The trouble came after a peaceful protest against the killing of Keith Scott, 43, who was gunned down in the vehicle park of a block of flats by a black officer on Tuesday.
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On Thursday morning, Putney said there are now no plans to release the video of the confrontation to the public. His family had previously said he was holding a book, not a firearm, when he was killed.
Bamberg and the family’s two other attorneys addressed the public just before the family is to view the dashcam video that shows Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer Brentley Vinson fatally shoot Scott on Tuesday afternoon.
Putney said that he has seen the video and it does not contain “absolute, definitive evidence that would confirm that a person was pointing a gun”.
“I’m not going to release the video right now”, Putney told reporters early on Thursday, the morning after nine people were injured and 44 arrested in riots over Scott’s killing.
The State Bureau of Investigation will conduct an independent investigation into the shooting of Keith Scott by a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police officer.
The wife of the man killed by police in Charlotte Tuesday witnessed the deadly shooting, the family’s attorney told the media Thursday.
A man shot during the police protests in Charlotte, North Carolina has died. The law doesn’t go into effect until October, so who knows whether we’ll ever see what really happened.
According to the New York Times, “The shooting revived scrutiny of a police department that drew national attention about three years ago when a white officer was quickly charged with voluntary manslaughter after he killed Jonathan Ferrell, an unarmed black man”. Scott’s family disputes the claim that he pointed a gun at officials. Rioters attacked and injured police officers (including one hit in the face with a rock), shut down and set fire to an interstate, threw rocks and other objects at motorists, damaged police cars, looted tractor trailers, and eventually looted a Walmart.
Pat McCrory declared a state of emergency amid the protests Wednesday night and promised to bring in the National Guard. But Reykia Scott said hurting people or damaging property is not the answer.
The City of Charlotte said on Twitter that one person was shot and left on life support.
Experts who track shootings by police noted that the release of videos can often quell protest violence, and that the footage sometimes shows that events unfolded differently than the official account.
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In Oklahoma police have released video footage showing an incident in which another black man Terence Crutcher was shot dead on a highway.
