Roy Anthony Scott died in 2019 after being handcuffed and held down by two Las Vegas officers. Scott called 911 to report that a group of people — one armed with a saw — was trying to break into his apartment. Events snowballed into a confrontation where police struggled to handcuff Scott, who told the officers he had “paranoid schizophrenia.” Scott’s daughter, Rochelle Scott, said her father needed help. “He didn’t need to be apprehended, handcuffed,” she said.
