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The Walter Scott Murder
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The Walter Scott Murder
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
APRIL 8, 2015
OPINION
EDITORIAL
New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/09/opinion/the-walter-scott-murder.html
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The case underscores two problems that have become increasingly clear
since the civic discord that erupted last year after the police killed
black citizens in New York, Cleveland and Ferguson, Mo. The first, most
pressing problem is that poorly trained and poorly supervised officers
often use deadly force unnecessarily, particularly against minority
citizens. The second is that the police get away with unjustly maiming or
killing people by lying about the circumstances that prompted them to use
force.
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The shooting death of Walter Scott on Saturday would have passed into the
annals of history unremarked upon had a bystander not used a cellphone to
document what happened after Mr. Scott encountered the police officer,
Michael Slager, after a routine traffic stop.
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Mr. Slager subsequently reported by radio that he had shot Mr. Scott after
Mr. Scott wrestled away his electronic stun gun. The video, provided to
The New York Times by the Scott familys lawyer, shows a different story.
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As The Times noted on Tuesday, police reports say that officers performed
CPR and delivered first aid to Mr. Scott. But the video suggests that they
were in no rush to help. For several minutes after the shooting, the
mortally wounded man remained face down with his hands cuffed behind his
back. A second officer arrives, puts on medical gloves and attends to Mr.
Scott but is not shown performing CPR. As sirens are heard, a third
officer arrives, apparently with a medical kit, but he also is not seen
performing CPR. Stunned by Mr. Scotts death, a brother is left to ask: How
do you lose your life at a traffic stop?
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During the 1990s, Congress enacted legislation that was intended to aid
the collection of data on officer-involved shootings. But many local
governments do not provide the data because reporting it is optional. Mr.
Holder was on the mark in January when he described this state of affairs
as unacceptable.
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Better tracking of shooting data is, of course, important. But states and
local governments need to understand that the growing outrage over
wrongful death cases, like the one in North Charleston, undermines trust
in law enforcement and presents a clear danger to the civic fabric. The
country needs to confront this issue directly and get this problem under
control.
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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