One person was on life support after being shot during Wednesday night’s protest, according to Charlotte city officials.
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“We can not tolerate the destruction of property and will not tolerate the attacks against our police officers that is occurring right now”, McCrory told CNN on Wednesday night. The person was shot by another civilian, the city said. “I support and commend the law enforcement officials for their bravery and courage during this hard situation”. The department’s Community Relations Service has been deployed to other cities roiled by tense flare-ups between police and residents.
“We are working very hard to bring peace and calm back to our city”.
Harris did not stop, but instead drove to his Charlotte neighborhood, highway patrol Sgt. Michael Baker said.
The mayor told CNN she would consider options such as a curfew if the protests continue.
“Violence is not the answer”, she said.
Dashcam video released later at the trial appeared to show Ferrell walking toward officers; he quickly begins running toward police as lights hit his chest.
Wednesday’s protest started as a downtown prayer vigil, but an angry group left the peaceful event and marched through downtown Charlotte.
The Chamber of Commerce issued a statement urging business owners to exercise caution.
“People get upset when we say ‘black lives matter, black lives matter, ‘ said a student”.
Andrew Monroe said the protest was organized informally by a group of black professionals. We want clear, irrefutable evidence.
Violent protesters rampaged through parts of downtown Charlotte as anger continued to build over the deadly police shooting of a black man and the wildly different stories about what happened from authorities and the victim’s family and neighbors.
“Not deceased”, the North Carolina city wrote on its official Twitter account. They again blamed the police.
Tuesday’s violence broke out shortly after a woman who said she was Scott’s daughter posted a profanity-laced, hourlong video on Facebook, saying her father had a disability and was unarmed. A black plainclothes officer in a vest emblazoned “Police” shot Scott after the officer and other uniformed members of the force made “loud, clear” demands that he drop the gun, the chief said.
After violent protests raged for the second night in Charlotte over the police shooting of a black man, one big question remains: Why hasn’t police footage been released? Police did not shoot the man, city officials said.
The family plans a news conference Wednesday in the neighborhood where the shooting occurred. “I’d like to ask people to wait until all information is available”.
Several journalists were also reportedly injured throughout the night.
Scott was not the person they were looking for, but police saw him in his auto in the apartment complex.
“He got out of his vehicle, he walked back to comply, and all his compliance did was get him murdered”, Williams said. “The weapon was there”, the chief said.
The chief said he was not certain whether Scott pointed his gun at officers. Authorities said Scott posed an imminent threat of danger. But his family and neighbours said he was holding a book.
North Carolina has a law that takes effect October 1 requiring a judge to approve releasing police video, and he said he doesn’t release video when a criminal investigation is ongoing.
Police did not disclose how many times Scott was shot.
In Charlotte, Putney insisted Scott was shot by a black officer after he exited his auto and disregarded orders to drop a gun he brandished. In the video, the 40-year-old Crutcher is seen with his hands up and leaning against his auto. No book was found, Putney said.
Putney said Scott exited his auto with a gun, then got back in the vehicle.
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That’s what witnesses say he was doing Tuesday when he was confronted by police.
