wilkes

I heard Mr Scott had an incident with the po po in Houston and that he had a weapon.

Birdies?

Bodies

I think he intended most of the feces to adhere to the birdies and clothing of the protesters.

Did this guy seriously just recommend spraying feces on the streets of downtown Charlotte?

WTF?

I would agree that violence should not be tolerated that said here at least you had maybe 100 people or so at the most engaging in destructive acts using the crowd as cover no where near everyone.

No matter what did or did not occur it gave no one the right to endanger the public, to bad the guy who got stomped in the parking garage didn't have a glock and some training. Blocking the interstate and looting trucks does not help their case.

I want the other two body cam videos released.

Turquoise people are entirely untrustworthy and should be shot on sight.

That's right 168Amax

I don't care if a person is white black green or purple if you don't drop a gun when ordered to by a uniformed police officer. you are to dumb to live and should be removed from the genepool.

If they had jobs that were worth protecting they'd have been at home. These people gave nothing to lose because they gave nothing they value. They are a hybrid animal / slave now.

I will probably get labeled as a bigot racist but I will take the risk. How many of the looters, rioters do you think have parents that have been slaves? Better yet, how many of them do you think have or have ever held a job? How many are college graduates? (That paid for their own education)?

Glitter mentioned rolling a joint, which certainly isn't an executable offense.

But it is circumstantial evidence that he did have a book. People don't roll joints on guns.....but books on the other hand.

That is called proactive problem solving.

"You are right I can't tell from this video if he had a gun or not but even if he did have a gun, he made no threaten moves. In fact he was moving away from the shooter with his arms beside him when he was shot."

I watched the newly released dashcam footage as the wife's video earlier this evening. It looks as though the officers fired on the individual very quickly. Perhaps even too quickly. With that being said, I would still have a few questions. For instance, was the firearm said to be found at the scene registered or otherwise linked to the suspect? If so, that would at the very least speak to the legitimacy of the allegations that Scott had the gun on his person at the time. Also, during the wife's video she was shouting, both before and after the individual exited the vehicle, "Keith, don't you do it." What was she referring to? What did she suspect that he was going to "do?"

Another point to make is that, if the gun is linked to the suspect and was indeed found at the scene, it is important to note that the hammer on the firearm is in a position that indicates that the gun was ****ed. I am sure that none of the officers could tell from a distance if it was ****ed or not, but if it was, that could have implications regarding the suspects possible intent. There was also a portion of audio missing from some of the released footage. I'd be curious as to what that audio would indicate and why it was altered.

None of the videos seem to offer any hardcore evidence that the shooting was justifiable. It does show that the officer fired extremely fast. Gun or no gun, it seemed to me as if as soon as the suspect was in the officers line of fire from behind the truck, he immediately fired his weapon. It's easy to be a Monday Morning Quarterback when looking at a situation such as this in hindsight, but it sure looks as though the officer responded excessively.

Overall I will say the police have presented enough evidence to meet reasonable doubt but they have also presented enough evidence to say this was grossly mishandled from top to bottom.

Why I find them disturbing is this.

The officers observed the driver, later identified as Mr. Keith Lamont Scott, rolling what they believed to be a marijuana "blunt." Officers did not consider Mr. Scott's drug activity to be a priority at the time and they resumed the warrant operation. A short time later, Officer Vinson observed Mr. Scott hold a gun up.

Because of that, the officers had probable cause to arrest him for the drug violation and to further investigate Mr. Scott being in possession of the gun.

Due to the combination of illegal drugs and the gun Mr. Scott had in his possession, officers decided to take enforcement action for public safety concerns. Officers departed the immediate area to outfit themselves with marked duty vests and equipment that would clearly identify them as police officers.