There are other witnesses who say he didnt have anything. You have Law Enforcement who says he had a gun. Part of the problem here is that any time these things happen, everybody has different viewpoints. Our goal is to get down to the truth, to make sure all of the facts come out, and quite frankly, expand on this conversation in a sense of Law Enforcement. Dont release some information, dont play hide the ball if youre going to release what happened. Release everything. So theres a lot of different factors here. I heard he was buying a house here, i heard he might be muslim. Can you tell us any more about mr. Scott . Mr. Scott, in speaking with his loved ones, i want you to understand that this man was loved by his family and he loved his family. Hes been married for 20 years. He has seven children. They have a very big family, and they are a closeknit family, okay . Its hard because when these things happen, we end up in a situation where were talking about another person that just got shot. But we have to remember that they are human. At the appropriate time, you will find out a lot more about who mr. Scott was, what he meant to his family, what he meant to his community, and that is best to come from those that were closest to him. Did mr. Scott have the legal right to possess a weapon . [ inaudible ] there was a gun near his body. What does the family have to say about that . We cant speak on what is here and what is there. There are a lot of things floating around. I personally have seen different photos. I dont know the origins of the photos, and it would be irresponsible for me and irresponsible of anybody to rush to judgment of what they see of pictures popping up on line all the time. They come from different sources. We will be working to get these answers and hope to know what happened as time goes on. Law enforcement said a gun was found, plain and simple. What is your direct response to the assertion by the chief that a gun was found . Our direct response is this. That is what the chief says. I havent seen any evidence, none of you all have seen any evidence that a gun was there. That is what the people are saying. Police sources do confirm its authentic. It does show a gun there. I cant speak on conversations anyone has had with the police that i have not had with the police. With all the information coming out, did he have the legal right to possess a gun . Did he own a gun and did he carry a weapon in his normal course of activity . Were still looking into the facts. My understanding, based on talking with his family, is that he did not own a gun, that he did not habitually carry a gun, and as far as we know, we still dont know if there was or was not a gun even there. There are witnesses who are saying no gun was there. There are witnesses who say that a gun was put there. There are witnesses who say that a gun may have been pulled out of the car or they saw something on the ground beside him. There is too much talk. Were here to get answers and were not going to deal in skepticism. Can you unequivocally say he did not own a weapon . As far as we know, at this point in time, no, he did not own a gun. Did he have a permit . I dont know if he had a permit or not. Will you commit that you will address the media after you view the video . No, i would be lying if i said im going to commit to addressing the media after viewing the video. I cant answer hypotheticals when we have not had the opportunity to see whats there. You just stood there and stoked the situation by saying he was holding a book. If you find he was holding a gun, and you dont believe he was pointing it at him, wouldnt that settle the issue for the greater good of the community . My greater good is with this family first. That has to be understood. You also have to keep in mind that this concept of transparency, the police shot mr. Scott. The police are the Public Servants. Hes a citizen. So this concept of transparency, you know, yes, we want transparency. Yes, we dont create the facts, we live with the facts, okay . But you cant take the burden that is placed on Law Enforcement as sworn officers and Public Servants and put that on a deceased person or their family who is in mourning. But i will say that upon reviewing what is there, we dont know how many hours of footage there is. And one thing is, we like to speak and answer facts that we know and have seen, and we dont hypothesize. Could you release a photo of mr. Scott that we could use in our general reviews . Yes, we could do that. You said mr. Scott had a general disability. Could you describe this disability in detail . Mr. Scott was involved in a very bad accident approximately a year ago, suffered some pretty severe bodily injuries as well as some head trauma in that. I have not looked at his medical records. That is something that has to be looked at in further detail on our end. But at the end of the day, he was disabled. That is our understanding. And again, were still in the early processes of evaluating everything thats there. [ inaudible ] did anybody in his family witness the shooting . Yes. Its my understanding that his wife saw him get shot and killed, and thats something that she will never, ever forget. Have you talked to the city officials about this, that youve had conversation with them . The extent of the conversation with the Public Officials here in charlotte has been our request that we be able to view this video theyve been referencing. Theyve been responsive, and when we leave here, well be moving forward to review that video late this afternoon. [ inaudible ] yes. My name is justin bamberg. Could you spell that . [ spelled ] athank you all very much. Thank you. All right. The scene youve been watching there, thats from charlotte, North Carolina. Justin bamberg is the name of the lawyer you were hearing from most of the time there. He was joined by two other attorneys for the family of Keith Lamont Scott, Keith Lamont Scott who was shot by police in charlotte on tuesday. He was exiting his vehicle in the parking lot of an apartment complex. The dispute that has emerged in the wake of that, and this has led to all sorts of protests, and the two cases here have led to violence in charlotte, the dispute between the family and Police Officers has come down to this. The family has said keith l. Scott was exiting the vehicle with a book. The police say he was exiting the vehicle with a gun. Now, there is some video that is out there, at least the police have it, its not out there for the public to see yet. The police insisted he had a gun. The families are saying, the lawyers are saying they want to review that video, they want to see it. The lawyers just indicated that later this afternoon apparently the family, the lawyers will be reviewing that Video Evidence. Justin bamberg pointedly did not commit to addressing the media after he reviews that, but a very central dispute here. The police chief in charlotte insisting that chief scott had a gun. The family saying it was a book. There is one sort of grainy picture thats emerged that sort of made the rounds on line that some people show there was a gun on the ground. Thats all thats out there in terms of video and still photography. Ron mott is down there in charlotte. Hes covering the story. So ron, as i understand, the family this afternoon is about to go view the Video Evidence. What do we know about what exactly exists in terms of a video record . Reporter we do know the officer who shot mr. Scott did not have a body camera, but other supporting officers did. And so video collected from those officers body cameras will be analyzed. We dont know exactly what the family will be shown or, in fact, if theyll be shown the totality of Video Evidence at the scene of that far apartment complex shooting sunday night. We were anticipating members of the scott family would appear here at this news conference. The Attorney Justin Bamberg said they were too overcome with grief at this point to stand up in front of the media and talk about their lost loved one and this whole process has got to be very emotional for them to watch video of their father and brother and son die, basically lose his life in that parking lot. The critical distinction here is this book versus gun narrative. The daughter of mr. Scott was quick to get out on social media saying police shot her dad while he was holding a book. You mentioned this video. There is a still circulating on the web that appears to show an object on the ground, a darkcolored object, that clearly appears to me, at least, to not be a book. Police say they recovered a gun at the location and now its a matter of whether the family is going to be satisfied with what they see in the Video Evidence presented to them this afternoon whether the family will continue to say to this community, please, if youre going to protest, do so peacefully, or if the family is going to pursue even more vigorously the separate investigation they have launched here to make sure what happened to their loved one was not lawful or justifiable. They want some action taken against the people involved in making the decision to use deadly force. The emotions are high here, obviously. You can hear in the attorneys presentation here that the family, 48 hours after losing a loved one, is going through a lot emotionally and theyre about to go through even more. Steve . Ron, if you could explain to viewers there, from the standpoint of Law Enforcement, the police is emphatic that keith scott had a gun, but theyre not willing to release the video that exists. What is their defense of not releasing this, and is there any resour recourse to force rhethe releasf that video . I think its possible there may be recourse to challenge this decision, because state law takes effect on october 1st that essentially says dash cam video, essentially any Video Evidence collected by Law Enforcement in the state of North Carolina is not considered public record. The law also contains provisions that at the discretion of Law Enforcement, they can show that video to people who appear in the video. So if you are, for example, pulled over for a speeding ticket, the cops dash cam is recording. You would be offered an opportunity to see that video provided its not memory of an ongoing investigation. Or loved ones who have lost someone in a Police Encounter are also allowed to view that video. Thats what police are using as the rationale for not releasing this publicly. Clearly emotions are high here in charlotte, and clearly people can look at the Video Evidence and come to completely different conclusions. The police chief made it clear at the press conference this morning that they have no plans of ever releasing that video to the public, but they are extending that courtesy, if you will, to the family. You mentioned the high emotions down there. We have seen two nights of protests that have turned into violence. Were coming towards the end of day 3 here. Whats the expectation of tonight on the ground there. I ran into a pastor downtown who said make sure you pass the word that a lot of religious leaders are Walking Around downtown today, theyre trying to talk people out of what they did last night. There was a relatively small group out last night. Whether there is a presence of largely assembled officers and there is a protestly. Media also included in that narrative. We have no particular staging of Law Enforcement if a support role only. We dont know if they are told basically to stay away from areas hit last night until they are called in. Police are walking the beat downtown. Downtown is lightly traveled today. A lot of businesses allowed workers to stay home. Telecommute today. There is no curfew, which is a little bit of a surprise to folks, but a lot of people say it wouldnt be fair for the 99 of people here who are lawabiding to have their freedom taken away for a night or two because of something something is happening on the ground. As you can imagine, the issue of the protests, the issue of the shooting rkts making its wam. Donald trump weighing in today on what he calls the chaos and violence on display in charlotte. The people who will suffer the most as a result of these rights are lawabiding africanamerican residents who live in these communities where the crime is so rampant. Its their jobs, housing markets, schools, Economic Conditions that will suffer. And the first duty of government is to protect their wellbeing and safety. We have to do that. There is no compassion in tolerating lawless conduct. So that is donald trump diagnosing what he sees as the problem, what he sees as chaos and violence in american cities. The question is what is his plan, then, to address it . Donald trump yesterday introduced a new idea, a new idea that is familiar to some people in this country. It involves the Widespread Adoption of a program known as stop and frisk. Stop and frisk has been put into practice across the country but its drawn particular scrutiny in the nations largest city, in new york city. It was first aggressively used there in the 1990s. Then Police Commissioner bill bratton under rudy giuliani, who was mayor at the time, did zero tolerance policy when it came to crime. Police officers would frequently stop people on the streets, they would pat them down whether there was evidence they were committing a crime or not. Stop and frisk became a widespread policing tool, so much that in 2011, new york Police Stopped nearly 700,000 people under the program. The vast majority of people stopped, the peak year for stop and frisk, 80 of those people were completely innocent of any crimes. You could see here the opposition coming. You could see here the people who were stopped, it was disproportionately nonwhite. Blacks and latinos making up much more of it. Many people believe it showed how everyday policing in new york was deeply steeped in racial profiling. There was a landmark case here and the judge ruled it unconstitutional, at least the way the program was being played by the nypd. Michael bloomberg, who was then the mayor, bemoaned that decision. Here we are a couple years later, and according to bill de blasio, who is mate or now, new york saw the opposite result. Three years straight, crime has gone down, and bill bratton, who has been one of the foremost Police Leaders in america, made it very clear that stop and frisk was proven, ultimately, not to be effective as a safety tool, that the absence of it allowed us to become safer because we could work on the deep relationship between police and community. This is now a professor of criminal justice at monroe college. He joins us here. From your standpoint, Law Enforcement background. Somebody out there who is just hearing about this today, donald trump wants stop and frisk across the country. Thats what hes suggesting now. As a practical standpoint, as a Police Officer, what did that mean to you . Youre on the beat. What do you do . Its not a practice, it was a tool. He saw someone who might be involved in it, hes allowed to stop and question him. Frisk is not even a part of it yet. He frisks him if he believes that person has a weapon and might pose a danger. Sometimes it mighten even happen, but thats a key and hes using it as a policy to look for things of na nature. That policydriven kind of behavior is what all the people in new york city, as well as thank you. Let me pick up on that, because the claim from donald trump, and you hear him make these statements on the campaign trail, it would sort of be he says this all the time. Police knows who the bad guys are, but they are constrained, they are constrained right now from going after them. Maybe we cant pin a specific crime, but we know these people are up to no good. Is there anything to that . If we can, we, but thats not been my experience or any experience of my leagued. I was looking back here in new york at what the if meteorology. Whites were strongly against it, latinos strongi inly supported. I see both sides. I believe we can stop people without overusing stop and frisk. The Police Officers are doing a phenomenal job. Crime has gone down. We dont need to return back to the days where were doing 685,000 stops. One thing we dont talk about, hamp is our ability to recruit members of minority. I dont believe what dmr. Trump has said, i dont think many people believe it. The candidates take to the same stage for the first time together. Take a look at trump and clinton from their primary debates and see what it can tell us about them meeting face to face on monday. There have been a couple polls. What is going for right and righ right,. Phillips. The tasty side of fiber. 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