{"id":250510,"date":"2016-09-22T10:19:14","date_gmt":"2016-09-22T10:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=250510"},"modified":"2016-09-22T10:19:14","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T10:19:14","slug":"charlotte-shooting-state-of-emergency-amid-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=250510","title":{"rendered":"Charlotte shooting: State of emergency amid protests"},"content":{"rendered":"

North Carolina’s governor has declared a state of emergency in the city of Charlotte, after violence erupted during a second night of protests over the police killing of a black man.<\/p>\n

Keith Lamont Scott was shot dead by a black officer on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

One protester remains in a critical condition after a “civilian on civilian” shooting, police said.<\/p>\n

Mr Scott was the third black man killed by US police in a week. Such shootings have sparked nationwide protests.<\/p>\n

Riot police in Charlotte used tear gas as they faced hundreds of protesters. The local police department said four officers were injured.<\/p>\n

Earlier North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory said he had “initiated efforts” to deploy the national guard and highway patrol to help deal with the protests.<\/p>\n

“Any violence directed toward our citizens or police officers or destruction of property should not be tolerated,” he said.<\/p>\n

The demonstrators are angry that Mr Scott, 43, was killed by police on Tuesday afternoon at a block of flats in disputed circumstances.<\/p>\n

\"ProtestsThe protest began peacefully but turned violent afterwards<\/span><\/figure>\n

Police were serving an arrest warrant on another person when they say they saw Mr Scott get out of a car with a handgun.<\/p>\n

Officers say he was repeatedly told to drop his handgun before he was shot but his family say he was reading a book, as he waited for his son to be dropped off by the school bus.<\/p>\n

Dash-cam footage of the incident will be viewed by Charlotte’s mayor but not released to the public “at that time”, the city said.<\/p>\n

It is legal to openly carry a handgun in North Carolina, but a special permit is required to carry a concealed weapon.<\/p>\n

\"PoliceFour police officers were injured in the latest protests<\/span><\/figure>\n

Bottles and fireworks<\/strong><\/p>\n

Governor McCrory declared the state of emergency as rioters clashed with police, breaking windows and setting small fires.<\/p>\n

The second night of protests had begun peacefully but the demonstration was interrupted by gunfire and a man in the crowd was injured. The city initially said he had been killed but then issued a clarification.<\/p>\n

Protesters then threw bottles and fireworks at the officers, who were lined up in riot gear. Police fired flash grenades and tear gas to repel the crowds.<\/p>\n

Several journalists were also reportedly attacked. A reporter and cameraman for Charlotte’s WCNC-TV were taken to hospital and a CNN journalist was tackled on live TV, local media report.<\/p>\n

\"TwoRelatives say Mr Scott was reading a book when shot, but police say he was holding a weapon<\/span><\/figure>\n
\"People<\/span><\/figure>\n

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Police in Charlotte defended their actions in the death of Mr Scott by insisting he had been repeatedly warned to drop his gun.<\/p>\n

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Kerr Putney told a news conference Mr Scott first got out of the car with a gun, then got back into his vehicle when officers told him to drop his weapon.<\/p>\n

He was shot when he emerged from his car holding his weapon. The police chief was unable to say if Mr Scott had been pointing his weapon at officers.<\/p>\n

After her father’s death, Mr Scott’s daughter posted a video on Facebook in which she said her father had been unarmed and reading a book.<\/p>\n

Mr Putney said no book was found.<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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