Keith Lamon Scott Controversy

Racial issues in the United States faces center stage once again in national news, this time in Charlotte, North Carolina. Riots and violent conflict between blacks and whites have erupted within the city since Tuesday, when Keith Lamon Scott, an African American 43-year old man with seven children was killed Tuesday in his neighborhood after an incident between him and police. The full details of the shooting have been modified by both police officials and eyewitnesses and neighbors, and has raised controversy on what actually happened in the final moments of Scott’s life. Protests against the event have escalated into riots, where stores and buildings like the Spectrum Center, home of the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets have been victims of looting and vandalism. …show more content…
In the case of the death of Keith Lamont Scott, the neighborhood and African American communities have come out in support of Scott’s death, saying it was an heinous crime committed by police on an innocent black man. On the opposing side of the act, police officials and authorities have come out with multiple informative sources and even video evidence that the shooting of Keith Scott was a necessity. Police Chief of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Kerr Putney states, “So what I can tell you, though, is when taken in the totality of all the other evidence, it supports what we’ve heard and the version of the truth that we gave about the circumstances that happened that led to the death of Mr. Scott.” Keith Scott also had a lengthy criminal record in the past, convicted of misdemeanor assault, DUI, and aggravated