Charlotte police release video of Keith Scott shooting

Police in Charlotte, North Carolina, have released officer bodycam and dashcam footage of a controversial shooting of a black man on Tuesday. They also released pictures of a handgun and marijuana that police say Keith Lamont Scott possessed. Calls for the footage to be released had increased in the four days since Mr Scott was […]

Police in Charlotte, North Carolina, have released officer bodycam and dashcam footage of a controversial shooting of a black man on Tuesday.
They also released pictures of a handgun and marijuana that police say Keith Lamont Scott possessed.
Calls for the footage to be released had increased in the four days since Mr Scott was shot. His wife released her own video from her phone on Friday.
Mr Scott’s family says he was carrying a book and not a gun.
Charlotte police chief, Kerr Putney told reporters the victim was “absolutely in possession of a handgun”.
The dashcam footage released on Saturday shows Mr Scott getting out of his car and walking backwards with his hands down. It is unclear if there is anything in his hands. Four shots are heard and he falls to the ground.
The bodycam footage shows Mr Scott outside his car with his hands down but does not show the moment of the shooting.