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Related: About this forumL. Chris Stewart, the attorney for the family of Walter Scott ...
Is a great attorney, a really smart guy, and a member of my Fraternity.
I met him a couple years ago ... and as I've said before (and in meeting him): I (immodestly) am not unfamiliar with being one of the smartest guys in a/the room ... but, I am proud that when gathered with my Brothers ... I, clearly, am a middling.
Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)Glad to hear that this family is being well represented.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)Steel sharpens steel and pressure making Diamonds.
Gothmog
(143,999 posts)I have been impressed with the way he had handled a difficult situation
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)in street parlance ... 'bout it and can bring it!
When I met him ... we got to discussing a Fraternity issue, that I had spent a lot of time thinking about. I commented ... he responded ... I opened my mouth 3 times, without a sound coming out, because I knew my argument was lost.
That doesn't happen to me much!
NoJusticeNoPeace
(5,018 posts)at DU and in the general public, is palpable.
sheshe2
(83,327 posts)That they have a strong brother standing for them.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)All of these stories have a link to downlaod that will put an mp3 file on your desktop to listen to when you have time.
North Charleston NAACP Not Satisfied With Police Officers Murder Charge
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
In this frame from video provided by Attorney L. Chris Stewart, representing the family of Walter Lamer Scott, Scott appears to be running away from City Patrolman Michael Thomas Slager, right, in North Charleston, S.C. (Courtesy of L. Chris Stewart via AP)
You can see that Scott is running, and not in any way coming at the officer. Not do I think he planned to return. All this over a broken tail light.
http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2015/04/08/south-carolina-police-shooting
That link led me here:
Black Lives Matter Chants Heard In North Charleston
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Muhiydin DBaha leads a group protesting the shooting death of Walter Scott at city hall in North Charleston, S.C., Wednesday, April 8, 2015. Scott was killed by a North Charleston police office after a traffic stop on Saturday. The officer, Michael Thomas Slager, has been charged with murder. (Chuck Burto/AP)
There are many prominent black voices and the groups formed to combat these abuses.
http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2015/04/08/shooting-protest-north-charleston
Then I found this:
Police Chief Sickened By S.C. Shooting Video
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Anthony Scott holds a photo of himself, center, and his brothers Walter Scott, left, and Rodney Scott, right, as he talks about his brother at his home near North Charleston, S.C., Wednesday, April 8, 2015. Walter Scott was killed by a North Charleston police officer after a traffic stop on Saturday. (Chuck Burton/AP)
This is the fruit of the movement that grew out of Ferguson:
A white South Carolina police officer who claimed he killed a black man in self-defense has been fired and faces murder charges after a bystanders video recorded him firing eight shots at the mans back as he ran away. The citys mayor also said hes ordered body cameras to be worn by every single officer on the force.
The officer, Michael Thomas Slager, has been fired, but the town will continue to pay for his health insurance because his wife is eight months pregnant, said North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey, who called it a tragedy for two families.
Police Chief Eddie Diggers said he was sickened by what he saw on the video, but his explanations were repeatedly interrupted by shouts of no justice, no peace! and other hard questions that he said he couldnt answer. The mayor then took back the podium and threatened to close the news conference.
Protests began within hours of the murder charge against Slager, which was announced Tuesday, the same day the video was released to the media. About 75 people gathered outside City Hall in North Charleston, led by a Black Lives Matter, a group formed after the fatal shooting of another black man in Ferguson, Missouri.
http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2015/04/08/north-charleston-police-shooting
From the Book of Genesis 4:10:
But the LORD said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground!"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025471335#post8
Look at the green grass and trees where Scott was mowed down. Now his blood is crying out from that ground.
sheshe2
(83,327 posts)We are dying.
Our hands are up our back is turned, stop shooting. Please stop shooting.
JustAnotherGen
(31,681 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)I say that because many refuse to see what is in front of their damn face.