Family releases shocking video
The wife of the African American man whose death has triggered days of unrest in Charlotte, North Carolina has released dramatic video of the police shooting, raising pressure on authorities to make their own footage public.
Police have refused to release body-cam and dash-cam video of Tuesday's shooting, which they say shows that Keith Lamont Scott posed a threat to officers.
Scott was shot and killed at a Charlotte apartment complex during an encounter with police searching for another person wanted for arrest. Police say he had a handgun. His family says he was holding a book.
The two-minute smartphone footage captures the moments surrounding it as she pleads with officers not to open fire.
"Don't shoot him, he has no weapon!" she is heard saying. "He has a TBI, he's not going to do anything to you guys," she says, presumably referring to a traumatic brain injury.
Four quick gunshots are heard, at which point the phone is pointing away from the shooting. Moments later, Scott is seen lying face down surrounded by officers.
His death is the latest in a string of police-involved killings of black men that have fueled outrage across America.
Several hundred demonstrators were out again for a fourth night on Friday calling for the release of the videos amid a greater presence of National Guard troops, but the atmosphere was calmer than during previous days.
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