Here’s a brief summary of the video, focusing on what Rakeyia Scott said during the deadly encounter: The footage appears to corroborate an image that police released Thursday - in both, Scott is seen lying face-down on the asphalt, wearing bright blue pants and white-soled sneakers. That area has already been scrutinized in some photos, particularly one image that “shows what appears to be a handgun on the pavement at Scott’s feet,” as The Charlotte Observer reported Thursday.Īs depicted in the eyewitness video, the scene plays out under bright sunlight, from a vantage point that’s a short distance from the confrontation between Keith Lamont Scott and Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers. The video is sure to stoke further speculation over what transpired in the parking lot at an apartment complex - particularly because as Rakeyia Scott approaches the scene, the camera captures footage of the ground around her husband. We’re embedding NBC’s version of the video here, with the warning that it includes profanity and violence. The video doesn’t give a complete version of the encounter on Tuesday, which is already under way when the roughly two minutes of footage begins. On the cellphone footage published by NBC, The New York Times, and other news outlets, Rakeyia Scott is heard pleading with her husband to be safe - and for the police not to shoot him. As officials in Charlotte, N.C., consider when, if, and how to release video of the police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott earlier this week, lawyers for the family have released what they say is eyewitness video taken by Scott’s wife.
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