But rather than deny racism’s existence, he was clear-eyed about what he’d observed and, given his party affiliation, rather brave. Scott was no less of a conservative then. “That is at least the third phone call that I have received from a supervisor or the chief of police since I have been in the Senate,” said Scott. for absolutely no reason other than driving a nice car.” And he told the story of a supervisor with the Capitol Police who called to apologize after an officer disregarded Scott’s congressional pin and demanded ID. He told the story of one of his staffers, a 30-year-old Black man, who was “pulled over so many times here in D.C. His brother, a command sergeant major in the Army, had been pulled over and accused of the same.
Once he was accused of driving a stolen car. He told the story of how, in one year of life as an elected official, police had pulled him over seven times. Anthony, Minnesota, shot and killed Philando Castile, Scott gave a speech on the floor of the Senate.
In July 2016, the week after a police officer in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, shot and killed Alton Sterling and a police officer in St.
