The family’s viewing of the video came on the same day that a police officer in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was charged with first-degree manslaughter in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man whose auto had broken down and blocked a road.
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The probe into Scott’s death has now been officially handed over to North Carolina’s State Bureau of Investigation, which will be in charge of providing updates and releasing further information on the status of the investigation, according to Putney.
“There is no legal reason to withhold the video from the public, and in this fraught situation, the best way to allay the community’s distrust is complete transparency”, the NY daily wrote.
Scott, 43, was warned multiple times to drop a handgun he was carrying before officers opened fire, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Kerr Putney said Wednesday.
“I haven’t seen any evidence, none of you all have seen any evidence that a gun was there”, Bamberg said, acknowledging he had seen the photo that has been making social media rounds.
“That is what the chief says”.
“The family requested to view that video and later on this afternoon we will view that video and hopefully have answers”, Bamberg said. Feel free to speak up against the things you see as injustice, feel free to do that because that is your right.
“The grievance in their mind is – the animus, the anger – they hate white people because white people are successful and they’re not”, Pittenger said.
Several stories have emerged on whether Scott had a gun at the time.
“It’s become a fetish – the video, the video, the video”, Klinger said.
He said the family is calling for peaceful protests. He says the family was not present because they were still grieving.
Police said they did recover a gun.
The rioting that has engulfed the city claimed a victim on Thursday, as city officials said a protester shot on Wednesday had died.
Police spokesman Keith Trietley says in a news release that 26-year-old Justin Carr died Thursday at the hospital. Bamberg gave no details on what the wife saw. They’re still seeking witnesses.
TV video showed that some protesters held up posters saying “Stop killing us”, “Resistance is lovely”, and “Release the tapes”.
The Associated Press account leaves a bare mention of the “black officer” until nearly the very end, quoting the Charlotte police chief at a press conference.
Police say they have arrested a suspect in the deadly shooting of a protester during demonstrations in Charlotte over an officer’s killing of a black man.
Protesters moved downtown from Trade Street to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.
There were no reports of arrests Thursday night.
A state of emergency has been declared in Charlotte, and National Guard troops and state police have been called in to help maintain the peace. Many demonstrators also demanded that the footage be released.
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. Just this week, Tulsa police let the public see video of the disputed September 16 shooting, though the footage left important questions unanswered.
The Scott family said that when police told Scott to exit his vehicle he did so in “very calm, non-aggressive manner”.
It is impossible to discern from the videos what, if anything, Mr. Scott is holding in his hands.
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Scott was shot as he walked slowly backward with his hands by his side, Bamberg said.
