Military Patrols Charlotte’s Streets as Protests Continue Over Police Brutality

“He better live”, she said.

The victim’s family, along with many in Charlotte, dispute the police assertion that Scott was armed with a handgun.

Scott, 43, was killed Tuesday while police were serving a warrant on another person at The Village at College Downs apartment complex on Old Concord Road.

Mr Putney said that the officer who shot Mr Scott was not wearing a bodycam, because not all Charlotte police tactical teams wore them.

Scott’s family has said he did not own a gun, but police said they recovered a gun at the scene of the shooting.

OFFICER: Don’t shoot. Drop the gun.

Once the video is released by CMPD, WBTV will work to obtain a copy of the video and post it online. According to Putney, officers in the videos gave Scott “loud, clear, verbal commands” before Officer Vinson shot him.

The wife then called 911 to report on the officers who shot her husband.

Scott’s death is the latest in a string of police-involved killings of black men that have fueled outrage across America.

Demonstrations continued Thursday and Friday evening, but remained mostly calm. North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory declared a state of emergency, and the National Guard was deployed carrying rifles in front of office buildings to prevent any violence. Protesters marching through the streets chanted “What curfew?” and kept going until almost 2 a.m. Friday in defiance.

City officials, community leaders and local clergy also planned to hold a 7 p.m. gathering at the Charlotte Mecklenberg Government Center, near Marshall Park, where protesters were meeting Saturday afternoon, the Charlotte Observer reported. In the front of the group was a banner that read “release the tapes”.

No arrests, injuries or property damage were reported from protests Friday night into Saturday morning, police said. “He’s not going to do anything to you guys”. But police also fear that sweeping crackdowns could add fuel to the tensions. Police say they have “adequate resources” to secure the city during the event.

In this image taken from video recorded by Keith Lamont Scott’s wife, Rakeyia Scott, on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, Charlotte police squat next to Keith Lamont Scott as Scott lies face-down on the ground, in Charlotte, N.C.

The trip is Clinton’s only scheduled campaign travel before the first 2016 presidential debate Monday night at Hofstra University in NY.

“After further discussion with community leaders, we have chose to postpone Sunday’s trip as to not impact the city’s resources”.

Clinton on Friday had announced plans to go to Charlotte on Sunday, but postponed the visit for a week after Charlotte Mayor Roberts publicly asked her to delay it. Part of the concern of releasing the video and other materials before today, he said, was not only the potential to affect the investigation, but also because of concerns it could jeopardize the peace in Charlotte in the last two days.

The release comes a day after the Scott family released video of the incident as captured by his widow. Police have refused to release video, saying its immediate release could compromise an investigation.

In the video, Rakeyia Scott yells back at police, insisting her husband is harmless and doesn’t have a weapon. Scott’s family has called on police to release the videos “as a matter of the greater good and transparency” and called on people to protest peacefully.

Keith was the 214th black person killed by U.S. police this year out of a total of 821, according to monitoring site Mapping Police Violence. It is among a number of shootings over the past few years that have spurred debate about how and when police should use deadly force.