originally published by: Las Vegas Sun
28th September 2010
The coroner’s inquest that on Tuesday found the Metro Police shooting death of Erik Scott justified “failed miserably,” Scott’s father said. Bill Scott told reporters that the next step for the family would be to file a lawsuit in federal court “so finally we all will have the truth.”
The family plans to file a civil rights lawsuit alleging the officers used excessive force. Defendants will be Metro, Clark County, the sheriff’s office and Costco, where the July 10 shooting took place in Summerlin. Ross Goodman, the Scott family’s attorney, said the lawsuit could be filed as early as two weeks from now.
Goodman and Bill Scott talked to reporters outside the Regional Justice Center about 20 minutes after a seven-member Clark County coroner’s inquest jury ruled the death of Erik Scott as a justifiable homicide.
Bill Scott called the six-day inquest a “horrific nightmare.”
“We gave the system a chance to work as it’s supposed to work. They had the chance to present the truth. They also had the chance to present the facts at the coroner’s inquest hearing. As we see it, the system failed miserably,” he said.
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