Regarding the fatality, the city of Charlotte tweeted that police “did not fire shot” at the deceased. Fatal shot uptown was civilian on civilian. Pat McCrory said the state is sending more troopers from the highway patrol to Charlotte.
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Scott exited the vehicle with a gun and then got back in, police said. “I support and commend the law enforcement officials for their bravery and courage during this hard situation.” . Sixteen officers suffered minor injuries.
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.
Yet another police killing of a black man-Scott’s death came one day after police in Tulsa, OK released video showing the killing of Terence Crutcher, an unarmed black man who had his hands up when police shot him to death-sparked angry protests on Tuesday night.
A protester tends to a seriously wounded man in the parking area of the the Omni Hotel.
Though the official report is that a police officer did not shoot the victim, several protesters have claimed the opposite.
The confrontation grew more intense as a phalanx of helmeted police carrying shields advanced down a street, pushing back a crowd of demonstrators who scurried for cover as officers fired more tear gas.
But not all the marchers left.
At least one person has been shot amid violent protests swarming throughout Charlotte, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department confirmed late Wednesday.
“We’re trying to disperse the crowd”.
“We don’t have leadership that this crowd can relate to, Albright said. We’ve been very patient, but now they’ve become very aggressive, throwing bottles and so forth, at my officers, so it’s time for us now to restore order”.
Police said they did not fire on the man, who was pulled away by paramedics protected by officers in riot gear.
Scott’s family said he was unarmed and sitting in his auto reading a book on Tuesday, waiting for his son to come home from school.
Chief Putney said the police version of Tuesday’s shooting was “based on evidence” and testimony from eyewitnesses.
The police department issued a statement saying the officers fired their weapons after considering Scott a threat.
“It’s time to change the narrative because I can tell you from the facts that the story’s a little bit different as to how it’s been portrayed so far, especially through social media”, he said. I mean, there are a lot of people who have lost their lives for this reason or that reason.
By early Wednesday morning, protesters had shut down traffic on Interstate 85.
The man, identified as 43-year-old Keith Lamont Scott, was taken to Carolinas Medical Center and pronounced dead.
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John Barnett, who runs a civil rights group called True Healing Under God, or THUG, warned that the shooting video might be the only way for the police to regain the community’s trust: “Just telling us this is still under investigation is not good enough for the windows of the Walmart”. Authorities used tear gas to break up the protests.
