The New York Times on Friday released a cellphone video of the Tuesday shooting of Keith Lamont Scott, a 43-year-old black man killed by a police officer in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Times obtained the video, which was recorded by Scott's wife Rakeyia Scott, from the family's lawyers. The video does not show the shooting itself, but records the moments immediately preceding it as Rakeyia pleads with police: "Don't shoot him. Don't shoot him. He has no weapon." The video then captures the sound of the gunfire and Rakeyia asking, "Did you shoot him? Did you shoot him? He better not be f---ing dead. He better not be f---ing dead... He better be alive."
(Readers who wish to watch the video or read the transcript can do so at The New York Times, here).
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