Scott Posted on Sunday, August 29, 2010 10:31:02 AM by FoxPro
*If a few ounces of integrity still exist in corporate America and in the Las Vegas sheriffs office, then we can look forward to several responses within the next weeks, prior to the September 22-23 coroners inquest hearing into Eriks death: Costco will give our attorney, Ross Goodman, an unaltered copy of the appropriate Summerlin-store surveillance-video recorded on July 10th. We know another copy exists, archived offsite, per Costcos insurance requirements. And METROs Sheriff Gillespie will release the 911-call audio tape, at least to Ross Goodman, if not to the Las Vegas media. Anything less will be disastrous to both Costco and Las Vegas METRO.
William B. Scott
Different Strokes for Different Statists, I guess...
Sue the video manufacturer, the security folks supposed to be running it...
You can 'shoot' through a stainless steel freezer wall, to.
BUT.... you have to be able to get your finger on the trigger first.
This gun was in a ZIPPERED POUCH. How was he going to 'shoot' it if he had to unzipper it to get to the TRIGGER or the SAFETY?
So... the five other bullets in the back, one of which was fired AFTER HE WAS LAYING DEAD ON THE GROUND, was REASONABLE?
So... the security system goes OUT at COSTCO in Las Vegas, and the owners of the store are SO BROKE they can't afford (nor have in place a contract) to have a repairman come out RIGHT AWAY?
What if there were some shoplifters?
So, Snake - is it true that you're a big Lon Horiuchi backer, too?
Did they specify how much and what drugs he had in his system. Did he have a medical requirement for them?
Sad.
I thought better of you. I was mistaken. This was an article, not testimony. Things are still coming out on the incident and there still aren’t enough facts for objective people to make an informed, fair decision.
I’m sorry but I thought that the police made a terrible mistake when they shot the victim to begin with, and unfortunately nothing in this report changes my mind. The intent seems to be to place all the blame on the dead guy and none on those who put him into that condition. Sorry to disappoint, but as with Phill we will have to agree to disagree on this one.
The Metro apologists are getting their butts handed to them over on the comments section. Sad, really...
Costco and the LVPD plan to keep it that way.
I’m not saying the police didn’t screw up and kill the guy, I’m not saying they did.
I’m saying the facts matter. I’ll wait for them.
Your problem isn’t that they shot him, but that they over-shot him? The shooting was either justified, or not. Number of rounds used is irrelevant in either case.
SnakeDoc
Wouldn’t “over shooting” speak to the state of mind of the cops? You know like, out of control?
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