Cell phone footage released Tuesday shows the moments before and after a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer shot and killed Keith Scott on Tuesday.
- Graphic video released of Tuesday shooting
- Family has viewed dash and body camera footage
- High school students across Charlotte protest
The video, released Friday to The New York Times by Scott's family, shows the encounter between Officer Brently Vinson and Scott. It was taken by Scott's wife, Rakeyia. She can be heard pleading with her husband to get out of his truck and for officers not to shoot him.
The video comes one day after the Scott family was allowed to view dash and body camera footage from the police department.
Family members aren't commenting on what they saw.
The police department said officers were at the apartment complex attempting to serve a search warrant on another suspect when the altercation took place.
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Investigators said Scott had a gun and posed an imminent threat that prompted Vinson to fire. Scott's family has maintained he was not armed, had a book in his hand and was waiting for his son to come home from school.
Meanwhile, protests in North Carolina's Queen City aren't limited to the streets. On Friday, students across Charlotte made their voices heard.
At West Charlotte High School, students walked out of class chanting "Black Lives Matter." At Harding High School, students formed a circle in the middle of the quad, chanted and listened to poems.
Principal Eric Ward supported their efforts.
"If we don't give them an outlet to do it in a positive manner, there's no telling which direction they'll go."
UNC-Charlotte sophomore Kristine Slade said she understands why the high schoolers walked out of class. She was their age when she witnessed her first protest — in high school in Baltimore, after Freddie Gray died in the custody of police officers.
"I decided to go up to talk to (officers), and by doing so, I raised my hands and said, 'I am an unarmed black female. I just want to speak to you,' " she siad. She said she prayed with and for officers, cried and hugged them.
Gov. Pat McCrory said North Carolina National Guard, state highway patrol and the State Bureau of Investigation will continue to have a presence in Charlotte through Sunday.