Panthers to play Vikings in Charlotte Sunday, events contin

Putney said police were examining video footage of the incident as part of their ongoing investigation.

“We are in contact with government officials, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department and the NFL”, Morrison said.

Carolina Panthers officials will meet Thursday morning to discuss security measures for Sunday’s game against Minnesota, a team spokesman said.

A peaceful prayer vigil turned into an angry march and then a night of violence after a protester was shot and critically wounded as people charged police in riot gear trying to protect an upscale hotel in Charlotte’s typically vibrant downtown.

The Panthers, who play at Bank of America Stadium in the city, face the Vikings at 1 p.m., but that could change, according to the local Fox affiliate.

Charlotte leaders are still attempting to restore order and have called in the National Guard.

Even if the protests calm down by Sunday, there’s no guarantee they’ll stay that way.

In 2013, Charlotte police charged one of their own, Randall Kerrick, with voluntary manslaughter within days, after the white officer shot an unarmed black man who had been in a wreck and was looking for help.

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“I’m an African-American. I am not happy with or how justice has been kind of dealt with over the years, you know, the state of oppression in our community”, he said. This post is strictly about how the protests may affect the game on Sunday. We have a lot to accomplish this year and it’s only Week 3. The African-American former National Football League star came close to calling Newton a sell-out more interested in protecting his “brand” and corporate sponsors than doing what’s right on Thursday’s show. There was a movement. It’s the way they’re being treated after they’re happening. This is a democratic society. “So now they’re looking at him like, ‘I don’t believe nothing Cam say”. So much has been put on us as athletes and entertainers to fix the problem that’s going on right now. “That’s what the men and women of our armed services fought for – these rights”.