The story of James Scott, the man they say caused the flood

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  • @mikeb.9743
    @mikeb.9743 3 роки тому +141

    The life sentence makes me think certain politicians didn’t want to be held responsible for a run down levy, this needs way more recognition.

    • @SGTAdams955
      @SGTAdams955 3 роки тому +3

      I’m in St. Louis and I’ve never heard of this until today... and I only found this because for whatever reason I was curious about the “Great Flood of ‘93”

    • @jonesvaughn8946
      @jonesvaughn8946 3 роки тому +2

      @@SGTAdams955 bro I'm the same way I just found out about this today I'm on the Illinois side of the Mississippi River and I looked up the flood of 93 and read about it on Wikipedia and came across the James Scott incident while reading

    • @JourneyDestination
      @JourneyDestination 2 роки тому

      He’s an arsonist and with his history should not be anywhere near a major project. He likes destroying things and creating destruction. All of the evidence is circumstantial but I don’t believe in coincidences. He got what what he deserved

    • @DanieGirl-tt9xc
      @DanieGirl-tt9xc 2 роки тому +2

      @@SGTAdams955 i am from quincy so we grew up hearing about this guy. it never sat right with me the way the trial went

  • @TheSaintberzerker
    @TheSaintberzerker Рік тому +23

    If moving a few sandbags caused all that, the levee wasn't doing very good in the first place.

  • @jstsumguy29
    @jstsumguy29 2 роки тому +14

    They had to have a scapegoat! And what does the public do? Stand by and let the first person the higher ups pointed at.

  • @cody_janssen831
    @cody_janssen831 4 роки тому +86

    How can they give a man life with little to no evidence. I got the feeling he pissed the wrong people off

    • @joshspades9031
      @joshspades9031 4 роки тому +1

      Little no evidence?
      Yes that's true.
      Is he an active arsonist/trouble maker? Yea
      He set his old elementary school on fire and several other fires

    • @thrashgordon1312
      @thrashgordon1312 4 роки тому +9

      Guilty till proven innocent

    • @megawave79
      @megawave79 3 роки тому +14

      He literally did though. Dude removed sandbags and caused the flood so his wife could be trapped across town allowing him time to “party and cheat on his wife”. Also he bragged to his friends about this and that’s how he got caught

    • @carl5381
      @carl5381 2 роки тому +4

      @@megawave79 okay, but that doesn't mean there was evidence beyond a reasonable doubt he's guilty. He is a pos but was railroaded on this particular case

    • @Everymonthisaugust210
      @Everymonthisaugust210 2 роки тому +8

      @@megawave79 and just bc a 16 year old claimed that he said that doesn't mean it's truth. There were people on the levee community that benefited from the insurance money... That says a lot.

  • @ggood4339
    @ggood4339 2 роки тому +30

    How the hell do I get a hold of some sort of rally for this guy
    I'll sign whatever petition
    I'd even throw down some money
    Scott needs to be set free

  • @SeverSTL
    @SeverSTL 4 роки тому +31

    I was a lineman and it gave me a ton of overtime.

    • @pwallace5359
      @pwallace5359 Рік тому

      I bet so. Do you think he’s guilty?

  • @ericerto8250
    @ericerto8250 2 роки тому +24

    How could they blame a man for a levy failure this is insane. Moving sandbags will not cause a natural disaster

    • @rogoznicafc9672
      @rogoznicafc9672 10 місяців тому +1

      Could definitely lead to it as its a snowball effect. Either way, the dude probably didn't do it and is just a scapegoat for some people to claim a lot of insurance money

  • @bishophowardslayton-ulccle359
    @bishophowardslayton-ulccle359 2 роки тому +20

    That’s ridiculous! Missouri is so unjust. He’s right, there’s no evidence and I can’t understand how a jury could convict? Missouri is the suckiest place I know. They would rather put an innocent man in prison in order to help the farmers. That man’s freedom is worth more than a bunch of farmers.

    • @tompro53
      @tompro53 2 роки тому +4

      Didn't help that the army Corp of engineers did an internal investigation on what caused the levy break. Their results showed he didnt cause it but they never gave their findings to the defense

    • @strangevisions5162
      @strangevisions5162 Рік тому +2

      "That man’s freedom is worth more than a bunch of farmers."
      dunno about that...he was arrested at the time for burglary and was looking at a 10 yr sentence
      while the farmers were growing food that feed people

    • @martinmethod427
      @martinmethod427 Рік тому

      @@strangevisions5162 Multiple. Indictments. Burgular Indictment is a clear guilty, no arguments here, but the "Causing a Natural Disaster" indictment REALLY should have been a not guilty considering the levy was already on it's way out. Even then, can sandbags in any amount prevent a disaster if a levy is failing? It seems awfully like a Wrong Place, Wrong Time incident that was being planned by farmers for easy insurance money.
      The man's past was... eventful to say the least... however you much you want to hate him on his actions, his "contribution" to the disaster was... miniscule at best.

    • @Authentic1874
      @Authentic1874 Рік тому +4

      @@strangevisions5162 So what it’s dumb to think one man can break a levee and not die in the process

  • @kimlongley3300
    @kimlongley3300 4 роки тому +27

    Let the guy out.

  • @randywoodworth5990
    @randywoodworth5990 Рік тому +2

    I lived in the town where that happened, watching the waters flood into the Missouri side, a sight i'll never forget.

  • @christophermartin6141
    @christophermartin6141 2 роки тому +18

    I thought it has to be proved beyond reasonable doubt.

  • @msk.7878
    @msk.7878 2 місяці тому +2

    People serve less time for abusing children

  • @mw7403
    @mw7403 2 роки тому +30

    What the actual heck. Rapists spend less time behind bars, if they even are ever convicted.🤔

    • @bishophowardslayton-ulccle359
      @bishophowardslayton-ulccle359 2 роки тому +2

      Absolutely right. They let people out of prison who killed somebody. This is unjust.

    • @billybobgates5433
      @billybobgates5433 Рік тому +1

      I see your point but you have to understand he flooded farmed lands who knows what type of loss they had and especially since they didn’t have insurance and then destroying houses with the flood as well this is much more deeper than a rape case involving the one who raped and the woman or man they raped and the family, the flood caused damage to many families,businesses and possibly animals from farms which cost money, I definitely think this is bigger than a rape case but that’s just my opinion I’m no expert but I do see your point as well

  • @dannylux9144
    @dannylux9144 Рік тому +6

    Life is unfair...poor guy...

  • @hallucinatedovens8414
    @hallucinatedovens8414 Рік тому +6

    When he was 13 he burned his school down and had several burglary convictions, this guy is a lowlife for sure, but i just cant logistcize how one man could do enough damage to that levee to cause a flood of such immense magnitude

  • @joesbanjointerests9281
    @joesbanjointerests9281 2 роки тому +10

    Well I will certainly not be helping sand bag during a flood now.

  • @ivangaleana8552
    @ivangaleana8552 2 роки тому +12

    He is not guilty.

  • @wonder7798
    @wonder7798 2 роки тому +6

    I was thinking he was an easy pin. The man who testified against him, owned large amount of property on the side who would be flooded. Insurance is a key element. People are crooked.
    The government and US army of Corp. Of Engineers has lawsuits against them for negligence and flooding towns all in Oregon. They do this to farmers, Natives, minorities and small communities. Greed!

  • @angelpka
    @angelpka 2 роки тому +19

    He didn’t do it, I can feel his sincerity

  • @akal8775
    @akal8775 3 місяці тому +3

    People get less time for murder

  • @jeffjohnson7470
    @jeffjohnson7470 2 роки тому +6

    How come they never explain how he caused it to fail

    • @tompro53
      @tompro53 2 роки тому +3

      He said he moved sand bags to a spot that was weakening, and they took that as removing helped weaken it

    • @guitarguru.3572
      @guitarguru.3572 Рік тому

      @@tompro53 he moved 4 bags. Is that enough to strengthen another area, or the right amount to weaken the area they are removed from?

    • @tompro53
      @tompro53 Рік тому +1

      @@guitarguru.3572 it me l might not be but the thing was going to fail no matter what since the ground wasn't stable

  • @mitch6969123
    @mitch6969123 Рік тому +2

    I don’t understand. How can a town, or the state leave it up to one guy weather or not the whole town gets demolished. If your counting on any one person to save the town you already lost. Maybe dude just wasn’t the best at building dams. I’m not seeing them say what the evidence is….

    • @peteyprimo7173
      @peteyprimo7173 Рік тому

      People testified that he admitted it to him

  • @dancindan4846
    @dancindan4846 Рік тому

    isn't it slightly misleading to say that he received 20 to life for causing the flood and not include his burglary charge?

  • @CornPopWazABadDude
    @CornPopWazABadDude 2 роки тому +7

    "doing dumb stuff" - aka burning down an entire historical school and his ex girlfriend's house. Doesn't mean he did the levee thing I don't even think one person could cause that, but this guy did a lot more than "dumb stuff as a teenager".

    • @TheFerruccio
      @TheFerruccio 2 роки тому +2

      What is the point that you are trying to make? I do not see where you defined the category of "dumb stuff" to conclude that what's been done is outside of that.

    • @CornPopWazABadDude
      @CornPopWazABadDude 2 роки тому +2

      @@TheFerruccio just the way he so casually says "yeah I did some dumb stuff as a teenager"... It's like dude no you didn't just do some dumb stuff, you almost killed multiple people with dangerous fires you started and bragged about it. That isn't regular "oh he's just being a teenager" behavior lol. Stealing a pack of gum from 711 or a CD back in the day, is regular teenager behavior.

    • @TheFerruccio
      @TheFerruccio 2 роки тому +2

      @@CornPopWazABadDude I definitely get what you're saying there when it comes to the sense that he's downplaying those aspects. I think most people's heads would tilt upon hearing someone describing highly destructive crimes as "dumb stuff I did" because it's so vastly out of scale with what they personally did. I still group it in with "dumb teenager stuff" mainly because it's so highly dependent on one's upbringing on what constitutes dumb stuff they do. For some, dumb stuff would be 1 or 2 years where they didn't pay attention to their grades. For others, dumb stuff would be getting into meth or crack addiction via bad social connections. And yet, for others, dumb stuff could be endangering the lives of others by being a reckless driver.
      For a teenager, most of their reality is their personal upbringing, only exposed to the immediate world around them (parents, family, friends, any of whom could be terribly bad influences, ESPECIALLY in the 80s without the Internet. It takes many more steps to use a library). Most are completely blind to the greater impact of their actions, because they've never lived on their own, as an adult who has to earn money, and buy stuff, and repair stuff. Most have no understanding of the nuances of an economy or policy. For him, what he constitutes as dumb teenage stuff is indeed arson and other forms of destruction.
      I don't expect every teenager to understand just how much worse arson is than, say, street racing. It's the whole reason why minors are prosecuted differently. It's also why I really hate the use of one's criminal past, ESPECIALLY crimes they've served their time for, as a gauge for determining guilt now, but it's done so frequently. It's as if the criminal justice system fully admits that the word "correctional" is merely an aesthetic word and that, in fact, most of the justice system has no desire to make any criminal a reformed one.
      To me, I don't care if he was a former chainsaw murderer. If he served his time for it, then the whole topic should be a non-starter. If the law is such that dangerous people are still let out onto the streets, then perhaps the law should change. Don't throw the book at someone if the supposed reformation process of the justice system failed them. That's how you end up with miscarriages of justice. I understand that my opinions have no place in the American justice system, where slavery is still legal, but there's just too much scientific data to the contrary.

    • @CornPopWazABadDude
      @CornPopWazABadDude 2 роки тому +1

      @@TheFerruccio ya upbringing and surroundings play a huge part in it. I mean, I had a pretty good upbringing but my parents house was sort of right on the edge of an area that wasn't so great. So I wasn't necessarily right in that area growing up, but I was close enough to ride a bike or take a short car trip to it and ended up hanging out with some kids who were starting to get into trouble at pretty early ages. I'm talking like most of the kids from this area never even made it to highschool.
      So I was starting to hang out with the wrong crowd when I was an early teenager and my mom could tell something was up/some of the friends I was bringing around weren't exactly the respectful type.
      So she put a hard stop to it. Basically told me you're not hanging out with those kids anymore and if you think you are still you're going to just end up living your life grounded all the time. So of course I tested that, being a teenager naturally, and found out the hard way she was serious and spent an entire summer grounded. No lie, like a full 6 weeks spent grounded in my house while everybody else was enjoying their summer vacations. It turned out to be the right move as many of those kids are now dead or in jail.
      So I was lucky to have parents who cared. And weren't afraid to tell their kids "I don't think so" if we started getting off course for a while.

    • @Waterdamagerestorationcompany
      @Waterdamagerestorationcompany 2 роки тому

      Kinda makes you think they should investigate the arson stuff.

  • @driverjeff1498
    @driverjeff1498 7 місяців тому

    There is no way he moved enough sandbags by himself to cause a breach.
    If he did it was failing to start with

  • @WrongedSports
    @WrongedSports 6 місяців тому

    He was a scapegoat so that land owners could get their insurance money. All they have on the guy is the news interview

  • @justingarfield8076
    @justingarfield8076 7 місяців тому +1

    He did burn down his elementary school and a garage

  • @millbill8515
    @millbill8515 4 роки тому +3

    how it is possible? how can u cause flood?

    • @Frontdesk99
      @Frontdesk99 3 роки тому +8

      You can't. It's a load of bullshit and the sick justice system in the US caused this man to lose his life while still breathing. It's a disgrace for human civilization, like many things in the US are.

    • @7g844
      @7g844 2 роки тому

      How is it possible ? Do y’all not remember hearing or seeing that they blew up the levy during hurricane katrina ?

    • @abrahamanthony7106
      @abrahamanthony7106 Рік тому

      @@Frontdesk99 Watch 1:36. He states in this video that moved sandbags, which very realistically may have weakened the levee. He says he doesn't know whether that caused the levee to fail or not.

  • @McFly8245
    @McFly8245 Місяць тому

    This is sad.

  • @jamiehardcastle4999
    @jamiehardcastle4999 Рік тому +3

    He is innocent. It was insurance fraud

  • @smoll.miniatures
    @smoll.miniatures 2 дні тому

    He drove his Chevy to the levee.

  • @fierriefiles
    @fierriefiles Місяць тому

    Nope. He's clearly the scapegoat.

  • @activatedrumble3625
    @activatedrumble3625 Місяць тому

    he is a victim of an insurance scam

  • @NikilanRz
    @NikilanRz Рік тому +6

    There is your answer, to claim the insurance money they had to put someone in prison

  • @Olm9
    @Olm9 Рік тому +1

    And now it's 2023

  • @Christine-qz9km
    @Christine-qz9km 11 місяців тому

    I would not put it past them, not the first time they railroaded someone. 😢

  • @sophiaann2986
    @sophiaann2986 Рік тому

    Desperation is a strange demon.had I been a local that couldn’t find work. I personally would have caused the damage only by the farmers land.this way later I could get work because the farmers would need my help for sure. I would not have intended to cause as much damage as they are blaming this guy with. I would only cause enough damage where I could make money from helping fix the properties later.also I could make a name for myself.if I was seen in the proper light people could see me as a hero.what if James is innocent and the people who collected all that insurance were the ones who desperately caused the dam to break.the pay day was worth it.when they did the “controlled burn “on that train in Ohio they claimed it was for the “safety of the community “however they forgot to tell everyone who is sick that they collected fire insurance as well.imagine legally having the train burned only to legally collect all the fire insurance?all under the false narrative of”we have to do this for the safety of our community “I bet the fire insurance made some people rich and respectable citizens who also always seem to double as heroes.

  • @d.diggler9936
    @d.diggler9936 2 місяці тому

    These farmers “lost their land”?? It’s not a set of car keys, now is it??

  • @dudeman8323
    @dudeman8323 Рік тому

    Legend has it that his 13oz of pee was too much for the levee...

  • @rogerfreeman6787
    @rogerfreeman6787 2 роки тому +4

    "My freedom means more to me than anything else". Sounds like one of those ant mandate guys.

  • @toddswift8737
    @toddswift8737 Рік тому +1

    🌋Mount Pinatubo erupted again?🌋

  • @nanomohamed4279
    @nanomohamed4279 3 роки тому +3

    مسكين قصته حزينة😥☹

    • @sulimanmohammed2890
      @sulimanmohammed2890 3 роки тому

      وش الترجمه
      اختصر لي مو مشكلة طبعا

    • @المهيب-غ7ت
      @المهيب-غ7ت 3 роки тому

      @@sulimanmohammed2890 كان جالس ف البيت وقررت زوجته ترجع البيت بسرعه وكان هو حاب يعدل مزاجه ف البيت وحده قرر يخرب الطريق الي راجعه منه والطريق شارع وسط النهر خرب الطريق وانهار الشارع وتسبب في خراب بيوت كثيره وارضي زراعيه كبيره تسبب ف خساره 10 مليار دولار وسجنوه مدى الحياه

  • @HBO1984.
    @HBO1984. Рік тому +1

    So he never cheated on his wife? He did it and he killed 50 people in the process. Life in prison for involuntary man slaughter.

  • @mr.chocolate3721
    @mr.chocolate3721 7 місяців тому

    They scapegoated him

  • @jackdamien7473
    @jackdamien7473 3 роки тому +3

    this is so fucked up

  • @BiggestRedditor
    @BiggestRedditor 3 роки тому +7

    Where do people come up with him being innocent? Who would guess the guy in prison would claim he’s innocent and give a sob story. No one ever does this. Why do people buy into it? The dude burnt down his elementary school as a child and had spent time in six different prisons in only his 20s. He was incredibly destructive. Do people really believe it’s just a coincidence that the dude who was constantly looking for stuff to destroy and burn down was at the levee when it broke? That he admitted to moving around sound bags in the area that broke when police questioned him a second time and couldn’t keep his story straight. Really? He was just a model citizen rearranging sand bags just trying to help the community he tried burning down multiple times? This dude would be in prison right now regardless because he was truly a terrible person who burnt down multiple small businesses just because he wanted to. He wasn’t going to change and he was a menace to society and belongs behind bars.

    • @JourneyDestination
      @JourneyDestination 2 роки тому

      We’ll said!

    • @cherisecrockette5956
      @cherisecrockette5956 2 роки тому

      All very true. Not to try to minimalize his crimes but I wonder if there was some sort of childhood trauma that happened. To be in and out of prison so many times at such a young age is wild and typically people who commit arson have mental issues. I just wonder if there’s more beneath the surface.

    • @quinn5193
      @quinn5193 2 роки тому +6

      Because other than claims against his character (which don’t count as evidence) and heresay (which is limited evidence) there is no proof he did anything. Several civil engineers agree the levee failed on its own and that if Jim had broken the levee he would have been killed by the sheer force of the water. Even if you don’t buy the expert’s opinion, there certainly isn’t evidence BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT that would justify sending this man to prison for life.

    • @maxkalavera
      @maxkalavera 2 роки тому

      You sound like a radical, and radicals always burn witches and hang people in trees, i would be careful with a guy like this, would not give you a gun, where is youtube preventing mass shooters like this guy to rationalize their madness?

    • @tpw9099
      @tpw9099 2 роки тому

      @@quinn5193I agree even if he did do it??? Life sentence is wrong!

  • @Bishimapisces
    @Bishimapisces 3 місяці тому

    Sad

  • @katieaustin7207
    @katieaustin7207 4 роки тому +5

    thats america folks,

  • @rebeccacsendes5196
    @rebeccacsendes5196 5 років тому +3

    What the cherry cheesecake?

  • @tjvaneyk7010
    @tjvaneyk7010 Рік тому

    Free this man

  • @kwallace3821
    @kwallace3821 Рік тому

    Wow

  • @sodequist5702
    @sodequist5702 Рік тому

    Y la esposa

  • @michelemccormack5446
    @michelemccormack5446 3 роки тому

    Interesting

  • @SlugCult718
    @SlugCult718 8 місяців тому

    "They can't prove that I broke that levee" - says the guy sitting in prison for life after being found guilty of breaking the levee. Twice.

  • @AndrewSosa-y5d
    @AndrewSosa-y5d 3 місяці тому

    bart simpson

  • @Pataganja
    @Pataganja 5 років тому +4

    I always thought he worked at the levee or some shit this nigga definitely did it

  • @atomicunit5841
    @atomicunit5841 4 роки тому +3

    Creep, certain people should leave some things well enough alone.

    • @mikeb.9743
      @mikeb.9743 3 роки тому

      Seems like you have a personal problem here bud.

    • @TheFerruccio
      @TheFerruccio 2 роки тому +2

      What an interesting and vague comment you made. If someone made me draw a conclusion from your comment, I'd have to say that you must have a personal stake in this story, and that you favor keeping someone locked up for life with only circumstantial evidence.

  • @Ssenivac
    @Ssenivac Рік тому +1

    Guilty as hell don’t fall for this BS propaganda.

  • @cv507
    @cv507 3 роки тому

    When levee breaks böss have nö playce to swayy
    ridiculöss to the Jet $eth trawelling willfööl cöughers v v

  • @morningstarkeke
    @morningstarkeke 5 років тому +3

    WTF? I'm looking for James Scott...the actor and brother to Calum Scott. The guy who was on Britain's Got Talent?! I found him but noticed what this guy did...really?! Dummy. So is the city for letting him get to where he needed to get in order to cause this catastrophe!

    • @royalforeverguy
      @royalforeverguy 5 років тому +2

      How do you know he really caused this? Shut the fuck up

    • @sebastianbaker58
      @sebastianbaker58 5 років тому +1

      Cause he admitted it in front of his parents when my Uncle and father found him at Burger King

    • @morningstarkeke
      @morningstarkeke 5 років тому

      @@royalforeverguy It said that at the beginning...he caused a catastrophe. You need to relax. Yikes. Must not get out and know how to talk to actual people.

    • @morningstarkeke
      @morningstarkeke 5 років тому +1

      @@sebastianbaker58 thanks man. Some people actually take things too seriously.

    • @GridSludge
      @GridSludge 4 роки тому +3

      No, it said he was convicted of causing a catastrophe. There's a difference between a conviction of a crime and being guilty of said crime. Regardless of if this guy actually did what they're accusing him of, if you genuinely believe being incarcerated means you're guilty without a doubt, then @Boo Fred isn't the one who's sheltered. You are.

  • @whitepouch0904
    @whitepouch0904 4 роки тому

    Well he had patterns.

  • @Blue-gs5gg
    @Blue-gs5gg Рік тому +2

    Pure criminal lying like a PRO

    • @abrahamanthony7106
      @abrahamanthony7106 Рік тому

      I'm not saying he did it, but I love how people just take his word for it. The dude's looking at life in prison, what would you expect him to say.

  • @Blue-gs5gg
    @Blue-gs5gg Рік тому +1

    He DID it.

  • @lathynjordan9887
    @lathynjordan9887 Рік тому +1

    Bruh this ain’t giving all the facts do research ab this guy on your own

  • @sameeknowsitall
    @sameeknowsitall Рік тому

    Wow