Monday, September 13, 2010

Is Metro Trying To Rig Erik Scott Inquest?

One wonders if Metro is trying to rig the coroner's inquest into Metro's shooting of Erik Scott at the Costco in Summerlin.
Erik Scott was shot on July 10 of this year. There is a lot conflicting information in regards to what happened that day. It appears that there was some kind of disturbance in Costco involving Scott and Costco called 911 to report it. They all saw a gun, which was reported to Metro. Costco started to evacuate the store because of Scott. When Scott left the store, Metro shot him. There is disagreement as to what was said and was saw by witnesses and even the police, including whether the cops touched Scott before the shooting. Apparently, even though Costco has a security system, including video tape, the security system was not working at the time of the shooting and no tape.
Since then, the LVRJ and other media outlets played bits and pieces of the shooting, before and after. How did these media outlets get the tape when 911 tapes have not been released before an inquest? While Metro denies it (I am sure they had their fingers crossed and were smiling when they said this), who else could have released these tapes? The tapes were clear and could not have been taped from police scanner.
Now, the LVRJ runs a hit piece on Erik Scott on July 10th. http://www.lvrj.com/news/darker-details-come-to-light-102608619.html
The hit piece includes allegations of drug use, domestic abuse and other allegations. Part of the information came from the Scott family and other information came from interviews, court records and police documents. Without a doubt this was a complete hit piece by the LVRJ. I also wonder how much information was leaked to the LVRJ by Metro? The fact that this information comes out about 2 weeks before the inquest is also troubling.
I don't know what happened at Costco and I suspect even the police really don't know. The fact that the cops first said that they tapped Scott from the back before the shooting and then changed their story leave me wondering what really happened.
As I have said before, I don't think we will ever know. the inquest will be a joke, even though it will be televised. Then the Scott will settle out of court and the public will never know what really happened.
But it is unsettling to read about all this information just before the inquest and that some of the information was supplied under the table by Metro.

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