Justin Bamberg, an attorney for Scott’s family, watched the video with the slain man’s relatives.
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“It is impossible to discern from the videos what, if anything, Mr. Scott is holding in his hands”, Bamberg said.
A Republican congressman who represents the Charlotte area said Thursday that people are protesting in the city because they “hate white people”.
One protester critically shot at a demonstration against police brutality succumbed to his injuries following the clashes in the city center. She said they made the decision collaboratively when to ask for additional resources. In one city, the police recordings were released nearly immediately and protests remained calm.
The Scott family was scheduled to be at a news conference held outside the Mecklenburg County Courthouse earlier Thursday, but did not appear.
The American Civil Liberties Union has called on the police in Charlotte to release camera footage of the incident.
The chief said the agency only publicly releases video of shootings “when we believe there is a compelling reason”.
The State Bureau of Investigation will conduct an independent investigation into the shooting of Keith Scott by a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police officer. It’s the same spot where neighbors say they would often find Scott sitting in a vehicle in the shade reading a book as he waited for his son to get off the school bus. Bamberg told reporters that police need to be more transparent in their conversations with the public and with the family.
The rioting that has engulfed the city claimed a victim on Thursday, as city officials said a protester who was shot on Wednesday had died.
Putney said they have a request from the family of Keith Scott to see video in the moments leading up to the shooting and that they will accommodate that request.
Scott’s family said in the statement the video shows him complying with officers’ commands in a “very calm and non-aggressive manner”, according to the statement.
NEWS BRIEF The man who was shot during Wednesday night’s protests in downtown Charlotte has died, police say.
U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch acknowledged the country’s racial tensions after the latest police shootings, but denounced the violence that erupted in Charlotte. That shooting is now the subject of a US Department of Justice probe.
The Scott family were originally expected to speak at the press conference but were unable to do so. Nine people were injured and 44 arrested in riots on Wednesday and Thursday morning, prompting officials to declare a state of emergency. “We have spent trillions of dollars on welfare, but we’ve put people in bondage, so they can’t be all that they’re capable of being”, Pittenger said. Bamberg gave no details on what the wife saw.
“Transparency’s in the eye of the beholder”, he said.
“A lot of community leaders were out there the entire time to keep it peaceful”, said Tyler Hickey, a University of North Carolina at Charlotte student who attended the protests.
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But she wants to see peaceful protests continue in Charlotte.
