Charlotte did its part, as the third night of protests after the police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott remained largely peaceful.
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Newton typically doesn’t voice an opinion on controversial social issues.
According to an ESPN report, police were told Saturday night that protesters will gather Sunday morning at Marshall Park, about a mile from Bank of America Stadium, and plan to march to the stadium where they will attempt to block all entrances, including those for players and officials. “This is a tough time right now in our community and our city, and we need something that’s going to bring people together with all that’s going on right now”.
The NFL and Carolina Panthers are keeping an eye on the latest developments surrounding the unrest in Charlotte after a deadly officer-involved shooting. After several commands by police for him to drop the gun, several shots were fired, killing Scott.
“It could’ve happened in Atlanta. It doesn’t matter”, Newton said.
At a press conference this week, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Kerr Putney wanted to assure all Panther fans that the game will go on as planned.
He also touched on the case of Jonathan Ferrell, a black man who was shot and killed by a white CMPD officer named Randall Kerrick.
Kerrick was charged with voluntary manslaughter.
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“This offseason, we constructed four new security posts around the stadium to account for people coming onto the property”, Morrison said. And that is the world we are living in. I have a son and a daughter that I’m responsible for. “But for one day, for one afternoon for a few hours, they all come together for a few hours around the Carolina Panthers”. You may get the app – depending on the device platform – on iTunes, Roku, Amazon Fire Stick, Android, and more. My big thing is always holding people accountable, no matter what the race is, no matter what the gender is.
