FROM
FROM THAT
FROM THAT TOWER. THAT CLOSES OUT THE NEWS AT +@
FROM THAT TOWER. THAT CLOSES OUT THE NEWS AT 5:30.
NEWS AT 6:00 STARTS RIGHT NOW.
>> THE RELATION OF BODY CAMERA
VIDEO SHOWING THE OFFICER-
INVOLVED SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED
LAST MONTH IN A BURGER KING
PARKING LOT.
IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE FATAL
ENCOUNTER WE HEARD DIFFERENT
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IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE FATAL ENCOUNTER WE HEARD DIFFERENT STORIES ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED
FROM SEVERAL EYEWITNESSES.
>> WE WANT TO BE FULLY
TRANSPARENT WITH WHAT WE'RE
REPORTING AND THIS IS STILL
GRAPHIC AND SOME WILL FIND IT
VERY HARD TO WATCH.
>> THIS MORNING THE MAYOR AND
POLICE CHIEF ASKING TO REMAIN
CALM AND PEACEFUL ONCE IT WAS
RELEASED.
>> THEY ARE AWARE OF SEVERAL
PLANNED PROTESTS SIMILAR TO
WHAT WE SAW AFTER THE SHOOTING.
HERE IS MORE.
FRED, WHILE THIS VIDEO CLEARS
UP SOME QUESTIONS THERE ARE
STILL LEFT UNANSWERED.
>> Reporter: YES.
IT IS STILL UNKNOWN WHAT
DANQUIRS FRANKLIN WAS DOING
WITH THAT GUN.
HERE IS WHAT WE CAN VERIFY.
WE KNOW THERE WERE SEVERAL 911
CALLS MADE THAT MORNING OF
MARCH 25 N, THE FIRST COMING
APPROXIMATELY AT 9:00 A.M..
WE HEARD WITNESSES SAY HE HAD A
GUN AND WAS POINTING IT AND
THREATENING EMPLOYEES.
IN THE NEWLY RELEASED BODY
CAMERA VIDEO, YOU CAN SEE
POLICE ARRIVING ON THE SCENE
WHERE THEY ENCOUNTER HIM IN THE
PARKING LOT SOME FOUR MINUTES
LATER.
THEY TELL HIM MORE THAN A DOZEN
TIMES TO DROP THE GUN.
YOU HEAR THEM FIRE TWO SHOTS.
WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE ON
THIS VIDEO THAT TOOK A COURT
ORDER FOR US TO GET.
OUR RICHARD DEVAYNE IS IN
MARSHALL PARK WHERE PROTESTERS
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OUR RICHARD DEVAYNE IS IN MARSHALL PARK WHERE PROTESTERS ARE STANDING BY CALLING FOR
JUSTICE BUT FIRST WE WANT TO
GET TO NATHAN WHO HAS BEEN
GOING OVER THIS VIDEO FRAME BY
FRAME TO DETERMINE EXACTLY WHAT
WAS GOING ON AS THIS UNFOLDED.
NATE.
>> Reporter: HEY THERE FRED.
WE SHOWED THIS VIDEO TO THREE
EXPERTS.
ONE OF THEM SAID HE BELIEVES
THIS WILL BE CONSIDERED
ADJUSTFIDE SHOOTING.
HIS NAME IS QUINTON WILLIAMS.
HE WROTE THE BOOK HOW NOT TO
GET KILLED BY THE POLICE.
HE IS A FORMER FBI AGENT.
HE SAID IT IS MUCH LIKE THE
KEITH SCOTT CASE.
WHEN THERE IS A WEAPON AND
NONCOMPLIANCE, THE SHOOTING IS
GENERALLY CONSIDERED JUSTIFIED.
>> BURGER KING.
SOMEONE RAN UP TO MY CAR AND
LOOKED LIKE HE WAS PULLING OUT
A GUN.
>> Reporter: WHAT STARTED WITH
PANICKED 911 CALLS WITH A MAN
WITH A GUN BROUGHT THEM TO
DEMANDING THIS MAN DROP LIS
GUN.
>> SIR, PUT THE GUN DOWN.
>> Reporter: AGAIN AND AGAIN
AND AGAIN.
>> DROP THE GUN.
I SAID DROP IT.
>> Reporter: ASSOCIATED LEAST
17 TIMES OVER 40 SECONDS WHILE
ANOTHER PERSON SAT IN THE
PASSENGER SEAT OF THE CAR WHO
WAS CROUCHING.
>> I WOULD MAJOR GIN THE
OFFICERS HAD SOME CONCERN ABOUT
THAT INDIVIDUAL BECAUSE HE WAS
+@SO CLOSE.
>> Reporter: THE DOCTOR IS A
FORMER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROFESSOR.
SHE WALKED US THROUGH ALL THE
FACTORS POLICE CONSIDERED IN
THIS MOMENT.
FROM THOSE 911 CALLS BEFOREHAND
TO PROPERLY IDENTIFYING THE
SUSPECT.
>> HOW DANGEROUS IS THIS
INDIVIDUAL, HOW VULNERABLE IS
THE PERSON IN THE CAR, THE
OTHER PEOPLE IN THE CAR, HOW
VULNERABLE ARE WE AS OFFICERS.
>> Reporter: NOT ONLY DID
FRANKLIN NOT RESPOND FOR MOST
OF IT, IT WASN'T UNTIL THIS
MOMENT HE EVEN MOVED.
HE SHIFTED HIS HANDS AND
HOLDING WHAT ONE EXPERT TOLD US
MOMENT HE EVEN MOVED. HE SHIFTED HIS HANDS AND HOLDING WHAT ONE EXPERT TOLD US@
APPEARED TO BE A GUN.
HOLDING IT FROM THE TOP.
>> THAT WHENS THE OFFICER FIRED
TWO SHOTS AND THE SECONDS AFTER
YOU COULD HEAR FRANKLIN SAYING,
YOU TOLD ME TO BEFORE SLUMPING
OVER.
>>> EXPERTS SAY A SHOOTING CAN
BE JUSTIFIED AND YOU CAN STILL
QUESTION THE TACTICS POLICE
USE.
THAT IS WHAT SETH TOLD ME.
HE IS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF
SOUTH CAROLINA, A FORMER POLICE
OFFICER.
HE IS WONDERING WHY THESE
POLICE OFFICERS ESPECIALLY THE
PERSON WHO FIRED THE FATAL
SHOTS DIDN'T FIND A SAFER AREA
TO TALK TO THIS MAN FROM
WONDERING IF THERE WAS A BIT OF
A SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR THE
POLICE OFFICERS THEY MAY HAVE
BEEN WILLING TO GIVE FRANCE
CLYN EVEN MORE CHANCES TO DROP
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BEEN WILLING TO GIVE FRANCE CLYN EVEN MORE CHANCES TO DROP THE WEAPON BUT THERE WAS A
PERSON IN THE CAR NEXT TO HIM
AND HE TOLD ME HE CANNOT MAKE
ANY CONCLUSIONS BASED ON JUST
THIS VIDEO.
WE WANT TO POINT OUT TODAY, TOO
THAT CMPD PLANS TO SHOW IT TO
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY IN TWO
WEEKS.
>>> THE VIDEO SHOWING A SMALL
WINDOW OF WHAT TOOK PLACE
THERE.
WE KNOW THERE WERE TWO OFFICERS
WHO RESPONDED.
THERE ARE LOTS OF QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE OFFICER WHO FIRED THE
WEAPON.
HER NAME IS WENDE KERL AND BEEN
ASSIGNED TO THE METRO DIVISION.
SHE IS CURRENTLY ON PAID
ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE DURING
THIS ON GOING INVESTIGATION
WHICH IS A STANDARD PROTOCOL.
THE CHIEF SAID FOLLOWING THE
SHOOTING SHE PERCEIVED AN
IMPLEMENT AND DEADLY THREAT.
THERE WERE PROTESTS DAYS AND
HOURS AFTER THIS HAPPENED.
WE KNOW THE PROTESTERS ARE
REALLY UPSET ABOUT THIS.
JOINING US NOW RICHARD DEVAYNE
FROM MARSHALL PARK WHERE THERE
IS A RENEWED CALL FOR JUSTICE
THIS EVENING.
RICHARD.
>> Reporter: YES.
WE CAN TELL YOU BASICALLY THAT
TALKING ABOUT THAT VIDEO, THAT
BODYCAM FOOTAGE YOU STAU, I
SPOKE TO THE PERSON CLOSEST TO
DANQUIRS FRANKLIN WHEN HE WAS
SHOT AND KILLED.
HE DIDN'T WANT TO GO ON CAMERA,
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SHOT AND KILLED. HE DIDN'T WANT TO GO ON CAMERA, BUT SAID HE WAS THERE.
THAT IS THE PERSON WHO WAS
SITTING INSIDE THE.
CAR.
HE THOUGHT THE SITUATION WAS
CALM AND HE TURNED AND THAT IS
+@WHEN HE HEARD THE SHOT.
JUST RELIVING IT IS SOMETHING
HE WILL LIVE WITH FOR THE REST
OF HIS LIFE BUT RIGHT NOW HE IS
TRYING TO GET ON THE BEST HE
CAN.
AS FOR THE FRANKLIN FAMILY,
THEY ARE ASKING FOR PRIVACY AT
THIS TIME AS EVERYONE TRIES TO
COME TO GRIPS WITH THE VIDEO
THAT THEY SAW.
>>> JOSEPH GRIMES HAS CUT HAIR
IN THE COMMUNITY FOR NEARLY
THREE DECADES AND KNOWS THE
PEOPLE AND THE PAIN MANY SAY
THEY ARE FEELING AFTER WATCHING
THE SHOOTING.
>> IT WAS OBVIOUS THEY WERE
TRYING TO PUT THE GUN DOWN AND
THEY DIDN'T.
>> Reporter: WE SHOWED THE
BODYCAM FOOTAGE.
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>> Reporter: WE SHOWED THE BODYCAM FOOTAGE. HE SAID WHILE IT IS TRAGIC, IT
COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED.
>> THE GUN IS ON THE GROUND AN
HE IS A WAY FROM IT AND IT IS
STILL A DEADLY WEAPON.
IN THAT CASE, YOU KNOW, IT
ENDED UP THE WAY IT DID.
>> Reporter: SKOM DON'T AGREE
WITH GRIMES.
>> TO PUT IT DOWN HE GETS SHOT.
THERE WAS NO IMPLEMENT DANGER.
THE COPS USING THIS IT IS GOING
TO STOP.
THAT IS GOING TO STOP.
>> I THINK IT IS SAD.
IT IS HORRIFIC TO WATCH.
I THINK A LOT OF THINGS COULD
HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT.
>> Reporter: AND THAT IS WHAT A
+@LOT OF PEOPLE SEEM TO BE KEYI
IN ON TODAY.
+@
+@LOT OF PEOPLE SEEM TO BE KEYI IN ON TODAY. THEY ARE SAYING THAT THEY ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT THE FACT THAT
THE OFFICERS ACTED SO QUICKLY
AND DID NOT ASSESS THE
SITUATION A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
THOSE ARE SOME OF THE
PROTESTERS THAT ARE HERE.
THEY PLAN TO HAVE A PROTEST
STARTING AT 6:00.
OF COURSE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
RALEIGHS AND INCIDENTS GOING ON
AROUND THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE.
+@OF COURSE WE WILL BE AT SOME
THEM AND GIVE YOU INFORMATION
ON THEM COMING UP LATER.
BUT FOR NOW RIGHT HERE AT
MARSHALL PARK, RICHARD DEVAYNE,
NBC CHARLOTTE.
>>> OKAY.
ALONG WITH THE PROTESTS THE
CONVERSATIONS OVER THESE
ENCOUNTERS WILL CONTINUE.
WE KNOW CMPD WILL HOST BACK-TO-
BACK COMMUNITY FORUMS AND THE
CHIEF WITH THE ROLE POLICE
OFFICERS PLAY IN OUR
COMMUNITIES.
THERE IS ONE TOMORROW AT EAST
STONE WALE AME ZION CHURCH.
BOTH FORUMS ARE FROM 6:30 TO 8
P.M.
THIS IS A CONVERSATION AND
ENGAGEMENT THE POLICE HAVE BEEN
WORKING ON FOR YEARS BUT THIS
TOOK OFF A COUPLE YEARS AGO
AFTER THE KEITH SCOTT SHOOTING
IN 2016.
THESE TO IMPROVE ENGAGEMENT.
WE CAN SHOW YOU THIS POLICE
VIDEO IN AN EFFORT FOR THE
POLICE TO BE TRANSPARENT,
ANOTHER THING WE SAW HAPPEN
FRONT KEITH SCOTT SHOOTING.
HOPEFULLY THESE CONVERSATIONS
AND TRANSPARENCY WILL HELP IN
RESPONSE TO THIS.
>>> THANK YOU.
>>> AND OF COURSE,