After Plano Rally, Ken Paxton and Conservative Media Lash Out at Marvin Scott III Protesters
On Sunday, May 2, protesters marched to demand justice for Marvin Scott III in Plano. But this weekend, conservative politicians, including Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, and right-wing media made a clip of a confrontation at the rally go viral and lashed out at the demonstrators.
For weeks, some North Texans have demanded the arrest of the officers involved in the death of Scott, a 26-year-old Black man who died March 14 while in custody at the Collin County Jail. After his death, seven officers were fired and another resigned.
Scott’s death was ruled a homicide by the Collin County Medical Examiner’s Office in late April.
In video footage taken at the May 2 protest, a tall white man is seen angrily confronting protesters, who were crossing a busy Plano intersection. Scott supporters demanded the man’s arrest and the firing of a police officer they felt did little to intervene. But some conservatives insist that the protesters were in the wrong for obstructing traffic.
Many have accused right-wing commentators of fomenting misplaced outrage. Rather than being upset by Scott’s horrific death, which his family described as “torturous,” some conservatives seemed more rattled by potential traffic violations.
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