The family of a non-binary Georgia Tech student who was killed by campus police while experiencing a mental health episode will receive $1 million from the school in a settlement after suing for wrongful death.
Scout Schultz was shot by campus police in 2017 while residents of their dorm watched and recorded the killing on camera. While at least four officers surrounded Schultz, they were armed with “a flip-open utility tool that would likely include a small blade,” according to CNN. The blade was not out of the pocket knife during the confrontation.
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Police alleged they were called to the scene based on reports that someone was wandering campus armed with a gun and a knife. In the video recorded from a dorm window, it does not appear that Schultz has a gun and no knife is visible.
The video shows police officers commanding Schultz to “drop the knife.” They continue to walk toward the police officer exhorting the cop to “Shoot me!” When another officer started talking to Schultz, they moved in that direction, taking approximately three steps before being shot in the heart and killed.
Schultz was suicidal, barefoot, and in obvious mental distress. In the wake of their death, students rioted on campus, torching a police cruiser after busting out the windshield and chanting slogans like “This is not okay. Justice now!”
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