A man was shot and was on life support, city officials said, on Wednesday during the second night of protests following the death of Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte.
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North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory declared a state of emergency and promised to bring in the National Guard. The city initially said he had been killed but then issued a clarification on Twitter.
“Civilian who suffered gunshot wound during protests is on life support, critical condition”. Earlier, the city had said the person had died.
The new shooting on Wednesday night took place in an upscale section of Charlotte’s business district called Uptown, and a few protesters looted stores as crowds paced the streets. Several cars made it through, dodging people.
The next day, Keith Scott, 43, was killed for being a black man sitting in his vehicle reading and waiting for his kid’s schoolbus in Charlotte when police turned up looking for another black man with an outstanding warrant.
On Tuesday night, video from WCCB in Charlotte showed police in riot gear confronting around 100 protesters gathered to demonstrate against the shooting.
But the city isn’t entirely back to normal.
Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts said the victim was taken to the hospital, but did not provide a name or other details.
“Tell everyone that violence is not the answer”, she said. Police say Scott got out of the vehicle with a gun, they told him to drop it, and he “posed an imminent deadly threat to the officers, who subsequently fired their weapon striking the subject”.
Protestors put cargo from tractor trailers onto a fire on I-85 (Interstate 85) during protests following the death of a man shot by a police officer on September 20, 2016 in Charlotte, North Carolina. But what actually transpired on the Tulsa street between Terence Crutcher and officer Betty Shelby remains murky, The Associated Press reported last night.
Waco, Tex. – Nine people were killed and many more were injured after two biker gangs began firing at each other at a motorcycle club on May 17, 2015. “I do this because I’m exhausted of being silent”, another said. She expressed the city’s condolences to Scott’s family and concern for the injured officers.
Police Chief Kerr Putney said officers did not find a book at the scene.
It is legal in the areas to carry a firearm under the local “open carry” gun laws.
“I can tell you a weapon was seized”.
Putney insisted that a handgun, not a book, was found by police. “It’s time to change the narrative, because I can tell you from the facts that the stories will be different as to how it’s been portrayed so far, especially through social media”. But Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police maintain that he was carrying a handgun. So they shot him.
On Wednesday afternoon, 100 students, mostly African-American, participated in a “lay-in” protesting police brutality, singing gospel songs.
“I do this for hope”, one protester called out. “I do this because I’m exhausted of being silent”, another said.
They shouted “black lives matter” and “hands up; don’t shoot” while cursing at officers with bicycles blocking intersections in Charlotte’s flashy and vibrant downtown.
The three uniformed officers had body cameras; the plainclothes officer did not, police said. Police deployed gas to disperse the crowd. Protests erupted Tuesday after a woman, who appeared to be his daughter, posted a video on Facebook saying Scott was unarmed. Others set fire to trash cans.
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“They have once again highlighted – in the most vivid and painful terms – the real divisions that still persist in this nation between law enforcement and communities of color”, Lynch said.
