News 19 Obtains Video of John Scott Jr. in Morgan County Jail | May, 1, 2025 | News 19 at 6 p.m.
WHNT News 19
[{'start': '1.233', 'end': '2.835', 'text': "BACK WITH A LOOK AT THE HOUR   BY HOUR TIMELINE ON THOSE   COMING UP. FIRST ON NEWS 19,   WE OBTAINED VIDEO THAT APPEARS   TO SHOW JON SCOTT JUNIOR AS   OFFICERS BROUGHT HIM INTO THE   MORGAN COUNTY JAIL. POLICE   ARRESTED SCOTT APRIL 15TH ON A   TRAFFIC WARRANT.   >> THE ARREST COMES AFTER THEY   WERE CALLED TO AN APARTMENT   COMPLEX OVER CONCERNS FOR HIS   MENTAL HILL. THE DECATUR   POLICE DEPARTMENT RELEASED   THIS BODY CAMERA VIDEO FROM   THE INTERACTIONS WITH SCOTT   LEADING UP TO THE APRIL 15TH   REST. IT SHOWS SCOTT BEING HIT   AND TASED MULTIPLE TIMES AS   POLICE TRIED TO ARREST HIM.   AFTER THAT, THEY TOOK HIM TO   THE MORGAN COUNTY JAIL NEWS   NINETEEN'S LAUREN LANES SPENT   THE DAY COMBING THROUGH THIS   VIDEO AND SHE JOINS US IN THE   STUDIO. A LOT TO UNPACK HERE   WITH THIS VIDEO ARE.   >> THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO   APPEARS TO SHOW JON SCOTT   JUNIOR BEING TAKEN INTO THE   MORGAN COUNTY JAIL. AND WE'VE   TOLD YOU THROUGHOUT THE DAY WE   WANT TO BE FULLY TRANSPARENT.   WE'VE NOT SEEN THE FULL   UNEDITED VIDEO FROM INSIDE THE   JAIL. THE CLIPS WE'VE OBTAINED   ARE A LITTLE OVER 5 MINUTES.   TOTAL FROM THAT. WE'VE TAKEN A   FEW SELECTIONS THAT ILLUSTRATE   SCOTT'S TIME IN THE JAIL. WE   WANT TO WARN YOU THE FOLLOWING   VIDEO MAY BE DISTURBING TO   SOME THE MORGAN COUNTY   SHERIFF'S OFFICE PREVIOUSLY   TOLD NEWS 19 SCOTT WAS   CONSCIOUS AND INTERACTED WITH   JAIL EMPLOYEES BEFORE HE   NEEDED MEDICAL CARE. THIS IS   WHAT WE'VE SEEN FROM HIS TIME   INSIDE THE JAIL.   >> MORGAN COUNTY AUTHORITIES   HAVE TOLD NEWS 19 JOHN SCOTT   JUNIOR WAS INITIALLY NON   COMPLIANT WHEN HE GOT TO THE   JAIL ONCE HE WAS BOOKED, HE   COOPERATED. SCOTT WAS CUFFED   BY HIS HANDS AND SHACKLED   AROUND HIS ANKLES WHEN HE   ARRIVED IN THIS FIRST CLIP OF   THE VIDEO, YOU CAN SEE THE   MOMENT JOHN SCOTT JUNIOR WAS   BROUGHT INTO THE FACILITY BY   SEVERAL JAIL EMPLOYEES AND   OFFICERS IN THE SECOND. SCOTT   IS ON THE GROUND STILL WEARING   A SPIT GUARD PLACED ON BY THE   CATER POLICE DURING HIS   ARREST. THAT'S CLICK, COVER   IT. YOU SEE OVER HIS HEAD,   HE'S LYING ON HIS STOMACH,   STILL CUFFED AS THEY STRUGGLE   TO   >> THEN HE'S LIFTED BY HIS   ARMS AND LEGS AND DRAGGED TO   THE QUARTER BY MULTIPLE STAFF   MEMBERS. A 3RD CAMERA APPEARS   TO SHOW SEVERAL EMPLOYEES   STANDING OVER SCOTT TALKING   WHILE HE WAS ON THE FLOOR.   EVENTUALLY THE EMPLOYEES ARE   SEEN DRAGGING SCOTT VICE   BETWEEN MYSELF. MORGAN COUNTY   SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS THE   SHACKLES ARE PLACED ON SCOTT'S   ANGLES TO PREVENT HIM FROM   TAKING WILL BEING BROUGHT INTO   BOOKING HANDCUFFS AND SHACKLES   ARE REMOVED. 20 IS PRETTY   INSIDE THE CELL. SCOTT WAS   TRANSPORTED BY MEDICAL TO THE   HOSPITAL AROUND 10, 10 HOUR   AND 20 MINUTES AFTER HE GOT TO   THE JAIL.   >> AND SCOTT DIED ONE WEEK   AFTER BEING TAKEN TO THE   HOSPITAL. THE DECATUR POLICE   DEPARTMENT RELEASED A   STATEMENT FOLLOWING HIS DEATH   SAYING IN PART THAT THERE ARE   MULTIPLE FACTORS SURROUNDING   HIS DEATH. THAT MAY NOT BE   IMMEDIATELY TRANSPARENT. THE   MADISON COUNTY SHERIFF'S   OFFICE IS LEADING THE   INVESTIGATION INTO SCOTT'S   PASSING AT THE REQUEST OF   DECATUR AND MORGAN COUNTY. LAW   ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. WE   REACHED OUT TO BOTH THE   MADISON AND MORGAN COUNTY   SHERIFF'S OFFICES FOR COMMENT   ABOUT THE JAIL"}]