Officer who fired the deadly shot not wearing a body camera. His friends quickly came to his defense. I know the officer is torn because we had to take someones life. Ive never met any individual, any officer that goes out on a daily basis and says hey im looking to take someones life. Reporter city officials are now asking for unity. We are a community that knows, that knows that we rise or fall together. Reporter as activists call for transparency. Inform us of exactly whats going on. Its not going to be good enough im andy rose reporting. We want to take you back live again to charlotte. Were closely watching the developments as police try to disperse the crowd gathered outside of the omni hotel here. The crowd much smaller than it was earlier. Hundreds of people out there before. It does look like they have things under control. We know the police have been using tear gas and rubber been hurt and one man who was shot by another civilian is now on life support. Well continue to watc
An africanamerican police officer. Reporter tension remain high as crowds gathered in charlotte to protest the shooting death of scott. Less than 24 hours earlier these demonstrations erupted in violence. Some threw rocks and bottles. Police used tear gas to control the crowd. 16 officers were injured, five people arrested. Scotts daughter live streamed the aftermath of the shooting on facebook. His family and Police Telling conflicting stories he was sitting in the car reading a [bleep] book my daddy aint got no [bleep] gun. Thats what the [bleep] you all do. I can tell you a weapon was seized, a handgun. I can also tell you we did not find a book. Reporter the officer who fired the deadly shot was not wearing a body camera. His friends quickly came to his defense. I know the officer is torn because he had to take ive never met any individual, any officer that goes out on a daily basis and says hey, im looking to take someones life. City officials are now asking for unity. Were a comm
Police used tear gas to control the crowd. 16 officers were injured, five people arrested. Scotts daughter live streamed the aftermath of the shooting on facebook. His family and Police Telling conflicting stories of how events unfolded. He was sitting in the car reading a [bleep] book my daddy aint got no [bleep] gun. Thats what the [bleep] you all do. I can tell you a weapon was seized, a handgun i can also tell you we did not find a book. Reporter the officer who fired the deadly shot was not wearing a body camera. His friends quickly came to his defense. I know the officer is torn because he had to take someones life. Ive never met any individual, any officer that goes out on a daily basis and says hey, im looking to take someones life. City officials are now asking for unity. Were a community that reporter as activists call for transparency. They need to be able to inform us of exactly whats going on. If its still an investigate its not going to be good enough. Im andy rose report