Andrew Murray, the district attorney in Charlotte, said that officer Brentley Vinson’s shooting of Scott in September was justified because Scott refused to drop a gun held at his side. “It is my opinion that officer Vinson acted lawfully when he shot Mr Scott,” Murray said at a press conference. Murray said Vinson decided Scott was an “imminent threat” after Scott stepped out of his SUV with the gun. Murray showed a private online message written after the shooting by the man who sold Scott the gun. “I would not hesitate to prosecute an officer who, the evidence showed, had acted outside the law,” said Murray.

Source: The Guardian November 30, 2016 16:42 UTC