'Don't shoot!' wife tells Charlotte police in video

The moment North Carolina police shot a black man was captured on video by his wife, who can be heard pleading with officers: "Don't shoot him!"

In the footage, Rakeyia Scott tells husband Keith Scott to get out of his car as Charlotte police surround him.
The clip does not show the actual shooting, or make clear if Mr Scott was carrying a gun, as police say.
Officers can be heard urging him to "drop the gun" but his wife is heard telling them he is unarmed.
On Friday evening, a few hundred protestors took to the streets, but the demonstrations was smaller than on the previous three nights.
They chanted "No justice, no peace" and "Release the video" - a call for the police to release their dash-cam and body-cam images of the incident.
The state governor has declared a state of emergency in the city, and a midnight curfew has been imposed for a second night running, after rioters looted businesses and threw objects at police on Tuesday and Wednesday nights.

Unnamed police sources told local media and CNN a gun found at the scene was loaded and had Mr Scott's fingerprints and DNA on it. But the police have said nothing officially.
Charlotte city leaders have been under mounting pressure to release their footage of this week's shooting.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton joined the chorus, adding: "We must ensure justice and work to bridge divides."
Mrs Clinton's campaign team had said she would visit Charlotte on Sunday, but later announced the visit was being postponed until the following Sunday after discussion with community leaders "as to not impact the city's resources".
In the clip, an officer is heard shouting: "Hands up!"
Mrs Scott cries: "Don't shoot him. Don't shoot him. He has no weapon. He has no weapon. Don't shoot him."

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Snapchat launches sunglasses with camera

Messaging app firm Snapchat has announced its first gadget - sunglasses with a built-in camera.

The device, which the company is calling Spectacles, will go on sale later this year priced at $130 (£100).
The glasses will record up to 30 seconds of video at at time.
As part of the announcement, Snapchat is renaming itself to Snap, Inc.
The renaming decision underlined the company’s apparent ambition to go beyond the ephemeral messaging app, a product which is highly popular with young people.
An article published by the Wall Street Journal on Friday showed Snap’s 26-year-old creator Evan Spiegel in a series of pictures taken by legendary fashion photographer Karl Lagerfeld.
In an interview, Mr Spiegel explained his rational for creating Spectacles.

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Image caption The glasses will have a limited release at first, Snap said

"It was our first vacation, and we went to [Californian state park] Big Sur for a day or two. We were walking through the woods, stepping over logs, looking up at the beautiful trees.
"And when I got the footage back and watched it, I could see my own memory, through my own eyes - it was unbelievable.
"It’s one thing to see images of an experience you had, but it’s another thing to have an experience of the experience. It was the closest I’d ever come to feeling like I was there again."
On Saturday, Snap released some limited information about how the glasses will work.
Footage will be recorded in a new, circular format which can be viewed in any orientation, the company said. The battery on the device will last around a day.
A light on the front of the device will indicate to people nearby when the glasses are recording.
Prior to confirmation from Snap about the product, news website Business Insider published a promotional video it found on YouTube showing the product. The video has since been taken down.
Broken Glass
Spectacles will remind many of Google Glass, an ill-fated attempt by the search giant to create smart glasses.
While Google Glass did get into the hands of developers around the world - at a cost of $1,500 each - the device never came close to being a consumer product. The company eventually halted development, but insisted the idea was not dead.
Though Glass was beset by hardware issues, perhaps its main flaw was the public perception. At worst, many saw it as troubling, privacy-invading technology. At best, others just considered it ridiculous-looking.

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Image caption Google Glass was an ill-fated project that many felt made the wearer look foolish

However, with a far lower price point, and likely adoption by influential celebrities, Snap’s Spectacles stand a solid chance of being seen as cooler than Google’s attempt.
"If you look at the kinds of glasses millennials wear, the design is very ‘in’," suggested Carolina Milanesi, a consumer technology analyst from Creative Strategies.
"Making them sunglasses helps hide the camera better, but it also limits the usage somewhat - you’ll need to be outside in daylight.
She added: "The name change is interesting as it would indicate a change in focus away from messaging, which with Spectacles makes sense. Snap is perhaps becoming more about life-logging, content generation and story-telling."
According to the WSJ, Snap is not treating the device as a major hardware launch, rather a fun toy that will have limited distribution.
"We’re going to take a slow approach to rolling them out,” Mr Spiegel told the newspaper.
“It’s about us figuring out if it fits into people’s lives and seeing how they like it."
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Burlington gun attack: Four women shot dead at US shopping centre

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Out of media player. Press enter to return or tab to continueFour women have been shot dead and a man critically injured at a shopping centre in Burlington, Washington state.

Police have released a picture of the suspected gunman, who fled the scene armed with a rifle.
The Cascade Mall and nearby shops have been evacuated and police have asked the public to stay away. The motive for the attack is not clear.
The suspect, described as a "Hispanic male wearing grey", was seen heading towards the Interstate 5 motorway.
Washington State Patrol spokesman Mark Francis said the fatalities had taken place inside Macy's department store.

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Image caption Police sealed off the shopping centre and evacuated those inside

Emergency medical teams had entered the shopping centre "to attend to injured" and people were being evacuated to a nearby church, he said.
Mr Francis said the gunman had left the scene before police arrived and was last seen walking towards a motorway.
Emergency management officials have told residents to stay inside with their doors locked and avoid the area near the Cascade Mall. Drivers are being urged to keep nearby major roads clear.
The FBI, which is assisting in the investigation, says there is no evidence that further attacks are planned in Washington State.
Burlington is about 65 miles (105km) north of Seattle.

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An officer says: "Don't shoot. Drop the gun. Drop the [expletive] gun."
Mrs Scott says: "He doesn't have a gun. He has a TBI [Traumatic Brain Injury]. He just took his medicine."
Family lawyers have previously said Mr Scott suffered head trauma in a car accident last year.
Seconds later shots ring out in the clip, and Mrs Scott rushes forward shouting: "Did you shoot him? He better not be [expletive] dead!"
Mr Scott - a 43-year-old father-of-seven - was fatally shot in an apartment complex car park on Tuesday by police who were searching for another person wanted for arrest.

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There are conflicting accounts of his death - police say he was armed and that a pistol was recovered at the scene; his family says he was holding a book.
Mr Scott's mother, Vernita Scott Walker, told South Carolina broadcaster WCSC he was probably reading the Koran.
She said he read the Islamic holy book every day, often while waiting for his son to get off the bus.
"That's what he was reading because he loved to read that book," said Ms Scott Walker.
At a press conference on Friday, officials defended their refusal to release body-cam and dash-cam video of the shooting.

Image caption Keith Lamont Scott (L) and Officer Brently Vinson (R)

Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts told reporters: "I do believe the video should be released - the question is on the timing."
She said the video was "inconclusive" as to whether Mr Scott was holding a gun.
City Police Chief Kerr Putney said the video alone does not provide sufficient evidence of probable cause for the shooting.
Releasing it without "context" could only inflame the situation, he added.
Critics have accused Charlotte authorities of a lack of transparency, compared with the swift action taken after a police shooting in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where a white officer has been charged.
Charlotte police said they arrested a suspect in Wednesday's fatal shooting of a protester, Justin Carr, in in the city.
The alleged gunman was identified as Rayquan Borum.

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