The dashcam and bodycam footage has been released in the police shooting death of Keith Lamont Scott.
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The department also released a narrative of what happened in the moments leading up to the shooting and immediately following it.
In it, she can be heard pleading with officers not to shoot as they barked commands at Scott to drop his gun.
Scott’s daughter, Lyric Scott, also shared a Facebook livestream showing the moments right after the shooting, narrating tragically, “The police just shot my daddy four times for being black”.
Family of Keith Scott, who was killed on Tuesday, said the footage showed Scott was not acting aggressively and said the police shooting did not make sense.
Scott’s wife released a cell phone video of the incident on Friday that didn’t clear up whether he had a handgun. The released body footage was from another officer. His family says he was holding a book.
Mr Putney said that Mr Scott was in the possession marijuana.
“What we know and what you should know about him is that he was an American citizen who deserved better”, he added.
“The footage itself will not create in anyone’s mind absolute certainty as to what this case represents and what the outcome should be”, he said.
He described the police videos as supporting other evidence, rather than being standalone proof.
He said he chose to release them in the interest of transparency and because the State Bureau of Investigation, which is leading the inquiry in the case, had completed key interviews with witnesses and assured him the release would not harm the integrity of their investination.
Putney said there was footage from the dashboard camera in one of the police cars, and at least one body camera.
The voice of Scott’s wife, who was filming the situation on her cellphone, can be heard in the video, telling officers her husband doesn’t have a gun.
The patrol approaches the scene where an officer already has his weapon drawn on Scott.
That video did not show if Keith Scott had a gun or not, Rakeyia maintains in the clip that he does not. “Officer Vinson fired his issued service weapon, striking Mr Scott”, the statement said. The Associated Press reports that the Scott family released the video “as part of their quest for truth”. Vinson wasn’t wearing a body camera.
The shooting of Scott on Tuesday has prompted several days of demonstrations that coalesced around protesters’ demands that police video be seen by the public.
McCrory said in a statement Saturday that he supported the decision of Charlotte Police Chief Kerr Putney.
They also chanted, “No tapes, no peace” and raised signs including one reading “Stop Killing The Black People”.
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Protests erupted on the streets of the city in the wake of his death.
