Police in North Carolina are refusing to release footage of the night officers fatally shot former college football player Johnathan Ferrell, unarmed and allegedly asking for help after a car accident, RT reported.
Chris Chesnut, the lawyer representing Ferrell's family, claims the police department's refusal to show the video recorded on a police car's dash cam increases skepticism of the entire investigation.
"We want the facts out in the public domain. Not part of them, all of them," Chestnut said at a press conference on Tuesday.
Last month, 24-year-old Ferrell was shot and killed by Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer Randal Kerrick following a 911 call. Kerrick currently faces voluntary manslaughter charges.
Though authorities claim the footage is not public record, they released the 911 call from the woman inside of the house that Ferrell was knocking on, who believed he was trying to break in.
Chesnut, who has watched the camera footage, claims it would not only help prove that Kerrick unjustly shot Ferrell but is also unfair to release the 911 tape and not the video.
"You can't just release the facts that are favorable perhaps to the officer but not to Mr. Ferrell," Chestnut said. "We're beginning to get concerned about the integrity and the efficiency and, quite frankly, the speed of this investigation."
When officers arrived at the woman's house, Ferrell reportedly ran toward them, unarmed. They then used a taser, which police claim did not stop Ferrell, and shot him ten times.
It was not until later on that officials discovered his car about one and a half miles away, clearly broken down following a crash. They believe he was searching for help while knocking on the woman's door.
"This is an all-American young man who survived a horrific accident. he is crying for help and is showered with bullets," Chesnut said at the beginning of the investigation.
