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| Georgia Tech: three held after protest over police shooting of student | |
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| Three people were arrested during a protest that followed a vigil for a Georgia Tech student who was shot dead by campus police, a university spokesman said. | Three people were arrested during a protest that followed a vigil for a Georgia Tech student who was shot dead by campus police, a university spokesman said. |
| Police shot and killed Scout Schultz late on Saturday night after the 21-year-old student called 911 to report an armed and possibly intoxicated suspicious person, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) has said. | Police shot and killed Scout Schultz late on Saturday night after the 21-year-old student called 911 to report an armed and possibly intoxicated suspicious person, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) has said. |
| Georgia Tech issued alerts urging students to shelter indoors on Monday night because of violent protests after the campus vigil. Video posted on social media showed a police vehicle burning in the street and officers pinning people to the ground as onlookers shouted. | Georgia Tech issued alerts urging students to shelter indoors on Monday night because of violent protests after the campus vigil. Video posted on social media showed a police vehicle burning in the street and officers pinning people to the ground as onlookers shouted. |
| After the peaceful vigil, about 50 protesters marched to the campus police department, a university spokesman, Lance Wallace, said. A police vehicle was damaged and two officers suffered minor injuries, with one taken to a hospital for treatment. Police restored order relatively quickly, Wallace said. | After the peaceful vigil, about 50 protesters marched to the campus police department, a university spokesman, Lance Wallace, said. A police vehicle was damaged and two officers suffered minor injuries, with one taken to a hospital for treatment. Police restored order relatively quickly, Wallace said. |
| On Tuesday morning Wallace said the officer had been released from hospital and said three people – Vincent Castillenti, Jacob Wilson and Cassandra Monden – were arrested and charged with inciting a riot and battery of an officer. The university did not say if they were students and did not provide their ages or home towns. | On Tuesday morning Wallace said the officer had been released from hospital and said three people – Vincent Castillenti, Jacob Wilson and Cassandra Monden – were arrested and charged with inciting a riot and battery of an officer. The university did not say if they were students and did not provide their ages or home towns. |
| In a statement released through attorney Chris Stewart, Schultz’s family said: “We ask that those who wish to protest Scout’s death do so peacefully. Answering violence with violence is not the answer.” | In a statement released through attorney Chris Stewart, Schultz’s family said: “We ask that those who wish to protest Scout’s death do so peacefully. Answering violence with violence is not the answer.” |
| The GBI has said an officer responding to a 911 call about 11.17pm on Saturday shot Schultz as the student advanced on officers with a knife and refused commands to put it down. Stewart said on Monday that the GBI confirmed to him that Schultz was holding a multipurpose tool and that the knife blade was not out. | The GBI has said an officer responding to a 911 call about 11.17pm on Saturday shot Schultz as the student advanced on officers with a knife and refused commands to put it down. Stewart said on Monday that the GBI confirmed to him that Schultz was holding a multipurpose tool and that the knife blade was not out. |
| Schultz was the one who called 911, a GBI spokeswoman, Nelly Miles, said in an emailed statement on Monday. | Schultz was the one who called 911, a GBI spokeswoman, Nelly Miles, said in an emailed statement on Monday. |
| “In the call, Shultz describes the person as a white male, with long blonde hair, white T-shirt and blue jeans who is possibly intoxicated, holding a knife and possibly armed with a gun on his hip,” Miles said, adding that three suicide notes were found in Schultz’s dorm room. | “In the call, Shultz describes the person as a white male, with long blonde hair, white T-shirt and blue jeans who is possibly intoxicated, holding a knife and possibly armed with a gun on his hip,” Miles said, adding that three suicide notes were found in Schultz’s dorm room. |
| Investigators recovered a multi-purpose tool at the scene but did not find any guns, Miles said. | Investigators recovered a multi-purpose tool at the scene but did not find any guns, Miles said. |
| Flanked by Schultz’s parents on Monday morning, Stewart said the officer who shot Schultz overreacted. Schultz was having a breakdown and was suicidal but if the officer had used non-lethal force rather than shooting, Schultz could have received treatment, Stewart said. | Flanked by Schultz’s parents on Monday morning, Stewart said the officer who shot Schultz overreacted. Schultz was having a breakdown and was suicidal but if the officer had used non-lethal force rather than shooting, Schultz could have received treatment, Stewart said. |
| “The mentally ill are looking for a way out when they’re having a full breakdown and there’s no way you should be able to use a police officer to take your life when that person isn’t threatened,” Stewart said. | “The mentally ill are looking for a way out when they’re having a full breakdown and there’s no way you should be able to use a police officer to take your life when that person isn’t threatened,” Stewart said. |
| Georgia Tech police do not carry stun guns but are equipped with pepper spray, a spokesman told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Stewart said he planned to sue over the shooting. | Georgia Tech police do not carry stun guns but are equipped with pepper spray, a spokesman told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Stewart said he planned to sue over the shooting. |
| Authorities have not identified the officer who shot Schultz. Georgia Tech on Monday refused to release personnel or disciplinary reports, saying such information is exempt from Georgia’s open records law. | Authorities have not identified the officer who shot Schultz. Georgia Tech on Monday refused to release personnel or disciplinary reports, saying such information is exempt from Georgia’s open records law. |
| Schultz was president of Pride Alliance at Georgia Tech. The fourth-year computer engineering student used the name Scout, rather than the given name Scott, and preferred the pronouns “they” and “them” rather than “he” or “him”. | Schultz was president of Pride Alliance at Georgia Tech. The fourth-year computer engineering student used the name Scout, rather than the given name Scott, and preferred the pronouns “they” and “them” rather than “he” or “him”. |
| “I’m bisexual, nonbinary and intersex,” Schultz wrote in a Pride Alliance profile. | “I’m bisexual, nonbinary and intersex,” Schultz wrote in a Pride Alliance profile. |
| William Schultz told reporters that his child had a 3.9 GPA and was on track to graduate early in December. Lynne Schultz told the Journal-Constitution her oldest child had struggled with depression and attempted suicide two years ago. | William Schultz told reporters that his child had a 3.9 GPA and was on track to graduate early in December. Lynne Schultz told the Journal-Constitution her oldest child had struggled with depression and attempted suicide two years ago. |
| After that, Scout Schultz went through counseling, William Schultz said. Scout Schultz spent the past summer at home and there were no obvious problems when school resumed last month, the elder Schultz said. | After that, Scout Schultz went through counseling, William Schultz said. Scout Schultz spent the past summer at home and there were no obvious problems when school resumed last month, the elder Schultz said. |
| The GBI, through its Crisis Intervention Team, has trained about 10,000 local, state and federal law enforcement officers since it began in 2004, the Atlanta newspaper reported. Some agencies require that training while others do not. It was not immediately clear whether the officers who responded on Saturday had undergone such training. | The GBI, through its Crisis Intervention Team, has trained about 10,000 local, state and federal law enforcement officers since it began in 2004, the Atlanta newspaper reported. Some agencies require that training while others do not. It was not immediately clear whether the officers who responded on Saturday had undergone such training. |