Charlotte police will release video of fatal shooting of Keith Lamont Scott

[DonViejo]

Source: The Washington Post

By Renae Merle, Wesley Lowery and Peter Holley September 24 at 4:50 PM

CHARLOTTE — Police will release video footage showing officers fatally shooting Keith Lamont Scott, the black man whose violent death has sparked heated protests throughout the city, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Kerr Putney said in a news conference Saturday.

The release of dashboard and body camera footage follows days of pressure from community activists and protesters hoping to shed light on what occurred in the moments leading up to the shooting, which has been the subject of disagreement between Smith’s family members and police since his death on Tuesday.

Police had previously refused to make the footage public, saying it would compromise their investigation.

Reports of the planned release come one day after video shot by Scott’s wife, Rakeyia Scott, showing her pleading with officers not to shoot her 43-year-old husband, was made public.

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[Mamajami]

1. Was he using pot as medicine?

In this case involving Scott. He had TBI and his wife said he had just taken his medicine. Was his medicine medical marijuna?

[Ruby the Liberal]

6. Because that could make him crazy and charge armed police officers?

What difference does it make?

[Freelancer]

2. It doesn't matter. After this long, experts could make the footage show anything.

Give an expert 20 minutes, and they can put a gun into a still photo. Give them three days, and they can change the footage to show the cops arresting Gollum on Mount Doom. Veracity is only guaranteed by immediacy when it comes to video. When will police departments understand this?

[jonno99]

4. Complete & utter bs. nt

[christx30]

5. Spielberg replaced all the guns in ET with radios in the re-release. n/t

[Helen Borg]

7. Yes, if they had Pixar working on it.

The police IT folks? No way...

[Chemisse]

3. About time!

But good. Being open and straightforward is the only way people are going to trust the outcome for this death.