Walter scott biography charleston
Walter scott...
Last year on April 4, the nation watched a bystander’s video of a North Charleston police officer shooting and killing Walter Scott, an unarmed African American father, as he ran away during a routine traffic stop.
Walter scott biography charleston
The video was seen all over the world and confirmed with devastating clarity the demand for fundamental changes in policing practices nationwide. Although local prosecutors charged the officer with murder and he is expected to go to trial in October, many persons who live and work in North Charleston believe that Mr.
Scott is one of many victims of police misconduct.
“As we remember Walter Scott today, we must commit ourselves to ensuring that his death is not in vain. We can do that best by pressing for changes in policing, so that what happened to Mr.
Scott at the hands of a police officer can never happen to any other resident of North Charleston,” said Monique Dixon, Deputy Policy Director at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), who leads