“What we’re calling for is an economic boycott of the whole city Charlotte”, he said.
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When Scott was told to get out of his vehicle, he complied “in a very calm, non-aggressive manner”.
Police accused Scott of being armed and “posed an imminent deadly threat” to the officers, a charge that his relatives and witnesses reject.
So far 17 police officers and nine civilians have been wounded in the unrest, and 44 arrests have been made by the police.
Police contend that he was carrying a gun when he approached officers and ignored repeated orders to drop it.
– Charlotte Mayor Roberts and CMPD Chief Putney held a news conference in regards to the second night of Charlotte Protests after Keith Lamont Scott was shot and killed by a police officer on Tuesday.
Police Chief Kerr Putney said Thursday that body camera video doesn’t show “absolute definitive, visual evidence” that Scott pointed a weapon at officers but that a weapon was recovered from the scene.
“This man was loved by his family, and he loved his family”, Bamberg said. In her Facebook live video, Lyric Scott is visibly upset.
Police said such a public release would make it harder, not easier, to get answers. In the moment, she says her father did not have a gun.
Scott’s killing was the 214th of a black person by U.S. police this year out of an overall total of 821, according to Mapping Police Violence, an anti-police violence group created out of the protest movement. 19, 2016, that an investigation is underway into the shooting death. Anything less than complete openness is likely to lead to more violent protest and disruption in Charlotte – and to make the Police Department’s job even more hard than it already was. That’s the view of local NAACP leaders.
“We can not tolerate any types of violence directed towards the citizens or any types directed at destruction of property”, McCrory said.
Keith Lamont Scott (right) was shot to death by an officer in Charlotte, N.C., on September 20, 2016. However, three other officers were, and that footage has unsurprisingly become a point of contention for both sides. Charlotte Police Chief Putney said earlier Thursday he won’t release the body and dashboard camera video while the criminal investigation into Tuesday’s shooting continues. They called for the release of the video to the public in the interest of transparency.
Pittenger, who has represented North Carolina’s ninth congressional district since 2013, emphasized that people come to the United States for opportunities, not government handouts.
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Police video in North Carolina often is hard to obtain for anyone not the subject of the recordings.
