Relatives and neighbors say he was holding a book.
Advertisement
As seen in cities across the country in recent years, the demonstrations erupted after Keith Lamont Scott was killed by the police while waiting for his kid to get off the school bus. Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets in efforts to disperse the crowds.
Scott’s wife, Rakeyia, issued a statement describing her family as “devastated” and appealing for calm, adding, “we have more questions than answers about Keith’s death”.
Several local residents said the 43-year-old father of seven regularly waited in his vehicle and read until his son arrived.
The footage of the fatal shooting is to be reviewed by the governor on Thursday and will not be released to the public.
Twelve police officers were also injured that night. Police did not shoot the man, city officials said.
Thomas was talking about a still unidentified man who was shot and critically injured.
McCrory said via Twitter that he declared a state of emergency and initiated efforts to deploy the National Guard and the state Highway Patrol to assist local police.
Students at the University of North Carolina staged a “die-in” to protest police violence.
A local journalist has powerfully captured the deep tension and mistrust in Charlotte, North Carolina, fueling the past two days of protests.
In Tulsa, hundreds of people rallied outside police headquarters calling for the firing of police officer Betty Shelby, who shot 40-year-old Terence Crutcher on Friday during a confrontation in a road that was captured on police dashcam and helicopter video. Pat McCrory to call in the National Guard. Meanwhile Mayor Jennifer Roberts said they were considering a curfew in the city.
They spotted a man with a handgun – later identified as Scott – exit and then reenter a vehicle, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police chief Kerr Putney told journalists. “We can not tolerate the destruction of property and will not tolerate the attacks against our police officers that is occurring right now”, McCory said. I want to assure our community and I want to assure all of you and people across the nation: We will achieve justice.
Police said a gun was recovered but Scott’s family said that’s not true and claim it wasn’t a gun, it was a book.
Advertisement
Putney was adamant that Scott posed a threat, even if he didn’t point his weapon at officers, and said a gun was found next to the dead man.
