Cell phone footage taken by Rakeyia Scott, the widow of Keith Lamont Scott, has been released and obtained by The New York Times.
It was recorded before and after Scott’s shooting and eventual death on September 20.
As a fair warning, the video is very explicit in terms of violence, content and language.
(The article was first published on Sep 21, 2016 @ 3:55pm EST)
Police are saying they warned Keith Lamont Scott to drop a gun multiple times before shooting and killing him, NBC News is reporting.
The 43-year-old black man was sitting in a parked car yesterday (September 20) at an apartment complex near the University of North Carolina at Charlotte when police arrived looking for someone with an outstanding warrant.
According to authorities, Scott got out of his car with a handgun and then got back into his car. He reemerged when officers confronted him. The officers reportedly told him to drop the gun multiple times, but he didn’t listen and one of the policemen shot him. Scott was taken to the hospital where he died.
Kerr Putney, police chief of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg County Police Department, held a news conference Wednesday morning (September 21) to address the situation.
“The officers gave loud, clear, verbal commands which were also heard by many of the witnesses,” he said, saying the events that led to Scott’s death happened “in a matter of seconds.”
Putney adds that the story being told on social media doesn’t match the facts of the case. He refutes claims that Scott was reading a book when he was confronted by the authorities and says the gun, but no book, was found in the car.
Scott’s family is saying that he was disabled.
BBC also points out that the officer who fired the fatal shot was a black man, Brentley Vinson, a two-year veteran who has been placed on administrative leave.
People took to the streets of Charlotte Tuesday night to protest the shooting. Sixteen police officers were injured and one man was reportedly arrested after authorities tear-gassed the crowd.
Community activist B.J. Murphy, representing the Nation of Islam, called for an economic boycott of Charlotte in the wake of the shooting, according to WGRZ.
This news comes the same week as the shooting death of Terence Crutcher, an unarmed black man who was killed in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This summer, racial tensions were high after multiple black men were shot and killed by police and police were targeted in shootings as well.
View the social media reaction to Keith Scott’s death below.
HE DINDU NUFFIN!!!
“Put some respeck” on your grammar first, Corky!
You mean Corky Thatcher from Life Goes On? One cool ass mongoloid yo!
Lol! Fair enough.
Time to start reporting on EVERYBODY who is shot and killed by law enforcement. That means ALL races. The media will keep creating this one-sided racial tension and they’ll have nobody but themselves to blame when sh*t really gets out of hand. American media is THE worst.
Black people are the victim of police shootings at a far greater rate proportionally than whites, so yea that should be reported. Racial discrimination in policing has been statistically proven over decades,its just that more cameras gives more visibility to the issue. Shedding light on an issue is the first step to addressing it, so stop acting like the media is fabricating it all. Look at the numbers in proportion to the population and tell me this isn’t an issue. You sound ignorant trying to downplay the racial aspect.
Black people also commit crimes on a far greater rate than other races proportionally. This race baiting bullshit is just going to get more black people killed and put in prison. When you have 15% of the population committing and being convicted of 40% of crimes, you should take in consideration of those numbers reflect how many of those same racial groups are being shot. If you factor population percentage, crimes commited and police calls being made against them, and percentages of incarceration to percentages of murdered by cops, whites take the cake. We are all Americans. The color of your skin has nothing to do with it being less or more wrong for killing you in a situation. This man had a gun. He was shot by another black man. Those are the facts as we know them until someone else posts a video. A black man stopped 50 times in two years that is throwing up gang signs in all of his Facebook shut is shot while not obeying police instructions. Another black man, a convicted felon, is shot while wrestling with the cops, after being tazed, and he is 5″11 and 350+ pounds. Wake up idiots. No one is “innocent.” Let the cops do their jobs, before The Purge becomes a real thing. We are all being pitted against one another. Work, study and go about your business. Don’t carry a gun. If the cops tell you to do something, do it. Sue them later. Tried by twelve…
Well damm.. Tried by 12 just completely OWNED TaZzZ and a large portion of America with that. Bravo..
This right f***ing here! End of story.
no justice no peace!!!! niggaz let’s riot!!! you got da power!!!! arm leg leg arm head!!!
Go for it! Upon doing so, keep in mind, looting negates the act of rioting.
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LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
…sitting in a parked car… (wheelchair???) // …was reading a book… (bible???) // …got out of his car… (crawling???) // …family is saying that he was disabled… (mentally or psychically or both just like the author of this crap???)
All cops deserve to bleed to death while people without badges are cheering, bunch of useless fuckin pigs takin advantage of something that is given to them to protect people, not to be a danger to them. This isn’t a race issue, it’s an issue with the system, fuck Police, we’d be safer without you devils.
God you’re dumb
Laughing when it’s not really funny, at this from another commentor: ‘He had a gun’ = ‘dog ate my homework’ for violent cops !! Drug test EVERY cop that uses force of any kind — including for PEDs (steroids, testosterone). If they’re clean they have nothing to hide and nothing to fear, right?
Most are.
How did Bictoria not bring up Drake and suck ride his dick in this article?
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A civilian was shot Wednesday during the second night of violent protests in Charlotte, North Carolina, following the fatal police shooting of black man Keith Lamont Scott. Here’ a link to raw video of the civilian being shot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPpEgJmVHBE
Point of the matter is the dude was warned repeatedly to drop the -whatever he was holding- and he did not comply. I think its high time black people stopped playing victim when they are perps. The ratio of blacks being shot is higher proportionally coz black folk cause more kak proportionally. Simple statistics. I am black and live in Africa and I personally think black Americans are the most complacent people on earth. Take responsibility for your actions!
Please stop making excuses it just makes you more pathetic stop covering your eyes this could have been your brother or dad then your tune would change I for one am sick and tired of living as half a man because of skin colour knowing damn well im probably better educated than others of a lighter tone if you cant see us we cant see you and that’s when you should really worry
This is a completely inaccurate and skewed way of thinking, bruh. Nobody in my office and I mean NOBODY makes less than I do and guess what? I am one of the only three white guys in the building with an effing Master’s Degree! Am I complaining? Nope. 90% of my coworkers are African American and super intelligent. Am I jealous or feel like I am being poorly mistreated? Not at all. You’re just automatically assuming this type of BS for the sake of being ignorant. Your comment is what’s wrong with the US racial tension.
Im not what’s wrong with the USA the faulty careless laws which represent the So Called People keep killing innocent blacks and then heading back to the precinct to finish off there coffee
Are you fucking kidding me ?! Non complaince does not mean an automatic death penalty ! Even convicted killers and murderers sit on death row for decades ..fucking retard
Keith Lamont was shot and killed by an AFRICAN AMERICAN (Bentley Vinson) police officer! How and why are NONE of these f***ing websites reiterating this?
Keith Lamont was shot and killed by an AFRICAN AMERICAN (Bentley Vinson) police officer! How and why are NONE of these f***ing websites reiterating this?!
everyone ive read has
No they have`nt!!
lmao dumbass
why not me why? i would like to be dead too. wish i was black in murica.
To all my beautiful black brothers stay strong these wicked bullies in uniform are killing even disabled black people how sick they must be hate eats up the perpetrator in the end even if you get no repercussions now there will be in time stay strong my beautiful black brother don’t give in to pressure do everything out of love
Lol behonest black males got themselves this bad reputation…
Think about this…no other country in the world would tolerate theamount ofcrime committed by American blacks
America was built on slavery they don’t see blacks as men I wonder what the real extent of murders that are taking place go unheard. and how many people have been menaced out of speaking out????. when they get rid of that fear of speaking out we shall see the true extent.there will be no more hiding away cops are getting caught with their pants pulled down metaphorically speaking and so may it carry on until these evil men and women are brought to justice
99% of blacks are killed by other blacks you fucking idiot, maybe focus on the dozens of same race murders per day, police your own ignorant trashy people.
Everyone needs to realize that it went down hill ever since the U.S government signed contracts with Israhell IDF to train the Police Department all across America. In America it used to be shoot first and ask questions later but in Israel its Kill first and ask questions later. This happens to all races ever since they started training them and do some research.
The number of blacks killed by whites in any given year is literally nothing compared to blacks killed by blacks, BLM is a bunch of bullshit.
Would love to have your retarded ass between the red dot and let all 50 rounds go
You are a little pussy chickenshit internet tough guy, fuck you, you pretend internet piece of garbage.
Its times like this im glad i dont live in the biggest cities…lol its where all the police brutality and crackdowns will start first via martial law once everyone decides to rebel gonna be fucked up time comes grab the go bag the ACR and my glock 34 and im off the grid…lol and pray for the person to cross my path in the wrong way during that time..
Look if you get told ten times todrop the gun bythe cops and you still don’t…
You’re either retarded or looking for trouble
Imma suck a big black greasy fuckin cock!
Yes but your obviously a raging rascist so why would I believe a word from an oppressor lets be really honest you don’t care wether blacks live or die you think you have all blacks worked out you rely on stereotypical stats as a basis or point of argument I reject your way of thinking I reject your faulty stats