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Bleacher ReportA Georgia superior court dismissed felony drug charges against former NBA forward Mike Scott and granted a motion to suppress evidence in the case.
According to The Vertical's Adrian Wojnarowski, Judge Currie Mingledorff II said evidence of racial profiling played a part in the decision to suppress evidence regarding the drug charges against Scott and his brother, Antonn.
Mike Scott was charged with felony possession of marijuana and possession of a Schedule I drug. The judge's ruling said "sufficient articulable suspicion did not exist to uphold the stop of the Scott vehicle." Mingledorff also wrote that police did not follow proper procedures in its search and seizure of the drugs and acknowledged racial profiling may have played a factor.
Deputy Register claimed the chase began at mile marker 154 and ended at mile marker 156, and dispatch call-in records show this transpired during a 12-second span, the motion said.
“Traveling two miles in 12 seconds would require a speed of 600 mph,” the motion said. “Mr. Scott was driving a Suburban, not a jet airplane.”
Moreover, records from the towing company showed it picked up the Suburban at mile marker 154, not 156, confirming Antonn Scott’s account, the motion said.
Antonn Scott’s account of what happened was more credible than Register’s, Mingledorff said in the ruling, finding no chase occurred and the stop was unjustified.
AJCSheriff dismisses deputy who arrested ex-Hawk in racial profiling case
The Banks County Sheriff’s Office has dismissed the deputy who arrested ex-Atlanta Hawk Mike Scott during a traffic stop that was found to be the result of racial profiling.
The former deputy, Brent Register, was terminated after the an administrative review of the case involving Scott and his brother, Antonn, Sheriff’s Office Lt. Carissa McFaddin said in a statement issued Monday.
...one of Mike Scott’s lawyers, questioned why the Banks County Sheriff’s Office hired Register in the first place.
“His career is filled with disciplinary actions, forced resignations and an investigation which led to his being placed on probation by P.O.S.T., the agency that certifies police officers,” Healan said. “This is a step in the right direction, but the Banks County Sheriff’s Department will have no credibility until they put a video camera on every officer and in every vehicle.”