Video shows fatal police shooting in Charlotte
A video has been released showing the moments before and after the fatal shooting of African American Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte, North Carolina, with the wife’s pleas to the police not to shoot him.
The two-minute-and-12 second video filming the scene of the incident was made by Scott’s wife on her cell phone camera, however, the footage fails to include a view of the shooting itself.
Justin Bamberg, a lawyer with the Scott family, said in an interview that the video did not prove whether the shooting was justified or unjustified, adding that, it offered “another vantage point” of the incident.
He said he hoped the police department in the US state would release its own videos of the shooting, as protesters have been demanding since it took place on Tuesday afternoon.
There are conflicting reports about whether Scott had a gun or a book in his hands.
The 43-year-old’s death outraged Black Lives Matter activists, leading to protests and clashes there.
Thousands of enraged African Americans flooded the streets of the city to denounce the police shooting of Scott, however, the peaceful protests soon escalated to a violent encounter between angry protesters and police, forcing North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory to declare a state of emergency.
Reports said at least 9 protesters had been injured and 44 arrested during a second day of demonstrations against US police brutality in Charlotte.
The shooting death of Scott happened at a time when anti-police sentiment is already high across the US due to a surge of unjustified killings of unarmed African Americans over the past few months.
FBI raids home of American journalist Alison Weir over her pro-Palestine work
Ben & Jerry’s sues parent company Unilever over Gaza advocacy muzzle
Indifference toward Gaza genocide in US rooted in anti-Arab, anti-Muslim hate: Activist
Israel kills 5 more paramedics in southern Lebanon: Health ministry
Iran to launch ‘new, advanced’ centrifuges in response to IAEA resolution: AEOI
Yemen fires hypersonic missile at Israeli airbase
VIDEO | New Delhi chokes under toxic smog as air quality remains at hazardous levels
VIDEO | Press TV's news headlines
VIDEO | ICC's arrest warrant for Netanyahu to worry Western politicians: Former British diplomat
Iranians protest against Israel after Netanyahu ICC warrant
Germany undecided on complying with ICC arrest warrants for Israeli war criminals
PressTV NEWSLETTER
now
This makes it easy to access the Press TV website
