24 September 2016, 18:26 GMT
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — "As governor of North Carolina, I concur with the Charlotte police chief's decision to release the tapes. I have been assured by the State Bureau of Investigation that the release will have no material impact on the independent investigation since most of the known witnesses have been interviewed," the governor said in his statement.
Body worn camera and dash-cam footage will be released to media in next 30 minutes.
— CMPD News (@CMPD) September 24, 2016
Videos show no definitive visual evidence Mr. Scott had a gun in his hand. But Chief Putney says other evidence from the scene proves it.
— CMPD News (@CMPD) September 24, 2016
Charlotte has been swept by protests starting Tuesday night following the fatal shooting of Keith Lamont Scott, a 43-year old African-American man, by a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer. The police claimed Scott had a weapon, but his family denies he was armed.
The decision to make police video footage public came after vehement demands by protesters to do so.
