Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Kerr Putney is refusing to release the bodycam video footage of the death of Keith Scott.
The announcement came just moments after Mayor Jennifer Roberts promised that there would be transparency in the case.
Putney claimed that he could not release the video footage because of a state law that requires a court order for such video to be released.
“The law is pretty specific, especially around criminal evidence for an investigation,” Putney said. “I cannot release that.”
But as the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina told ThinkProgress, the law Putney is referencing doesn’t even take effect until October 1, so relying on the controversial law doesn’t make sense in this case.
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