Militarystyle knife. In a private meeting held today, the Police Commissioner showed Community Leaders video of what happened before the shooting amid calls by some muslim groups for an independent and thorough investigation. What weve seen in the video was the officers walking up to the suspect in question no weapons being drawn just to speak to the individual. At that point, the video clearly shows these four five officers back tracking away from the suspect as hes coming at them. Molly line covering the breaking developments live in boston. Things changed today. Now they are talking about how this shooting actually played out, right . Reporter we are hoping to get clarification today involving this alleged plot. Also this may have been inspired by isis propaganda online. This man was arrested yesterday after the shooting he was linked to in this investigation. He is facing federal charges. Slated to stand before the judge 3 30 this afternoon. The 26yearold man killed yesterday had b
Conclusion of a highspeed chase, one that began when russells car backfired. That backfire noise is what the officers say they thought was gunshots. It turns out russell and williams were both unarmed. During todays ruling judge John Odonnell talked about the National Environment in which this verdict was just handed down. Listen. In Many American places people are angry with mistrusting and fearful of the police. Citizens think the men and women sworn to protect and serve have violated that oath or never meant it in the first place. Some of these places are long familiar. New york city and baltimore. Some were unfamiliar until incidents there laid bare the divide between the people and the police. Ferguson missouri. North charleston South Carolina. That coming from the judge who found Michael Brelo not guilty on all counts. Outside of the courtroom, emotions ran high. One woman went inconsolably on the courtroom steps. The mayor of cleveland has asked for his city to remain calm and s
Good evening. Im jim sciutto in for erin burnett tonight. Breaking news the shooting death of an unarmed black man in South Carolina by a white Police Officer. The man who filmed the video who was unknown, spoke to nbc news adding details about the moments before he started recording. They were down on the floor. They were down on the floor before i started recording. They were down on the floor. I remember the police had control of the situation. He had control of scott. Scott was trying just to get away from the taser. That contradicts the officers version of events that scott was trying to take away his weapon. Also the Police Officer was fired today. A family attorney just revealing to cnn that walter scott was hit by five bullets. Four in his back and another in his ear. That was as he was running away. Angry protesters con fronted the towns mayor and police chief at a press conference earlier today. That familiar chant of no justice, no peace. The mayor revealing theres one more
The final minutes ledding up to the deadly shooting of walter scott, a black man shot four times in the back by a white Police Officer. In the video scott pulls over in a parking lot. The officer approaches the car and goes back to his squad car. Questions arise at the time about whether scott owns the mercedes hes driving in. So you dont have any paper work in the glove box . No, sir. No registration no insurance . He has all that stuff. A short time later scott opens the door to the car. You see him here. He takes off running and fast. This as a new eyewitness to those last minutes come forward to cnn. She describes a confrontation that came before the shooting. I dont know if it was a fight but it was a tussle. When i came to the corner of the advance auto parking lot and saw them it was a tussle. Also tonight, the mother of officer slager breaks her silence in tearful interview with abc news. I cant imagine him doing something that its not like him. Thats not his character. I just
Cnn aviation analyst mary schiavo who joins us by skype from charlton South Carolina. Jean what can you tell us about this . There are missing pieces. This is a working story right now. It all started this morning with air France Flight 22 that left Charles De Gaulle airport at 8 23 monday morning from paris and did land safely at 10 17 at jfk. But with a source that is familiar with this situation, a threatening call was made to Law Enforcement in regard to this particular flight and because air france didnt respond, two f15 fighter jets escorted that plane sifafely to land at jfk. It has not been cleared. It is being checked now by Law Enforcement. It will probably take all day for that check. We are now learning it was not the only call that was made threatening a flight in the air today. But we want to reiterate, none of this is legitimate so far. None of this. It is being taken very carefully by Law Enforcement and we will bring you the latest news as this keeps coming in. Importa