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.
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.
Charlotte police claim Scott was armed, but his family says he was perched in his car, reading a book while he waited for his son after school.
Authorities rushed the man to Carolinas Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.
As two separate investigations continue, led by the Justice Department and the Tulsa County District Attorney's office, more details emerge regarding Crutcher and Betty Shelby, the officer who fatally shot Crutcher in the middle of the road as he walked with his hands up towards his SUV.
A video recording of the shooting shows that Charles, who is now 15, posed no threat at the time of the shooting. Charles' lawyers say the teen had dropped the gun and had his hands above his head when Officer Jonathan Rivera fired the shots.
KSEE-TV reports the two officers involved are on administrative leave. This is the seventh police-involved shooting in Fresno this year.
https://twitter.com/lumworld/status/741326070188806144 A dramatic scene unfolded Friday just before 2 PM EST when a law enforcement officer shot a man at Dallas Love Field Airport, one of the busiest in the country, according to a video released on Twitter. At least nine shots could be heard on the video as the officer screams for the man […]
Taylor was killed just two days short of the one-year anniversary of Michael Brown's death in Ferguson, Missouri, igniting frustration and outrage across the nation in regards to police-involved shootings and unarmed Black teens.
Via: Baltimore Sun Baltimore city internal affairs and homicide departments are working extensively on the shooting death of an former Marine at the hands of an off-duty 15-year veteran of the Baltimore City Police Department. The police are currently focusing on statements from seven witnesses of the shooting behind the Mount Vernon nightclub. Statements from […]
