Police gave Scott other commands and he “did not aggressively approach them or raise his hands” at officers, the statement said.
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Earleir today, Charlottte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Kerr Putney told reporters during a news conference that the video does not definitively show 43-year-old Keith Lamont Scott pointing a gun at anyone.
“This man was loved by his family and he loves his family”, Bamberg said. He was reading a book while awaiting his son’s arrival from school.
After the protests were underway for about an hour, Mayor Jennifer Roberts ordered a curfew starting at midnight until 6 a.m.
In the video posted online Thursday, Pittenger responded: “The grievance in their mind is – the animus, the anger – they hate white people because white people are successful and they’re not”. “As part of the fabric of Charlotte, the Hornets organization is committed to working with civic leaders, our elected leaders and law enforcement to foster more trust, transparency and understanding so we can heal and grow together as a community”.
Putney told Blitzer that he was not releasing any video – though he would let Scott’s family view it – because “I have to do what I can to protect the integrity of the investigation”.
Police have said that Scott was shot to death by a black officer after he disregarded loud, repeated warnings to drop his gun.
Gov. Pat McCrory has signed the bill into law, but it doesn’t take effect until October 1, the ACLU notes.
“After watching the videos, the family again has more questions than answers”, the family said in a statement yesterday.
“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.
He said the video would be released to the public “when we believe there is a compelling reason”. There’s also dashcam footage, police say.
Protesters last night were hemmed in by a large contingent of local police, state police and National Guard troops. The family’s lawyer said he couldn’t tell whether Scott was holding a gun.
The American Civil Liberties Union urged police to release their camera footage of the incident.
Charlotte Police Chief Kerr Putney said a protester reported earlier as heavily injured and transferred to hospital has died. His family was shown the footage Thursday and demanded that police release it to the public.
Officer Brentley Vinson, who shot and killed Scott, was not wearing a body camera at the time of the shooting.
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“As a family, we respect the rights of those who wish to protest, but we ask that people protest peacefully”, she said. “We have to be mindful of the feelings of the loved ones of the people who have died before we rally to say, ‘make the video public'”.
