Video: Body and dash cam footage released in Charlotte police shooting - WTOP Weekend Headlines - Sunday, September 25, 2016

Charlotte’s police chief announced Saturday that he would release body and dashboard camera footage of the shooting of Keith Lamont Scott, a black man, after several days of demonstrations that have coalesced around demands that the public see the video. Chief Kerr Putney also said that Scott was “absolutely in possession of a handgun,” and that officers also saw marijuana in his car — prompting officers to act. Please be warned that the footage is graphic. [Logo] WEEKEND HEADLINES - September 25, 2016 [alt text here] [mobile-img] [alt text here] [Video: Body and dash cam footage released in Charlotte police shooting] Charlotte’s police chief announced Saturday that he would release body and dashboard camera footage of the shooting of Keith Lamont Scott, a black man, after several days of demonstrations that have coalesced around demands that the public see the video. 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