Attica Scott
Attica Woodson Scott is an American based politician from the commonwealth branch in Kentucky. Woodson was born on January 30, 1972. She serves in the Kentucky house of representatives. He is a registered politician under the Democratic party.
Attica Scott graduated with a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Tennessee. After her graduation, Scott worked as a community organizer on criminal justice and racial equality for all.
Scott was later selected by the Louisville Metro Council to take Judy Greens space, which was evicted from the council after she was faced with cases of ethics violation. In 2012, Scott won a special election held to take over the office of Judy Green. In the year 2014, Scott lost her seat to Judy’s daughter in a reelection run.
In 2017, Scott vied for the seat at Kentucky, where he defeated a Democratic incumbent Tom Riner. In this election, Scott had no competition from any republican candidate. She set a record of becoming the first African American woman to have an elective seat and serve in the Kentucky General Assembly as of the year 2000.
In late May and the whole of June 2020, Scot held matches with her neighbors from the West Louisville, an area that has the majority of its residents as blacks in protests against the shooting and killing of Breonna Taylor. Her main grievance to the local government and the media was the excessive use of force against the peaceful protesters by law enforcement departments.
Scott is also known for her charity and community service acts. In 2020 she supported a bill that was referred to as Maternal Care Access and Reducing Emergencies. She bravely sponsored this bill that had the primary purpose of removing or reducing tax on certain vital baby care products such as diapers, baby nipples, bobbles, nipples, and baby wipes to reduce the tax expenses to families when purchasing those necessities.
Attica Scott has also been known to have asked the Louisville Mayor to resign from his seat due to not handling the rising cases of racism and police brutality in his area. She also asked the Mayor to hold accountable the police officers involved in the shooting and deaths of David McAtee and Breonna Taylor.
On September 24, 2020, Scott was arrested on allegations of rioting and two other cases of misdemeanors concerning the protests held in Louisville during the aftermath of the shooting and killing of Breonna Taylor.