Yielding to Pressure, Charlotte Releases Videos of Keith Scott Shooting
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Under mounting pressure from politicians, community leaders and boisterous protesters who have brought this city’s main business district to a near-standstill, the Charlotte police chief on Saturday released body and dashboard camera videos of the fatal police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott, a black resident here.
While they do not show everything that happened at the scene, the two released videos appear to show Mr. Scott exiting a white sport-utility vehicle, and backing away from it with his hands at his sides. He did not appear to be acting in a threatening or erratic manner.
The police said they had recovered a loaded gun with Mr. Scott’s DNA on it, and that he wore an ankle holster. But they did not reveal where they recovered the gun.
It was clear from the two angles that he had nothing in his right hand. It was unclear what, if anything, Mr. Scott, who was right-handed, had in his left hand. After Mr. Scott was shot multiple times and fell to the ground, his moans could be heard as officers handcuffed him.
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