Walter Scott Funeral: Mourners Pay Respects to South Carolina Man Killed by Cop
Mourners packed a South Carolina church Saturday to remember Walter Scott, the black man shot to death by a white police officer last weekend.
The funeral was at the W.O.R.D. Ministries Christian Center in Summerville, about 20 miles from North Charleston, where 50-year-old Scott was killed after fleeing a traffic stop one week ago.
"There is no doubt this was motivated by an act of overt racism," Pastor George Hamilton said at Saturday's service.
But an attorney for the family said after the funeral that Scott's death went beyond race. "We are not going to let this case boil down to racial issues. Because it's bigger than that. It's a human issue," L. Chris Stewart said.
Faith is keeping Scott's family together, he added.
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has to stop... this isn't a race issue; it's a human issue" 