When Feidin Santana filmed Walter Scott’s death,it marked a turning point in the US civil rights movement – and in Santana’s life. He and others who bear taken the law into their own hands tell their storiesFeidin Santana relives the morning of Saturday 4 April 2015 on a near continuous loop. It was around 9.30am and the 23-year-feeble was running uncharacteristically late for work. As he walked his normal route through the back streets of North Charleston, something caught his eye: a black man running absent from a white police officer.
Santana followed the chase for a few yards to a deserted patch of lawn behind a pawn shop and a car dealership. Here the officer caught up with the man, and ended up on top of him. Watching from behind a chainlink fence,Santana instinctively reached for his phone and pressed record.
You’re timid of who you’re dealing with. It goes through your mind what could happen? I’m the only one with evidenceI was on the ground, the cops stole my phone and then my glasses were knocked into the street and I couldn’t seeContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com