The video, recorded by Keith Lamont Scott's wife and posted today by The New York Times, does not establish whether Scott had a gun. The 2 ½-minute video does not show the shooting, though gunshots can be heard.
Scott's wife tells officers that he has a traumatic brain injury. At one point, she tells her husband to get out of the car so police don't break the windows. As the encounter escalates, she tells them repeatedly, "You better not shoot him."
The video emerged after a third night of protests over the shooting gave way to quiet streets as a curfew enacted by the city's mayor ended early today.
The largely peaceful yesterday night demonstrations in the city's business district were watched over by rifle-toting members of the National Guard.
The family of Scott, 43, was shown the footage Thursday and demanded that police release it to the public. The video recorded by Scott's wife had not been previously released. Demonstrators chanted "release the tape" and "we want the tape" Thursday while briefly blocking an intersection near Bank of America headquarters and later climbing the steps to the door of the city government center. Later, several dozen demonstrators walked onto an interstate highway through the city, but they were pushed back by police in riot gear.
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