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William C. Shelton: Gun was ‘difference’

Regarding the Sept. 30 Point of view “The difference that mattered”: Mark Nance willfully left out the genuine “difference that mattered.”

Keith Lamont Scott had a gun in his hand.

How would have Nance’s police encounter changed if he got out of his car with a loaded automatic weapon. But, of course presenting all the facts didn’t fit in his narrative.

I am sad that my tax dollars are paying someone who is teaching political science with a lopsided left agenda.

William C. Shelton

Raleigh

This story was originally published October 9, 2016 at 6:00 PM with the headline "William C. Shelton: Gun was ‘difference’."

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