snipp...
But to return to, um, intelligent discourse on the topic, I don't see indications that "closure" is the main issue for the family. Erik Scott's father
hasn't dropped the issue of his son's death. He even wrote a novel about it! "Fictionalized" but "based on actual events associated with the murder of his eldest son, Erik."
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/266906
I read some of it. There was humor in the names, for example the Costco store became "Ho's Warehouse Club" (!) but the pain really shows through as he goes through the events leading up to his son's death and the type of coverup he suspects, including the lack of security video.
Apparently HP you did not read the cite you previously provided:
https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/...-vegas-police/
"They (Scott’s family) kept telling people
they had a case and they were
never going to let it go," Collins said. "They let it go. … Someone convinced them otherwise."
"We believe had the Costco video existed..."
"The Scott family
agreed to drop the lawsuit if police did not pursue legal fees."
"(Sheriff)...controversy over the Scott shooting was an example of people jumping to conclusions."
"When
Scott refused to leave, employees called police..."
"An employee pointed out Scott to police, and the officers gave him commands to either get down or drop the weapon..."
"Scott
pulled the holstered weapon out of his waistband and turned around. Officers fired seven times, striking him seven times."
"There were
dozens of witnesses, many of them
doctors and lawyers, and in the days that followed,
some of them doubted whether Scott pulled out a gun. Others said
they did see him pull out a gun.
"Scott’s family
led an aggressive campaign to bring the case to light, paying for billboard advertisements, hosting vigils and casting doubt about the police investigation."
"Scott, it was later found,
had potentially fatal levels of the painkiller
morphine and the anti-anxiety drug
Xanax in his system. He was acting strangely inside the store. And
he was carrying two guns — the second was found as paramedics took him to the hospital."
oh, HP, ya might validate your cite of the father's book, especially since it comes up under the title of
THE PERMIT and the synopses state:
When Las Vegas cops gun down a covert federal agent, they become targets for Checkmate, a black ops team of assassins charged with neutralizing terrorists. Checkmate's deadly message to outlaw killer-cops is: "You kill, you lie, you die.
That the decedent's father decided to make money off the tragic death of his offspring is despicable let alone fictionalizing and elevating his drugged up son as a covert federal agent!
ya, urban myth of he said and she said...especially since the father is exacerbating the myth by publishing a book of fiction about it.
thanks a bunch HP for unequivocally proving my point of urban myths sometimes begin with real events.