Cop Who Shot Keith Lamont Scott 'Acted Lawfully,' DA Says

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Stockbyte/Thinkstock(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) — Brentley Vinson, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer who shot Keith Lamont Scott, “acted lawfully,” Mecklenburg County District Attorney Andrew Murray said Wednesday.

Scott’s death in September sparked days of protest and unrest in Charlotte, North Carolina after a series of videos of the encounter were released to the public.

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