Gunned Down in Vegas: What Really Happened to Erik Scott?
It is a violation of law to carry a concealed firearm in a store posted contra.
Obviously, when confronted by officers arresting you at gunpoint, YOU DO NOT COMMIT SUICIDE BY STUPIDLY REACHING FOR YOUR GUN. Hands up, on your knees, flatten out’
The “audiotapes” may only be those in police vehicles, which may not have been capable of recording conversations unless spoken into directly. The writer hates cops and this is his 15 minutes of glory, so he may well have neglected to mention this point.
The command to “drop your weapon”, if actually uttered, was wrong.
The most confusing factor is the contradictory testimony of onsite witnesses, who saw different scenarios, dependent upon their prejudice pro or con cops.
If and when the full story is told we may have a clearer picture.
We might note that the dead guy was doing it his way; not the cops way. His living arrangement was immoral. He disassembled packaged items, he carried a firearm right past signs forbidding him from doing so, he ignored police commands- and he is dead. Like Sinatra, he did it his way.
