charlotte-mecklenburg police shooting
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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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Young Girl Delivers Powerful Statement About Police Shootings at Charlotte City Council Meeting
Out of the mouths of babes. A young Charlotte, N.C., girl delivered a powerful message while speaking out on police brutality at a tense Charlotte City Council meeting, the first such meeting since the police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott on Sept. 20, CNN reports. “It’s a shame that our fathers and mothers are killed…
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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…