CHARLOTTE, NC — The Charlotte Citizens Review Board (CRB) is holding closed hearings this week to take another look at the evidence and circumstance surrounding last year’s fatal police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott.
The board will decide if the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department was wrong when it decided Officer Brentley Vinson followed the department use of force policy when he killed Scott. The District Attorney determined that the shooting was justified
Scott’s death sparked protests and violent riots across Charlotte.
There has been calls for decades for the CRB to have more power. They can make recommendations to adjust police training, policy and procedures, but cannot reverse the decision by Chief Kerr Putney and the DA not to charge Officer Vinson.
If the CRB decides the shooting isn’t justified, the Chief Putney and the City Manager will re-evaluate the case.
Is this the kind of case that could lead to the CRB getting more authority?
Political Contributor, Mary Curtis weighs in.
