“It is impossible to discern from the videos what, if anything, Mr. Scott is holding in his hands”, says the family’s attorney.
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A dashboard camera from a police auto showed Keith Scott, killed on Tuesday, exiting his vehicle and backing away from it. Police shout to him to drop the gun, but it is not clear that he has anything in his hand.
Dozens of people marched outside the Minnesota Vikings-Carolina Panthers game Sunday, chanting, “Black lives matter” in a sixth day of protests in Charlotte, North Carolina, following the police shooting of a black man.
WSOC reported a group of demonstrators kneeled during the national anthem, then started chanting, “Keith Scott”.
Police in riot gear were stationed outside Bank of America Stadium, which holds 70,000 people. The announcement was made on Saturday by Police Chief Kerr Putney. Inside the stadium, Carolina safety Marcus Ball raised his fist during the anthem.
Here is the best screen shot we could get from the video. Police say he was, while his family says he was sitting in his vehicle reading a book when officers approached him.
A new North Carolina law that’s set to take effect October 1 will require city officials to obtain a court order before body or dashboard camera footage is released.
In the harrowing family video taken by Scott’s wife, Rakeyia, she is heard trying to convince police not to shoot her husband.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police released the body cam and dash cam video of the Keith Scott shooting Saturday evening.
Scott’s family said that he was simply sitting in his vehicle reading a book when police ordered him out of the auto and killed him.
Relatives and their attorney said their questions aren’t answered by the partial police video footage. He said officials’ delay in releasing the videos was due to protecting the integrity of their investigation.
Another lawyer for the Scott family, Charles Monnett, said, the family did not know enough of the facts to know whether the officer who killed Scott should face charges. “He’s passively stepping back”.
Ray Dotch identified himself as Scott’s brother-in-law. Those officers reportedly claimed that they also saw him holding a gun (how do you roll a joint while holding a gun?). Scott gets out and begins walking backward before shots are fired.
The Scott family urged police to release the video after viewing it for themselves. Scott exits and steps backward away from the auto, his hands at his side, as officers repeatedly yell, “Drop the gun”. In one of the police videos, a dashboard-mounted camera from a squad auto showed Scott exiting his vehicle and then backing away from it. Police shout to him to drop a gun, but it is not clear that Scott is holding anything. A police report said Carr had been shot in the head.
A police narrative released along with the video gives the most complete account yet by the agency of what brought Scott to police attention.
Meanwhile, North Carolina’s State Bureau of Investigation has taken over the investigation into the shooting by officer Brentley Vinson, who is black and was not wearing a body cam, despite police policy requiring body cams. After he falls to the ground, Mr Scott can be heard moaning weakly as officers handcuff him.
“Don’t shoot him! He has no weapon” she cries as police yell at Scott, “Drop the gun!”
“As governor of North Carolina, I concur with the Charlotte police chief’s decision to release the tapes”. One sign read “Stop police brutality” and another showed a picture of a bloody handprint with the phrase #AMINEXT, a social media tag about the fear of becoming a victim of police.
Peaceful protests continued after the video release.
After almost a week, the protests against Mr Scott’s death showed no signs of abating yesterday. The demonstrations reached a violent crescendo Wednesday before the National Guard was called in a day later to maintain order.
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Scott was killed by police September 20, which led to riots in Charlotte.
