On Wednesday, a North Carolina prosecutor announced that Police Officer Brentley Vinson, who is also Black, "acted lawfully" and will not be charged for shooting and killing 43-year-old Scott.
Keith Lamont Scott was shot in the back, the abdomen and the wrist by officers from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.
After days of delay, police in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Tuesday released extended video footage of the police-involved shooting death of 43-year-old Keith Lamont Scott, according to multiple media outlets. The graphic police bodycam footage shows the final moments of the father of seven after he was shot by a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer on Sept. 20 […]
Authorities involved in Keith Lamont Scott's shooting investigation refuse to release over two hours of footage captured by police dash cam cameras.
Just days after a state of emergency order was lifted in parts of Charlotte, North Carolina, authorities on Thursday released audio from the deadly police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott that sparked days of sometimes violent protests, according to 11 Alive. “The three pieces of audio contain the 911 call and radio traffic received and transmitted moments after […]
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Several days of unrest exacerbated by the city's lack of transparency in Scott's shooting death brought forth emotional reactions during a Monday night city council meeting.
Ever since police shot and killed a man named Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte, North Carolina last week, subsequent action by the police department has yielded nothing but suspicion. Days of protests and riots sprung up after the incident, when the police department refused to release footage. And when they finally did, it was edited […]
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What the video does not show is the exact moment Scott is shot on Tuesday by Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers, but you can hear four shots fired in the background.
"Release the tape," and "we want the tape" echoed through the downtown area directed at Charlotte Police Chief Kerr Putney, who announced Thursday he would not publicly release dash cam footage capturing Scott's shooting.
Initially, the city tweeted that the person was killed, but in a second tweet, city officials said the person was in critical condition on life support.