Putney said that police will only release the video “when we believe there is a compelling reason”, but said he will “not…jeopardize the investigation” by releasing it.
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Not long after the Facebook video was posted Tuesday night, the first night of destructive protests began near the shooting scene, about 15 miles northeast of downtown Charlotte.
Protests are expected to continue Thursday night and police will have several hundred additional officers and they will “be a lot more proactive”, Putney said.
Department spokesman Keith Trietley said that the 43-year-old got out of the auto and back in, and when officers approached he got out of the vehicle again with a gun, and at least one officer fired a weapon. He described the videos as showing that Scott got out of his auto when asked to by police, calmly; that it was impossible to see what, “if anything”, was in Scott’s hands; and that his hands were by his side and “he was slowly walking backwards” when shot.
Asked about Charlotte and Tulsa in a meeting Thursday with the Daily News Editorial Board, NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill said: “I think it’s very important to be as transparent as possible, if that means releasing the video so people can see what actually happened”. “We made 44 arrests last night because we are not going to tolerate the behavior”. “You shouldn’t expect it to be released”, Putney said.
The Daily Wire offers a photo of what, reportedly, is that gun.
The Charlotte police agency requires officers to wear body cams.
“We are still looking into the facts”, Bamberg said.
“We’re here to seek the truth, so we’re investigating that to find the truth, the absolute truth as best as the evidence can show us”, Putney said.
It was incredibly hard for members of the Scott family to view these videos, but as a matter of the greater good and transparency, the Scott family asks that the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department publicly immediately release both of the videos they watched today.
“For those who wish to protest, we urge you to do so peacefully”, the family said in a statement.
Manberg said the Scott family does not agree with recent rioting in the Queen City, but support citizens’ right to voice their anger. The police chief said he will share the footage with Scott’s family, but did not provide a precise timeline. Bamberg said they’re still grieving and aren’t ready.
But even with so much history as a guide, Roberts and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Kerr Putney have been unable to prevent violent clashes between protesters and police.
A man shot during a protest over the death of Keith Lamont Scott in uptown Charlotte Wednesday night has died, sources close to the victim’s family have confirmed.
New York Times journalists Richard Fausset and Alan Blinder noted, “City officials were quick to say the police had not fired any live rounds, but riot police personnel did fire repeated rounds of tear gas”.
The shooting has sparked violent protests in Charlotte.
Scott didn’t own a gun or habitually carry a gun, the family has told their attorneys, Bamberg said.
Tulsa authorities charged the police officer who killed Crutcher with first-degree manslaughter on Thursday.
Vinson was not wearing a body camera at the time, but the other officers who responded to the incident were.
But that video may be the only thing that calms Charlotte, said John Barnett, who runs a civil rights group called True Healing Under God, or THUG.
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“This law has really taken a step backward”, said Mike Meno, spokesman for the ACLU in North Carolina. Scott’s wife, Rakeyia, was among family members who were eyewitnesses to the shooting, the lawyer said.
