The scheduling change came shortly after Clinton on Friday called on North Carolina officials to release dashboard and body camera video of the shooting that left Keith Lamont Scott dead after an encounter with police on Tuesday.
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Clinton wrote on Twitter that authorities in Charlotte should release the police video of the Keith Lamont Scott shooting “without delay”.
Scott’s wife tells the officers that her husband has a traumatic brain injury.
RAKEYIA SCOTT: He just took his medicine.
While the police claim they first tased and then shot Scott because he was armed and “posed an imminent deadly threat”, Scott’s family says he was not armed-except with a book in hand.
“Don’t shoot him. Don’t shoot him, he has no weapon”.
[.] “Keith, don’t let them break the windows! Come on out [of] the vehicle”, she says, seconds before saying in an increasingly louder voice, “Keith, don’t do it. Keith, Keith, don’t you do it!”. Keith, don’t you do it, don’t you do it. Keith, Keith, Keith, don’t you do it. Police Chief Kerr Putney echoed her remarks, saying the video’s release is “a matter of when, it’s a matter of sequence”.
After the shots, Scott’s wife screams, “Did you shoot him?'” Family says he was unarmed. The development comes a day after Charlotte’s police chief said the department would not publicly release video footage of Smith’s shooting that was captured by police body and dash cams.
“Keith, don’t do it”, Ms. Scott shouts, as the video shows her backing away a bit and panning to the ground. A gun was later recovered at the scene and a police source revealed to WBTV on Friday that the gun was loaded and was covered in Scott’s fingerprints and DNA.
“I know the expectation is that video footage can be the panacea and I can tell you that is not the case”, Putney said, adding that he would eventually agree to release the police videos.
Moments later, Mr Scott is seen lying face down on the asphalt surrounded by officers. I know that much, he better not be dead!
The new law does not define police videos as public or personnel records, but said they can only be released to the public by a judge if the judge approves an outside request demanding its release.
Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts said she believes that the video should be released, but she said it’s a matter of timing.
The protests Thursday began after Scott’s family viewed a video of his shooting.
It was not the first time US police was allegedly involved in covering up shootings of the black.
“It’s a personal struggle, but I have to do what I think is best for my community”, Putney said.
“That’s what he was reading because he loved to read that book”, said Ms Scott Walker.
He told reporters on Friday that releasing the video now could harm the investigation into the shooting, which is being led by the state, Reuters news agency reported. City officials said police did not shoot 26-year-old Justin Carr.
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“While police did give him several commands, he did not aggressively approach them or raise his hands at members of law enforcement at any time”. He better live. You all hear it, you see this, right?
