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City on Edge
Charlotte Police Refuse to Release Video of Shooting
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police chief Police Chief Kerr Putney, right, gestures as he answers a question as Charlotte mayor Jennifer Roberts, left, watches during a
news conference after a second night of violence following Tuesday’s fatal police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte, N.C. Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016.
(AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
Associated Press the National Guard arrived ing of 43-year Keith Lamont be released,†Putney said. ond straight night of racial
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — to try to head off a third Scott could undermine the “I’m not going to jeopar- unrest that seemed at odds
Charlotte police refused night of violence in this city investigation. He told re- dize the investigation.†with Charlotte’s image as
under mounting pressure on edge. Charlotte-Meck- porters the video will be Meanwhile, an undis- a diverse, forward-looking
Thursday to release video lenburg Police Chief Kerr made public when he be- closed number of National banking capital of the New
that could resolve wildly Putney said that releasing lieves there is a “compel- Guardsmen assembled in South.
different accounts of the police dashcam and body ling reason†to do so. Charlotte, sent in by Gov.
shooting of a black man, as camera footage of the kill- “You shouldn’t expect it to Pat McCrory after a sec- Continued on Page 3