Downtown businesses on your screen. Four officers were also hurt in this riot. The big question this morning, why wont officials release the police video. The dash cam that could put to rest the wildly differing accounts of what led police to shoot and kill Keith Lamar Scott. Lets begin with nick valencia live in downtown charlotte. What is the latest there. Good morning, aliyson. The assemblance of normacy has returned to the streets of do downtown charlotte. What the aftermath has been along this street. What started as a peaceful protest quickly turned into violence. And while demonstrators have dispersed, police are anticipating another round of protests tonight. Overnight, a state of emergency declared in charlotte. The governor deploys the national guard. We cannot tolerate violence and the destruction of property and will not tolerate the attacks towards our police frss. Violet protests erupt for saekd night. In the chaos, a man lay bleeding on the ground from his head. Authorit
Charlotte is. This is not who we are. Reporter adding to the anger is what demonstrators say is a lack of transparency. Dash cam footage has not been released fueling speculation as to what really happened. Chris . That is the speculation thats of greatest concern, thank you very much. Charlottes police chief has vowed transparency in the keith l lamar scott. Why wont they put it to rest . Pola sandoval has more. They said he had a gun. Somebody said he had a book. We need to do our own independent investigation to see if that is actually true. Reporter two very different accounts emerging about what led police to shoot keith lamar scott. Police say that scott had a gun when he was confronted by officer brently vincent. Mr. Scott, as i said, exited his vehicle armed with a handgun as the officers continued to yell at him to drop it. He stepped out posing a threat to the officers and officer Brently Vinson subsequently fired his weapon striking the suspect. Reporter scotts daughter insi
You have calls for justice in the shooting. You now have calls for what happened behind nick valencia. So more stores damaged. The police chief is vowing that the investigation into Keith Lamont Scotts shooting will be handled transparently. But there are two different version versions. The police havent released the video. We have Polo Sandoval live with more on that aspect. Good morning. Mixed in the growing call you just mention is also the growing call to see some of those video clips that were shot the day of the shooting. Police dash cam footage possibly even some of the body cameras that were born by some of the officers. But again authorities are citing at least one law that that claim could prevent them from releasing the footage. They talk to people on the ground, they hope when and if some of the footage is released they could put to rest some of the two different versions being claimed right now by people on the ground. They say he had a gun. Somebody said he had a book. We
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