What Happened To Marvin Scott III?

The death of a Texas man is eerily similar to Sandra Bland.

 

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The latest incident where police are accused of murdering an unarmed person. Another incident that flew under the radar until protests started. Another incident where we are demanding accountability and transparency.

It reminds me of the Sandra Bland incident. Another person of color dies while in custody in the state of Texas.

The death of 26-year old Marvin Scott III is getting national attention. He died in a Texas jail and the medical examiner ruled it a homicide.

Marvin's family is calling for the detention officers to be arrested.

Scott, of Frisco, Texas, was arrested on a misdemeanor marijuana possession charge by police at an outlet mall in Allen, a suburb of northern Dallas, on March 14. The officers first took Scott to a local hospital because they claim he was acting erratically. He was subsequently released and then transported to the Collin County Jail in McKinney, northeast of Allen, where he began "exhibiting some strange behavior," said the Collin County Sheriff Jim Skinner in a presser on March 19.

Detention officers restrained Scott to a bed, pepper-sprayed him and covered his face with a spit mask. 

Scott was kept there for several hours and became unresponsive at some point. He was later pronounced dead at a hospital, according to Skinner, who called the incident "a profound tragedy."

"I'm not here to make excuses for anyone," Skinner told the junk food media. "People are upset, the family is upset, the community is upset, I'm upset."

Collin County's chief medical examiner, Dr. William Rohr, announced Wednesday that his finds show Scott's cause of death was "fatal acute stress response in an individual with previously diagnosed schizophrenia during restraint struggle with law enforcement." The manner of death is listed as a homicide.

Earlier this month, the Collin County sheriff announced that seven detention officers, who were initially placed on administrative leave pending an internal investigation, have been fired for their alleged involvement in Scott's death. Skinner said they violated department policies and procedures. An eighth detention officer has resigned. The identities of the officers have not been released.

‘I never in a million years woulda thought that it would be our family to have to suffer from this’ — Marvin Scott III's family is speaking out about their unimaginable loss after the 26-year-old died in police custody

Learn more and support the family at https://t.co/0JPwLDYRU2 pic.twitter.com/Mfchhwe2k3

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) April 28, 2021

The Texas Department of Public Safety's Texas Rangers are investigating the death.

Scott's family said that he had mental issues. He was having a mental health crisis due to schizophrenia.

"He was using weed [marijuana] to self-medicate after being two years diagnosed with schizophrenia," said Lee Merritt, a civil rights lawyer who is involved in numerous police killings of people of color. 

He and Ben Crump are involved in this as well as the Andre Brown, Daunte Wright and Ma'Khia Bryant police shootings. 

Protests are being held in Frisco, Allen and McKinney, Texas in regards to Marvin Scott's death.

"Here, in a largely white area, Marvin stood out. He wasn't even given the benefit of the doubt as someone who needed to go to a medical facility."

The family is demanding President Joe Biden and U.S. Department of Justice investigate. They call upon Attorney General Merrick Garland to do something about bad policing in the country.

"What we saw today was horrific, inhumane, very disheartening," Scott's mother LaSandra Scott, said at a press conference. "We want these individuals arrested immediately."

Please call/email Plano PD Chief Ed Drain: 972-941-2410
policechief@plano.gov

Ask why Ofc. Jemil allowed this insane man to leave after witnessing his assault on protestors. Ask him why the ofc never felt the need to put his hands anywhere near his taser or gun.

— Official Justice for Marvin (@MarvinDScottIII) May 3, 2021

Over the weekend, an incident happened between protesters and a white extremist.

An angry white man was caught on video attacking Black Lives Matter protesters in Texas over the weekend.

The incident was said to have occurred in Frisco, Texas after demonstrators stopped traffic while protesting Scott's death. The Collin County medical examiner recently said that Scott's death was a homicide that occurred "during restraint struggle with law enforcement."

Video shared online shows the white man yelling at protesters in the street before he approaches a Plano police officer and demands action.

"Get these fucking people out of the way!" the man shouts at the officer before turning to take a swing at a protester.

The man who took a swing at the protesters was not arrested. The cops did not take the guy in custody after he was seen on camera multiple times attacking a motorist and a handful of protesters. He even shoved Merritt during the protest.

The Frisco Police Department is aware of the incident and will eventually file charges against the man.

The suspect is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Does the junk food media portray Black men killed by police in a negative light?

Yes. Every time a Black man is killed by a cop, the police, far-right agitators and racist often justify the death as "god's will." They rather focus on the person's past run-ins and failures to comply.

No. The media gives a fair account of the situation. These incidents while tragic do not reflect on how police officers operate. The junk food media never talks about gun violence in the Black community or the many cops killed by Black criminals.

It never stops!

It never happens in your community....... Until it does! Every community in the United States will eventually have a legacy. A legacy of tragedy. Gun violence and COVID-19 will affect your town, your family and your life. So I don't want to hear that bullshit about how this gun reform is taking away your rights. I don't want to hear that protesting against police killing people of color is hate on cops in general. I don't want to hear talk about the coronavirus being a myth. I don't want hear folks say this is not white privilege. I don't want to hear folks say masks impede their freedoms. I don't want to hear the shit about guns saving lives. These incidents are a tragic part of American history.

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We haven't forgotten about the many mass shootings in the United States. COVID-19 doesn't stop individuals from picking up firearms and killing others.

And I am getting fucking tired of white nationalists and their enablers of color complaining about the lack of Black fathers. The fathers are either killed by gun violence, police violence, COVID-19, heart diseases, diabetes, freak accidents and just being Black in America.

The website Officer Down is a memorial to those who were killed in the line of duty. Those who don't get their names mentioned in the junk food media. Also the website the National Gun Violence Memorial also keeps record of the many individuals killed by gun violence. 

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