This might be the last police video from North Carolina you'll ever see

[1984hasarrived]

Well, this does not really surprise me, to be honest.  There have  been a few cases recently where cameras have shown "naughty" behaviour by those fine fine upstanding men. 

Can't have them portrayed in a bad light now can we, so we will keep the information private, for the public's own safety.

Police Department of the fatal encounter between officers and Keith Lamont Scott could be the last such footage that North Carolina authorities share with the public



Scott died on September 20. In the five days since the shooting, protesters have demanded that Charlotte Police release video footage of the incident.

Initially, Police Chief Kerr Putney chose not to immediately release the camera footage, only doing so amid pressure from the public. Release of another video from one of Scott's family members also added to the calls for police to release their footage.

Putney's decision may be one of the final times a police chief will relent to public pressure.




Charlotte police release video of Keith Scott shooting 01:43

That's because a new law that goes into effect on October 1, exactly one week after the Scott footage was released, is set to block the public from obtaining similar kinds of recordings from body cameras or dashboard cameras.

The whole story?



New North Carolina law blocks release of police cam footage 01:31

Gov. Pat McCrory, who signed the legislation two months ago, has said the law would balance "public trust" with the rights and safety of police officers.

In an interview this week with CNN, the Republican governor and one-time mayor of Charlotte doubled down his support for the measure.

It's about "respecting the public, respecting the family, and also respecting the constitutional rights of the officer," he said.

"One viewpoint of a video doesn't often always tell the whole story," McCrory said. "The angles can make a difference, and [you're] not hearing [the sound] often in the video, so that [adds to] the complexity. The video is one piece of evidence. We have to be careful."

BLT

[1984hasarrived]

Sorry for the formatting but it does not seem to want to strip the html code away - CBA to try and edit it any more.

[senona]

Putney's decision may be one of the final times a police chief will relent to public pressure.


That's because a new law that goes into effect on October 1, exactly one week after the Scott footage was released, is set to block the public from obtaining similar kinds of recordings from body cameras or dashboard cameras.

Hmmm, not sure how well that will go over with the public later on down the road, assuming that there will be more instances of questionable police actions.

Wonder about reporters seeking tapes via FOIA?

[727Sky]

Sure that sounds about right... All us pedestrians cannot evaluate with our own eyes what we might see in a video so just trust MSM and the police who never falsify a report or commit an illegal act. (sarc)

videos do not always have the right angle or the sound to make a fair evaluation of a situation..... not to mention what lead up to the event.. I agree with... 

The way I read the article the only reason the police video was released in the first place was because the protesters were chanting "no tapes; no peace."

I dunno folks... Many of us complained that the police needed video cameras they could not fiddle with which is a two edged sword... Protects them from outlandish claims and makes them hopefully think before they do something stupid....... Unfortunately there are always ways of legally getting around something ..... Just pass a law that says "Yep we have the video but you cannot see it!" Kinda defeats the whole purpose IMO..
edition.cnn.com...

[BIAD]

I don't know if this is relevant here, but this image has been doing the rounds...

'Family Sees Video, Says Keith Scott Was Walking
Backward When He Was Shot.'
SOURCE:

[senona]

Evidently, the wife knew he had a gun according to this article


Keith Lamont Scott Threatened His Wife With A Gun Last Year


Rakeyia Scott’s cry to CMPD officers that her husband, Keith Lamont Scott, did not own a gun—even as he brandished a gun in front of them—now appears to be a calculated lie, according to Rakeyia Scott.

On Oct. 5, a Gaston County District Court judge granted his wife a temporary restraining order. The court order told Scott not to go near his wife, three of their children and the children’s schools.

He was not allowed near their Gastonia apartment they’d called home since April 2014, according to court documents. He was told to turn over a black 9mm handgun he owned illegally.

Eleven days later, Rakeyia Scott voluntarily dismissed the order against her husband, writing, “He is no longer a threat to me and my family.”


But three days before she got the order, Keith Scott had kicked her, punched their 8-year-old in the head three times and threatened to kill her with the gun, she had written.

“He said he is a ‘killer’ and we should know that,” she wrote.


She said the man she’d been married to since she was 18 did not have a gun permit and was a felon, having been incarcerated from April 2004 to April 2011.

She checked a box saying her husband had threatened her with the gun before.

The Scott family is now trying to claim that the head injuries suffered by Scott left him a changed man, and yet, he was still an armed felon, brandishing a gun, if not threatening with her at this time.

Keith Scott’s family and friends have told one apparent falsehood about Scott and the circumstances surrounding his shooting after being warned 11 times over 45 seconds to drop the Colt Mustang Plus II he was brandishing.




Where Did Keith Lamont Scott Get His Gun?

They claim he is a "family" man, but he sure does show a lot of violence towards his family.
He has one heck of a rap sheet stemming back to 1992.

So how was he able to get a gun?
Not legally evidently...

So if he couldn’t legally acquire the Colt Mustang Plus II and well-worn ankle holster that he was clearly seen wearing in CMPD body camera video right before he was shot, where did he get them?

There are only two possible explanations.


The first possible explanation is that Scott obtained the weapon via a “straw purchase” carried out by a family member or friend. This is unlikely due to several reasons, the primary reason being cost. It is very unlikely that if Scott was going obtain a handgun via a straw purchase from a dealer or lawful private seller that he would opt for a Colt Mustang Plus II based on the aforementioned rarity and exorbitant cost of these firearms on the collector’s market. Even used, it costs two to four times as much as new handguns.


As an ex-con with limited career choices and the previously mentioned traumatic brain injury claimed by his family, Scott would have presumably been on a very limited budget for any kind of firearm obtained from the public firearms market.


This leads us to the probability that Scott’s gun was obtained on the criminal black market, and more than likely through theft. Criminals are unlikely to know the actual value of the firearms they steal, and a relatively obscure handgun like the Mustang Plus II in .380 amusingly doesn’t have the cachet among criminals that a stolen Glock or even a Hi-Point does among criminals.

Typical family members trying to downplay what actually happened.
Sources say they never found a 'book' as she claimed, but rather a blunt and gun....nice, all the while waiting for the kid.

[senona]

Sources: Gun recovered in Keith Lamont Scott case reported stolen

CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) -

Multiple sources confirmed to WBTV Monday that the gun police say was found in Keith Lamont Scott's possession when he was fatally shot by a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police (CMPD) officer was reported stolen.

The gun, sources said, was reportedly stolen in a residential breaking and entering. The sources said the man accused of stealing the gun was interviewed and is on record stating he sold the gun to Scott.

Police have not released any information about the man accused of stealing the gun and selling it to Scott.

So as usual, more lies by the family about how he had no gun.
And was reading a book......yeah, riiiiiight!!


When is something going to be done to stop people from flat out lying about a suspect, which in turn, is the cause for all these protests turned riots????

Lies, lies and more lies.

In fact, the BLM was based on the lie of "hands up, don't shoot".
That we have found out since then, was a total fabrication.


People one day are going to have to be held responsible for their actions -- lies included-- purposely giving false information to the media to sensationalize a story.
Causing no telling how many millions worth of damage to a community when the rioters take over, destroying and looting businesses.



Apologies, but this shit just pisses me off anymore.


Cannot tell you how many times I gave the family member the benefit of the doubt, seeing their grief, only to find out later that their family/friend was acting out in criminal ways and they lied about it, purposely covering up for them and misleading the  public.