Re: Erik Scott

I don't know if I've blogged about this event before, but it's raised its' head again:

Erik Scott was a West Point graduate, Army veteran, MBA graduate of Duke University, and a medical sales rep for Boston Scientific. He was gunned down by three Las Vegas police officers after they responded to a 911 call by Costco store employees reporting a man with a gun, possibly on narcotics, behaving erratically.

There are lots of site who have discussed this; Vox Day takes a look at how psychologically deficient law enforcement must be, and he makes a good point.

And since police won't release the 911 call of the surveillance video's that Costco made, we have to take their word on how things went so pear-shaped.

But here's what I would predict: The 911 tapes (once they're released) will show that the police were waiting for a deranged, drug-induced, gun-wielding psychopath, because that's what the feeble-minded Costco security guard told the dispatcher.

The police will be exonerated; but Costco will be sued for lots of money, because their incompetence set the stage for a good man to lose his life. And if I were the family, I would not accept a settlement.

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