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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
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