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1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
Wed Apr 8, 2015, 09:54 PM Apr 2015

L. 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.

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L. Chris Stewart, the attorney for the family of Walter Scott ... (Original Post) 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2015 OP
Fraternity brothers - that is awesome. Marie Marie Apr 2015 #1
Hey, it's a good place to be. n/t freshwest Apr 2015 #2
Yes it is ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2015 #3
Mr. Stewart seems like a very effective attorney Gothmog Apr 2015 #4
His is ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2015 #6
Great to hear. He needs to be strong, the pure hate of black people by cops and members here NoJusticeNoPeace Apr 2015 #10
Good to hear.. sheshe2 Apr 2015 #5
I think this is an audio file of your brother on this: freshwest Apr 2015 #7
We are crying here. sheshe2 Apr 2015 #8
Good stuff FW JustAnotherGen Apr 2015 #9
Good, that screen cap shows the wires too nadinbrzezinski Apr 2015 #11

Gothmog

(143,999 posts)
4. Mr. Stewart seems like a very effective attorney
Wed Apr 8, 2015, 10:48 PM
Apr 2015

I have been impressed with the way he had handled a difficult situation

 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
6. His is ...
Wed Apr 8, 2015, 10:59 PM
Apr 2015

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)
10. Great to hear. He needs to be strong, the pure hate of black people by cops and members here
Fri Apr 10, 2015, 05:42 PM
Apr 2015

at DU and in the general public, is palpable.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
7. I think this is an audio file of your brother on this:
Thu Apr 9, 2015, 12:25 AM
Apr 2015

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 Officer’s 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 D’Baha 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 bystander’s video recorded him firing eight shots at the man’s back as he ran away. The city’s mayor also said he’s 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 couldn’t 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)
8. We are crying here.
Thu Apr 9, 2015, 01:30 AM
Apr 2015

We are dying.



Our hands are up our back is turned, stop shooting. Please stop shooting.

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
11. Good, that screen cap shows the wires too
Sat Apr 11, 2015, 10:40 PM
Apr 2015

I say that because many refuse to see what is in front of their damn face.

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