A police officer was also being treated for injuries suffered during last night’s protests.
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The fatal police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott sparked violent protests and fires in Charlotte.
And there was a second shooting – a civilian at the protests who had to be evacuated from the scene in an armored vehicle.
Late Wednesday night, N.C. Governor Pat McCrory declared a State of Emergency after it was requested by the Charlotte police chief, officials said.
The city also said the bullet was sacked “by civilian on civilian” violence and not by the police. Officials say it was a civilian who shot another civilian during the protests. Police did not shoot the man, city officials said. The City of Charlotte tweeted that the shot did not originate from police, a claim repeated by CNN, NPR, Fox News, and NBC, among others. Family and friends say the only threat was the color of his skin.
So far, no one has died as a result of the demonstrations, and declaring a state of emergency means there will be even more law enforcement present in Charlotte this week.
In the southern state of Oklahoma, Tulsa police chief Chuck Jordan called video footage of Crutcher’s deadly shooting on Friday disturbing and “very hard to watch”.
“We call for the full release of all facts available”, said William Barber, president of the state’s chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, in a statement.
“It should be business as usual”, Putney said. “I don’t think anyone could have known what had happened”. He said the officers told him to drop the gun and that he got out of the vehicle a second time still carrying the gun. The incident is being investigated by a separate state agency. The chief said the gun was recovered at the scene.
A new law, signed by McCrory in July, takes effect October 1 and denies public access to police body cam and dashcam footage without a judge’s orders.
Under the law, police departments can decide whether to make such video public.
No bodycam or dashboard footage has been released. 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. The streets were mostly quiet Thursday, but Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Duke Energy all told employees not to venture into North Carolina’s largest city after Gov.
“The crowd certainly believed the shot came from the police-and that was my sense as well from where I was standing”, he said, noting that he can’t speak for all clergy.
Harris did not stop, but instead drove to his Charlotte neighborhood, highway patrol Sgt. Michael Baker said. “But I also know that the answer will not be found in the violence of recent days…”
“As a family, we respect the rights of those who wish to protest, but we ask that people protest peacefully”. We need to hold police accountable.
The protests moved a few blocks from the stadium on Wednesday night, turning violent with gunshots, vandalism and police setting off tear gas bombs in an attempt to break up the protesters.
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“Our top priority is for Charlotte to remain a safe community for everyone who lives and visits here”, Mayor Jennifer Roberts said at a news conference on Wednesday as she called for patience with the investigation.
