AP – No Timetable for Releasing Video of Police Shooting

By BearingArms.com Staff

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The mayor of Charlotte said Thursday that some police video capturing the moments when an officer fatally shot a black man will eventually be released, but she suggested it wouldn’t be imminent despite a second night of violent protests that prompted the governor to call in the National Guard.

As officials tried to quell the unrest, at least three major businesses were asking their employees to stay home for the day as the city remained on edge. Mayor Jennifer Roberts told ABC’s “Good Morning America” that officials were considering a curfew, and she said in an interview with NPR that the timing of the video’s release depends on how the investigation progresses.

The video could be key to resolving the chasm between police, who say 43-year-old Keith Lamont Scott refused repeated commands to drop his gun, and residents who say he was unarmed, holding only a book, and disabled by a brain injury. But it’s not clear what the body cameras worn by three officers who were present during the shooting may have captured. The plainclothes officer who shot Scott, Brently Vinson, was not wearing a camera. He has been placed on leave, standard procedure in such cases. …Read the Rest

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