Charlotte police release video of Keith Lamont Scott shooting

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The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department caved to public pressure Saturday and released dashcam and bodycam footage of the fatal shooting of a black man by a black police officer in Charlotte, N.C., last week that have sparked daily riots in the city.



The videos show police swarming Keith Lamont Smith’s car on Tuesday. Scott exits his car, and police repeatedly yell “Drop the gun.”

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