Four shots then ring out and Scott drops to the ground.
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Police also released pictures, including one of a handgun it says was recovered at the scene and an ankle holster that police say Scott was wearing.
Two plainclothes officers in an unmarked vehicle were preparing to serve a warrant on someone else when Scott pulled up and parked next to them, according to the document.
Someone shouts “drop the gun” several times before Scott exits his SUV.
Justin Bamberg told reporters today that the dashcam and body camera footage released on earlier this morning leaves more questions unanswered than it provides clarity. One was taken from a dashboard camera and the other from a police body camera.
In a police video, Scott was seen slowly walking backward out of his auto before the shooting. “He just took his medicine”, said Rakeyia Scott, Keith Scott’s wife. When Scott comes into view, he has his hands at his side and is standing outside of his SUV. That footage does not show when shots are fired, and Scott is already on the ground.
Scott’s family has demanded the police release the footage after viewing it on Thursday.
Asked whether he expected the footage to quiet protesters, Putney responded: “The footage itself will not create in anyone’s mind as to what this case represents. the footage only supports the other information” such as forensic evidence and witness statements.
But Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Kerr Putney change his tune Saturday, telling reporters that people “want to see the facts, objective facts”.
Charlotte police released body camera and dashboard videos on Saturday showing the fatal shooting of a black man that triggered protests in the North Carolina city, but the footage did not show whether the victim was holding a gun.
Putney said that his officers didn’t break the law but noted that the state is continuing its investigation. He is not acting aggressive towards any officers on the scene. He added that Scott was “absolutely in possession of a handgun” and that officers saw marijuana in his auto, which caused them to act.
Authorities have said an African-American officer shot Scott, who was black, when he made a threatening move with a gun.
“He doesn’t lunge at the officers”, the attorney continued.
Ray Dotch, Scott’s brother-in-law, said that the family was left with far more questions than answers by the videos.
The September 20 shooting of Keith Lamont Scott has caused several nights of unrest in the southern U.S. city where various residents have called for the police to hand over the footage. Protesters have demanded the police release the tapes of the shooting.
Central to the protests are the differing accounts between police and Scott’s family over what led to his death. The demonstrations reached a violent crescendo on Wednesday before the National Guard was called in a day later to maintain order.
Charlotte is the latest US city to be shaken by protests and recriminations over the death of a black man at the hands of police, a list that includes Baltimore, Milwaukee, Chicago, New York and Ferguson, Missouri.
Hundreds marched through the centre of Charlotte on a fifth night of demonstrations that stretched into Sunday morning, including white and black families protesting police violence.
Scott, a 43-year-old father of six, died on Tuesday afternoon following an altercation with the police, who initial reports suggested were searching for a different man.
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For the first time in three nights, police enforced a curfew, saying they would arrest violators.
