In three versions—two from police, and one from Scott’s wife—there’s no clear view Scott, or of the gun police say he held.

Here’s the police dash-cam footage:

And here’s another angle, shot by Rakeyia Scott:

It’s unclear, however, if future calls for the release of police footage will be heeded. That’s because in June, North Carolina lawmakers overwhelmingly passed House Bill 972, which the governor signed into law the following month after saying dashboard and body-camera footage can “mislead and misinform.”

A spokesman from the governor’s office said: “North Carolina’s new body camera bill sets up for the first time a legal process for the release of law enforcement video. It takes the decision out of the hands of politicians and puts it in the hands of an independent court system, which has been given wide latitude to make its determination.”

The new law reclassifies dashboard and body-camera footage as a confidential personnel record, giving access only to those pictured or heard in footage, or their relatives. Starting next month, journalists or members of the public, who can view the footage because at present it’s classified as public record, will need a court order to view it.

The law also bars police departments from releasing footage independently, because all requests go through a state superior court judge. It also gives police departments the right to refuse anyone access to footage if it could damage an officer’s reputation, jeopardize someone’s safety, or if it could harm an “active or inactive internal or criminal investigation.”

Critics say North Carolina’s law is at odds with the movement toward body cameras, because the footage is meant to hold police accountable to the public. This was certainly the case in Chicago, with the death of Laquan McDonald, when the government fought for a year to keep the video private, only to have politicians call it “chilling” after its release. That resulted in a murder charge for the officer accused of shooting McDonald.