charlotte-mecklenburg police department
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There’s a Promising New Development in a Slain Black Woman’s Decades-Old Cold Case, But There’s a Catch
Authorities are one step closer to answers after this major breakthrough pertaining to a 1996 homicide.
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Who Was The Man Who Allegedly Killed Four North Carolina Cops?
The suspect in the fatal shooting of four North Carolina police officers has been identified.
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Woman Punched by Charlotte Police in Viral Video Speaks Out
“I have never been through anything like this,” Christina Pierre said in an interview.
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New Details in Viral Video of Charlotte Police Beating a Black Woman
An attorney for Christina Pierre spoke to an eyewitness who saw her get punched in the face.
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Charlotte Police Shoot and Kill an Allegedly Armed Man at Burger King
A 27-year-old man is dead, and protesters are questioning the police’s version of the events that led up to him being shot and killed by a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer. Officer Wende Kerl shot and killed Danquirs Napoleon Franklin at a Burger King around 9 a.m. on Monday, according to the Charlotte Observer. Police say Franklin…
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Police in NC Release Full, Graphic Video of Keith Lamont Scott Shooting
Police in Charlotte-Mecklenburg, N.C., have released the full, graphic body-cam and dashcam footage of the shooting death of Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte last month, Reuters reports. According to the report, a lawyer for Scott’s family said that the videos do not support police claims that Scott was holding a gun at the time of his…
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Charlotte, NC, Officer Did Not Turn on Body Camera Until After Keith Lamont Scott Was Shot: Report
One of the responding officers involved in the shooting death of Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte, N.C., failed to activate his body camera as soon as he responded on the scene, violating department policy and displacing crucial evidence, the Washington Post reports. As the Post notes, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department released two videos late Saturday. The…
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5 Questions That Remain Unanswered in the Keith Lamont Scott Shooting
Charlotte-Mecklenburg, N.C., police have not been very forthcoming with information regarding the fatal police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott on Sept. 20. They refuse to release the body-cam footage. Their accounts of what happened in the moments leading up to the shooting have been directly refuted in video evidence as well as eyewitness testimony. The…
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Hillary Clinton Calls for Public Release of #KeithLamontScott Shooting Video
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton became one of the many people calling for public release of body-camera footage showing the Sept. 20 police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte, N.C. On Friday, Clinton posted this appeal to her Twitter account: The Charlotte Observer reports that Clinton’s post comes after an earlier release from North…
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Video Does Not Show 'Definitive, Visual Evidence' That Keith Lamont Scott Had a Gun, Police Chief Says
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department announced Thursday that it will show body-camera video to Keith Lamont Scott’s family but will not release that video to the public. Although the department has been adamant that the 43-year-old had a gun at the time he was fatally shot by a police officer Tuesday—a claim that his family strongly…