Protester Shot In Charlotte [VIDEO]...

[paulitician]

Congrats Democrats! You finally got your Race War. Happy now?

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

You can bet he was shot by one of the protestors.....or should I say rioters?

 

[waltky]

Shooting video not definitive enough...

Charlotte Police Won't Release Shooting Video
September 22, 2016 - Police Chief Kerr Putney said the video of the fatal police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott doesn't definitively show the man pointing a gun.

Video of Tuesday's fatal police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott doesn't definitively show the victim pointing a gun, Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department Chief Kerr Putney said Thursday. "The video does not give me absolute, definitive visual evidence that could confirm that a person is pointing a gun," Putney said in a morning news conference. "I didn't see that in the videos I saw." Scott, 43, was killed Tuesday while police were serving a warrant for a different person at a University City apartment complex. Scott's family will watch the video of the shooting, Putney said, but police are not at this point prepared to release the video to the public at large. Putney says his department releases shooting video "when we believe there is a compelling reason." He said he supports transparency in the case, "but I never said full transparency." "If you think we should display a family's worst day for public consumption, that is not the transparency we're speaking of," the chief said.

A new state law will soon prevent police agencies from releasing body camera footage to the public without a court order. But open government advocates and the ACLU urged police to release the video, noting that the new law doesn't go into effect until Oct. 1. Police officers say they saw Scott armed with a handgun when he exited his vehicle at a University City apartment complex Tuesday afternoon. But a woman who said she is Scott's daughter claimed on a live-streamed video that Scott was unarmed when he was shot. The video went viral. Open government experts said the violent protests that erupted in Charlotte following the shooting illustrate what can happen when video footage isn't quickly released. "You have two different narratives emerging about what happened," said Jonathan Jones, director of the North Carolina Open Government Coalition. "The police video is the best possible opportunity to resolve that question of which version is accurate." The Observer has requested the shooting video, but CMPD has refused to release it.

Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Chief Kerr Putney said that video of Tuesday's fatal police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott doesn't definitively show the man pointing a gun.​

Brentley Vinson, the officer who opened fire, was not wearing a body camera, Putney said, but other officers on scene were wearing cameras. Vinson was reportedly wearing plain clothes and a clearly marked CMPD vest. In the wake of the demonstrations in Charlotte on Tuesday and Wednesday nights, U.S. Rep. Alma Adams, D-Charlotte, called for police to release the shooting video to the public. "We need answers and we need justice, but neither will come through violence," Adams said in a statement Thursday. "We must work together to ensure the process is swift, just and transparent. That begins with actions like releasing the video and calling for transparency, accountability and collaboration." U.S. Rep. Robert Pittenger, R-Charlotte, urged the public to allow time for a thorough investigation. "We are all understandably interested in seeing the video, but we should be more interested in a thorough, accountable investigation and due process," Pittenger said. "State law governs the release of the video. Our community will not benefit from trying this case on social media."

Putney said a handgun was seized from the scene. And according to WBTV, a photo released by a source close to the investigation appeared to show a gun next to Scott's body. But others, such as Scott's family, have disputed information that he had a gun, saying that he was armed with nothing more than a book. Scott's wife, Rakeiya Scott, released a statement Wednesday night questioning police statements. "After listening to remarks made by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Putney today, we have more questions than answers about Keith's death," she said. "Rest assured, we will work diligently to get answers to our questions as quickly as possible." Rakeiya Scott also asked for peace. "As a family, we respect the rights of those who wish to protest, but we ask that people protest peacefully. Please do not hurt people or members of law enforcement, damage property or take things that do not belong to you in the name of protesting," the statement read.

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