Texas Man Arrested After Falsely Claiming #BlackLivesMatter Supporters Vandalized His Truck

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Scott Lattin: Screenshot Via KDFW

Last week, Scott Lattin reported that vandals had defaced his truck with messages reading “Black Lives Matter” and “F*ck the police,” apparently because he had placed a sticker on his car that proclaimed, “Police Lives Matter” as a show of support for Deputy Darren Goforth, who was shot and killed at a gas station in August.

Lattin even set up a page online to raise money for repairing his truck. He was able to get about $6,000 in donations, which he may now need to pay his legal bills.

You see, Scott Lattin was arrested Friday afternoon at his home in Whitney, Texas, and charged with making a false report. The arrest warrant also states that Lattin admitted to damaging the truck for “insurance reasons.”

Whitney Police Chief Chris Bentley said when his department took Lattin’s initial statement, there was no damage to the inside of the truck. But footage aired on a local TV station showed Lattin claiming that the vehicle’s seats were slashed and its glove compartment ripped open.

Oops! Can we go back and edit that part out?

Chief Bentley also remarked:

“We have so many groups that have participated and come to Whitney, Texas, of all places to help these people. And for them to have been deceived? It’s just wrong.”

Bentley also said he is looking for a way to return the donated funds to those who gave them for Lattin’s truck repair, which would appear to be permanently delayed while he cools his heels in the county jail.

Memo to Scott Lattin: It’s called karma, and it can be one mean bear.