Charlotte police chief: Video does not 'definitively' show pointed gun

 

 A North Carolina police chief says video of a fatal officer shooting does not provide "definitive" evidence the black man who died was pointing a gun.

But Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Kerr Putney said the "totality of all of the other evidence" supports the police version of events.
Chief Putney said the video would be shown to Keith Lamont Scott's family, but not to the public at this time.
Mr Scott, 43, was shot dead by a black officer on Tuesday, sparking protests.
North Carolina's governor declared a state of emergency in Charlotte late on Wednesday after a second consecutive night of violence led to 44 arrests.
"The video doesn't give me absolute, definitive, visual evidence that would confirm that a person is pointing a gun," Chief Putney told a news conference.
"I didn't see that in the video that I reviewed."
But he said all of the evidence together backs up "the version of the truth that we gave about the circumstances that happened that led to the death of Mr Scott".
Officers say he was repeatedly told to drop his handgun before he was shot, but his family say he was reading a book as he waited for his son to be dropped off by the school bus.