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Disabled Father Killed by Police in Charlotte, NC (Protests Follow)

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Police chief says his cops aren't lying.

Family story remains same. Sees video of man complying and dying regardless.

This video is going to go missing soon. Police is lying out their asses. Cops not recording or wearing body cams should be terminated immediately.
 
Bam Bam Baklava said:
All this rioting may well get persuadable people running into the open arms of Trump, who is there just waiting with a smile on his face. That is a scary proposition.
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Who are these people who will only consider empathizing with black people when they're docile, or else they'll side with a with a white supremacist who calls for violence, and why should we give a fuck about "persuading" them?
 
Bam Bam Baklava said:
All this rioting may well get persuadable people running into the open arms of Trump, who is there just waiting with a smile on his face. That is a scary proposition.
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You mean those that were like protest somewhere else and quieter and then bitched about Kaepernick sitting during an anthem? Yeah, they didn't give a fuck in the first place and if they were on the fence still, probably not reasonable people sympathetic to blacks dying to cops for being black.
 
Tim Baier ‏@TimBaier 2 minutes ago
Just got this word from a BofA employee: Just got BOA security call. Uptown closed again tomorrow.
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A lot of businesses downtown made today an off day for non-essential employees. Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Duke Energy, more.
 
Katie Peralta ‏@katieperalta 1 minute ago Charlotte, NC
Uber driver named Clyde who is out at Trade and college said he dropped off a guy at UNCC area where they were "starting to tear **** up" ?
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Reporter is citing an uber driver, so this may not be accurate, who knows. But UNCC is near where Keith Scott was killed. It's well away from downtown on the northeast side of town.
 
Randolph Freelander said:
Yep. Just played that card.
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I'm not sure why they bring this up time and time again. From I have black friends, to I have gay friends, to I have a wife/daughter. You obviously don't actually care about them or life from their perspective since you just said some bigoted BS about them that you're apologizing for right now. I wouldn't be surprised if this is the first time he's even mentioned these "friends" this year, let alone actually interacted with them in any real way.
 
Oh wow, they are way down by the football stadium, that's far from where they were last night. Even the NASCAR HOF is nearly a mile from there.
 
Randolph Freelander said:
Congressman Robert Pittenger, who represents part of Charlotte (guess which part), went on BBC and said this:



http://www.newsobserver.com/news/po...-the-dome/article103536037.html#storylink=cpy
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He's totally sorry about saying that

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Welp...

Charlotte Police Chief Refuses to Release Dashcam Video of Officer Killing Keith Scott

Chief Putney, who has resisted demands from the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina and others to release all video of the shooting recorded by other officers and by cameras mounted on patrol cars, said that his department only releases footage “when we think it is in the public’s interest.” In this case, he told reporters at a news conference, “you shouldn’t expect it to be released.”

Asked by one incredulous reporter how withholding the visual evidence could be squared with the city’s promise of full transparency, Putney said, “I never said ‘full transparency.’ I said ‘transparency,’ and transparency’s in the eye of the beholder.”
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Randolph Freelander said:
Congressman Robert Pittenger, who represents part of Charlotte (guess which part), went on BBC and said this:



http://www.newsobserver.com/news/po...-the-dome/article103536037.html#storylink=cpy
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Captin Quacker said:
oh it's ok folks he apologized


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May he choke on a rubbery steak..

FreedomFighter said:
Welp...

Charlotte Police Chief Refuses to Release Dashcam Video of Officer Killing Keith Scott
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Yeah. Don't release it. Great idea, dummy..
 
The family watched the videos and didn't see what the officers saw. Either it was a justified kill or it wasn't.

After a second night of angry protests over the fatal shooting of Keith Scott by a police officer in Charlotte, North Carolina, the city’s police chief admitted that dashcam video of the incident, which has not been made public, does not include “absolute, definitive, visual evidence that would confirm that a person is pointing a gun."
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So they're hiding huh? And that "transparency is in the eye of the beholder" line is fucked. You and people all over the states still wonder why the community there doesn't and never fucking trusts the police? You wonder why people are fucking livid? "Transparency only when it's convenient for us" should be what he said.
 
The family wants it released, the chief already started to walk back his original statement. Now he doesn't want it released. Chief has to go too, he needs to resign.
 
Sure. "I can't release it due to the law" to "Releasing the footage which may stop the riots is not in the public interest", which only means he's a lying pos most likely.

FBI, please, get the footage and show us!
 
Randolph Freelander said:
Dang it

Edit: haven't seen anything more on this. Hopefully, it was nothing.
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Nothing came of this apparently.

On the whole, the protests were WAY calmer last night than they were the two nights prior. Outside of one guy throwing a bottle at police on I-277 (loop surrounding downtown for those not privy to the area) and the police responding in kind with tear gas, nothing happened. Just a large group of peaceful protestors marching through town. No looting, nothing on fire, no more broken windows.

It was so calm last night that the national media got bored and bailed when the curfew dropped

Most powerful moment was probably when the march stopped in front of the Mecklenburg County jail and chanted so loudly (in support) that they got the prisoners' attention

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I'm sure they pulled people over and gave them ice cream afterwards. I wish there was a hell for those dickless meatheads to rot in.
 
Sounds like the police chief, like pence, is tired of this talk about institutional racism and institutional bias. So stupid of them not to release the video
 
EdibleKnife said:
The family watched the videos and didn't see what the officers saw. Either it was a justified kill or it wasn't.



So they're hiding huh? And that "transparency is in the eye of the beholder" line is fucked. You and people all over the states still wonder why the community there doesn't and never fucking trusts the police? You wonder why people are fucking livid? "Transparency only when it's convenient for us" should be what he said.
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Were it so easy. This is the problem with body cams and dash cams. They're better than nothing and absolutely should be mandatory for the safety of regular joes and cops, but they're not going to be definitive in all cases. I see the argument for not immediately releasing raw footage of a shooting given that it could enflame the situation more without investigation, but not releasing it *at all* just gives the impression they have something to hide.
 
They should make it so that body cams and dash cams automatically uploads to the cloud, and citizens have access to the ftp drives.
 
Not a popular opinion from what I have read, but they let the family see the video... What good can really come out of making a guys death public for all to see?
 
“I never said ‘full transparency.’ I said ‘transparency,’ and transparency’s in the eye of the beholder.”
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Unbelievable.

If they were attempting to allay concerns, this makes them appear flagrantly guilty and corrupt.
 
Oxn said:
They should make it so that body cams and dash cams automatically uploads to the cloud,
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They do already, I'm planning on getting a nice one but they're expensive and you have to pay a monthly fee for the cloud. This is the police trying their damnedest to not get caught.
 
MrPressStart said:
Not a popular opinion from what I have read, but they let the family see the video... What good can really come out of making a guys death public for all to see?
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Because then it's only their word against the police. If the footage was in the open then there would be evidence.
 
MrPressStart said:
Not a popular opinion from what I have read, but they let the family see the video... What good can really come out of making a guys death public for all to see?
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I think the best case scenario would be that people see the video and think 'okay, I understand the reasoning for the shooting' - but it sounds like the police chief basically already came out and said that he didn't think the video would make people feel that way.

I think at this point, even if it makes people more upset, the right thing to do would be to release the video, if this PD wants any chance of regaining public trust. They would also have to do a shit load of other things but... Yeah, this first.
 
MrPressStart said:
Not a popular opinion from what I have read, but they let the family see the video... What good can really come out of making a guys death public for all to see?
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Justice for his death. Harder for them to get away with it if the public has all the info (though still not impossible, unfortunately).
 
MrPressStart said:
Not a popular opinion from what I have read, but they let the family see the video... What good can really come out of making a guys death public for all to see?
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Because this is about earning the safety and trust of an entire community and communities all over the states which is why there are protest. Saying the video you previously said was convincing enough to shoot a civilian, both doesn't show such a definite scene and won't be released is baffling and not at all something done for the consideration of the public. If there is something untoward happening, the citizens who pay their salary want to know. And sating how you "never promised full transparency" just shows that completely noble intentions aren't behind these actions. The family had to fight to even see the video themselves and their word was already worth less social currency than that of the authorities who promise to protect and serve.
 
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