The Carolina Panthers and the National Football League are continuing to monitor the protest situation in Charlotte following Tuesday’s shooting of a Keith Lamont Scott by a police officer.
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Rakeyia Scott’s video captured officers approaching her husband before he was fatally shot. And hed better live, because he didn’t do nothing to them.
“I think it’s important to separate out the pervasive sense of frustration among a lot of African-Americans about shootings of people and the sense that justice is not always color blind”, the President said on the “Good Morning America”. She continues recording and asks if an ambulance has been called.
Scott family lawyer Justin Bamberg has strongly urged the CMPD to publicly release the footage.
Another deadly shooting occurred during the protests on Wednesday night between two civilians, according to city officials. Police have so far refused to release the video.
The death of Mr Scott, who is black, sparked mass protests and riots in Charlotte, North Carolina. The video recorded by Scott’s wife had not been previously released. City officials refuse to release it, saying “they do not want to impede their investigation”.
It includes graphic violence of a man being killed by police, and strong language. The recording has also been turned over to the police.
The protesters entire goal for Thursday night after the midnight curfew was to prove they could be peaceful and get their message across, according to FOX 46 Charlotte reporter David Sentendrey.
Local officers’ ranks were augmented by Guard members carrying rifles and guarding office buildings against the threat of property damage.
After the curfew took effect, police allowed the crowd of demonstrators to thin without forcing them off the street.
Putney has said a gun was recovered at the scene, but no book. He said the video will be made public when he believes there is a “compelling reason” to do so. I come You better be alive.
She also said that a new state law, which would deny public access to police body cam and dashcam footage without a judge’s orders, would not apply to the Scott case since the shooting occurred before the law goes into effect October 1.
The CMPD has maintained the narrative that Scott held a gun in his hands at the time of the shooting; however, his family has continuously said that he was not armed. His friends and relatives, however, say that he was just holding a book.
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Shelby was the officer under scrutiny for shooting Terrenece Crutcher, another unarmed black man, last week. “We’re still working through all others involved”, Putney said.
