Protests break out across North Carolina

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[h=1]Protests break out across North Carolina injuring 12 police officers after cops shot dead a 'disabled' black father-of-seven: Police claim he had a gun but family insist he was unarmed and reading a book[/h]

• Keith Lamont Scott, 43, was shot dead by police in the parking lot of an apartment complex on Tuesday
• Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said undercover cops were looking for a suspect with outstanding warrant
• They encountered Scott - who was not the suspect they sought - and claimed he was carrying a gun
• The police department issued a statement saying officers felt Scott was a threat and opened fire
• But Scott's family have said he was unarmed and was reading a book in his car while waiting for his son
• Officer Brentley Vinson, who is also black, was identified as the one who shot Scott and he has been placed on administrative leave as is standard procedure in officer-involved shootings
• On Tuesday night, police in riot gear confronted protesters and deployed tear gas to disperse the crowds
• Police said 12 officers were injured during the protests, including one who was hit in the face with a rock

By KHALEDA RAHMAN FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 04:19, 21 September 2016 | UPDATED: 08:35, 21 September 2016

 

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Twelve police officers have been injured during violent protests in North Carolina that broke out after an officer fatally shot a black man who they claimed was carrying a gun - but his family have insisted he was a disabled father-of-seven who was only reading a book.
Keith Lamont Scott, 43, was shot by a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer at The Village at College Downs in Charlotte at about 4pm on Tuesday.
The police department issued a statement saying the officers fired their weapons after considering Scott a threat.
But Scott's brother and sister said he didn't have a gun and was reading a book in his car while waiting for his son to be dropped off from school, WSOC reported.
On Tuesday night, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department tweeted that demonstrators were destroying marked police vehicles and that approximately 12 officers had been injured, including one who was hit in the face with a rock.
Video shows one protester jumping on top of a police car and officers firing tear gas to break up the crowd.

Keith Lamont Scott (pictured left and right, with his wife) was shot by Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers at The Village at College Downs at about 4pm on Tuesday

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Some protesters were heard yelling 'Black lives matter,' and 'Hands up, don't shoot!' at police officers in riot gear

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On Twitter, the CMPD said approximately 12 officers were injured, including one officer who was hit in face with a rock

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Police in riot gear deployed tear gas to disperse the crowds of protesters who gathered in Charlotte on Tuesday night

Some protesters were heard yelling 'Black lives matter,' and 'Hands up, don't shoot!' . They held up a sign saying 'Stop Killing Us' and 'it was a book', making reference to the object Scott was reportedly holding when he was shot dead.
The protests came just hours after another demonstration in Tulsa, Oklahoma, over the shooting there of an unarmed black man by police.
Charlotte police went to the complex around 4pm looking for a suspect with an outstanding warrant when they saw Scott - not the suspect they were looking for - inside a car, department spokesman Keith Trietley said in a statement.

 

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Officers saw Scott get out of the car with a gun and then get back in, Trietley said.
When officers approached, Scott exited the car with the gun again. At that point, officers deemed the man a threat and at least one fired a weapon, he said.
However, Scott's brother told reporters: 'He was waiting in the car for his son to get from school.
'The police came with no uniform to determine he was police or not and he just jumped out and yelled "gun" and shot him.
'I think he shot him four times, I'm not sure, but he's dead.'
Scott, was taken to Carolinas Medical Center and pronounced dead.
Detectives recovered a firearm at the scene and were interviewing witnesses, Trietley said.

Officer Brentley Vinson (pictured left and right) was identified as the officer who shot Scott

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Protesters demonstrate in front of police officers wearing riot gear after police fatally shot Keith Lamont Scott

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Police officers wearing riot gear block a road during protests in Charlotte on Tuesday

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Adam Rhew said police officers used around six to eight cans of tear gas to disperse the crowd

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A man points at police officers wearing riot gear, standing in front of a bus during protests over the deathof Keith Lamont Scott

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A police cruiser with broken windows is pictured at the scene of Tuesday night's protests

Officer Brentley Vinson - a former college football player - was identified as the officer who shot Scott, WCCB reports.
Officer Vinson, who has worked at the department since July 2014 and is also black, has been placed on paid on administrative leave, as is standard procedure in such cases.
Meanwhile, Scott's daughter Lyric Scott live streamed the aftermath of the shooting on Facebook.
In the video, she says that her father was parked and reading a book in his car while waiting for a school bus to drop off his son.
'My daddy didn't do nothing,' she is heard saying in the video. 'They just pulled up undercover.'
She added that Scott was disabled and claimed that officers had Tasered him and then shot him four times.

 

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Around 100 protesters gathered in Charlotte, North Carolina to protest the shooting

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A line of police officers in riot gear work to control the protests which turned violent

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A protester is pictured rising above the crowd in Charlotte, North Carolina, at a protest following Keith Scott's death

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An aerial shot shows police in riot gear around a police cruiser facing off against protesters

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Initial reports say at least 100 protesters gathered at the scene, with some throwing water bottles at police

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The police officers were in riot gear stretched across a two-lane road. Some of the officers flanked the main line on one side of the road

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Police blocked access to the area, which is about a mile from the campus of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Later on Tuesday night, video from WCCB in Charlotte showed police in riot gear confronting around 100 protesters gathered to demonstrate against the shooting.
Police blocked access to the area, which is about a mile from the campus of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
The officers were shown backing up as protesters advanced down the street.
Initial reports say at least 100 protesters gathered at the scene, with some throwing water bottles at police.
Adam Rhew said that the crowd began to disperse after police deployed tear gas. He said on Twitter that he estimates the CMPD used six to eight cans of tear gas.
The police officers were in riot gear stretched across a two-lane road. Some of the officers flanked the main line on one side of the road
Other footage showed protesters lingering around a police vehicle after shattering its windows.

 

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Scott's black SUV (left) is pictured in the parking lot of an apartment complex in Charlotte after the shooting

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Police in North Carolina said an officer shot and killed a black man carrying a gun at a Charlotte apartment complex - but his family have insisted he was only reading a book

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Scott's daughter Lyric Scott live streamed video from the scene (above) on Facebook

Earlier, a tow truck was brought in to take another police cruiser away. Local media outlets reported that car suffered damage to its rear end.
One television news crew retreated from the scene after demonstrators began rocking their remote van, which was parked near the apartment complex where the shooting occurred.
Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts appealed for calm and tweeted that 'the community deserves answers.'
In Tulsa, hundreds of people rallied outside police headquarters calling for the firing of police officer Betty Shelby.
Shelby shot 40-year-old Terence Crutcher on Friday during a confrontation in the middle of a road that was captured on police dashcam and helicopter video.
Her attorney has said Crutcher was not following the officers' commands and that Shelby was concerned because he kept reaching for his pocket as if he was carrying a weapon.
An attorney representing Crutcher's family says Crutcher committed no crime and gave officers no reason to shoot him.
Local and federal investigations into that shooting are ongoing.

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On Twitter, the CMPD said an officer sustained injuries that were not life-threatening



Read more:

• Protests Break Out After Man Killed In Officer-Involved Shooting In University Area - WCCB Charlotte
• UPDATE: Keith Lamont Scott Identified as Disabled Black Man Shot Dead by N.C. Police While Reading in Car
• Protests erupt in northeast Charlotte after deadly officer-involved shooting | WSOC-TV

 

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Wal-Mart looted

TV's and I Pads and other items taken

 

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The Latest: City to Release Statement on Police Shooting

• By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Sep 21, 2016, 9:51 AM ET


The Latest on police shooting and protests in Charlotte, North Carolina (all times local):
9:45 a.m.


The Charlotte police chief says officers gave 43-year-old Keith Lamont Scott multiple warnings to drop a handgun before fatally shooting him.
Police Chief Kerr Putney said during a news conference Wednesday morning that officers were searching for a suspect Tuesday when they saw Scott exit a vehicle with a handgun. He says the officers told him to drop the gun and that he got out of the vehicle a second time still carrying the gun. He says the man was shot because he posed a threat.


He says officers requested medical help and performed CPR on the black man.
The black officer who shot Scott has been placed on administrative leave while the shooting is investigated.
The chief said 16 officers sustained minor injuries during protests Tuesday night and that one person has been arrested.
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[SheriffJoe]

Wal-Mart looted

TV's and I Pads and other items taken

Woohoo! A black police officer shot a black kid!

Time to steal and smash stuff!

arty:

 

[bobbyjones2]

a book?

 

[LENBO]

Woohoo! A black police officer shot a black kid!

Time to steal and smash stuff!

arty:

All they need is the liquor store and it's party time.

 

[Dave007inVegas]

It's the perfect excuse to do some early Xmas shopping.

 

[NFLTrends]

Wal-Mart looted

TV's and I Pads and other items taken

Were any job applications taken as well?

 

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An outspoken leader of the Nation of Islam is calling for an economic boycott of Charlotte after a police officer shot a man to death.



B.J. Murphy called for the boycott Wednesday at a news conference of black leaders, saying if black lives don't matter, black money shouldn't matter.

 

[superbeets]

The Nation Of Islam has their own agenda and it is shit stirring.


The idiots can't see that an economic blockade of Charlotte would her the blacks more.

 

[ShotgunPete]

All they need is the liquor store and it's party time.

Throw in a KFC and it's Heaven on earth.

 

[Michelangelo]

a book?

I'll bet there are more guns in ghetto households than books.

Only one of many frightening anomalies created in the womb of liberalism.

 

[neverbend]

How dumb can rioters get. Police soaking up the overtime means less money the municipality will be able
to throw into the coffers of the rioters & there families in the form of 'free stuff'

 

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[h=1]A man is on life support after being shot in the head by a civilian in violent protests in Charlotte over fatal police shooting of a 'disabled' black man[/h]

• A man was shot by a civilian as protests turned violence once again in Charlotte, North Carolina
• Officials said he wasn't wounded by a police officer as unrest continued after fatal shooting of black man
• Keith Lamont Scott, 43, was shot by a black police officer in the city on Tuesday afternoon
• Charlotte's police chief said Scott refused multiple warnings to drop a handgun before he was fatally shot
• But Scott's daughter posted a video to Facebook after the shooting, saying her father had a disability and was reading a book, not brandishing a weapon
• Tuesday's protest left a dozen police officers injured as protesters threw rocks and damaged police cars

By KHALEDA RAHMAN FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and MARTIN GOULD IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 02:54, 22 September 2016 | UPDATED: 05:28, 22 September 2016










North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory has declared a state of emergency in Charlotte after a man was shot in the head by a civilian as a peaceful protest over the fatal police shooting of a black man turned ugly.
The man is on life support, but was not wounded by a police officer, during the demonstration outside the Omni Hotel as the city saw a second night of unrest following the shooting of Keith Lamont Scott by a black police officer.
Charlotte Medic said it has taken eight patients - seven police officers and one civilian - to area hospitals during protests over the police shooting of Scott.
On social media, Gov. McCrory said he has declared a state of emergency and is sending in the National Guard and Highway Patrol to assist local law enforcement in the city.
'I want to assure the people of North Carolina that our SBI [State Bureau of Investigation] has already been assisting the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department throughout the last 24 hours,' he said in a statement on Facebook.
'Upon a very recent request of Chief Putney, the State Highway Patrol is sending in troopers to further help the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department.'

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A man is on life support after being shot as a peaceful protest over the fatal police shooting of a black man turned ugly at Charlotte's Omni Hotel - but was not wounded by a police officer

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A man crouches over blood left on the sidewalk seconds after a protester on Trade Strett was shot in the head

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A person has died after suffering an apparent gunshot wound in Charlotte, where protests over the death of a black man have entered a second night

He added: 'Any violence directed toward our citizens or police officers or destruction of property should not be tolerated. I support and commend the law enforcement officials for their bravery and courage during this difficult situation.'
After the shooting of the protester, demonstrators began throwing bottles, dirt clods and fireworks at the officers. The police fired flash grenades and then tear gas back, dispersing the crowd of several hundred.
Protesters responded by hurling trash cans and potted plants.
But groups of protesters kept marching around downtown, followed by police in riot gear who continued to fire tear gas at them.



'It seemed to me the shot came from within the crowd,' said one man who was just three feet from where the dreadlocked man fell.
'He fell face down. Then people crowded around him. Then, after a few seconds they were pushed back and a firefighter and another man lifted him up and carried him into the lobby of the Omni.'
'It's come to this. We had a nice march, but a few people came here to make trouble,' protester Tongie Antunes told DailyMail.com. 'It makes all African Americans look bad.'
But activist James Tyson, who gave aid to the shot protester, questioned the police version of events saying he saw no evidence of gunshots from the crowd.

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Protesters block an intersection at Trade and Tryon Streets in Charlotte on Wednesday evening

‘There was no gunshot,’ he told DailyMail.com exclusively. ‘There were no flash bangs, no concussion grenades at that time.’
Tyson said he had gone along to the protest armed with first aid gear to act as a street medic. ‘I knew things were going to get bad tonight after what happened yesterday,’ he said. ‘He walked a couple of steps and then just dropped,’
Tyson, 31, said he was applying pressure to the man’s neck to staunch the bleeding, until members of the fire department arrived and took over.
‘He must have lost two or three points of blood.’
At 8.56pm police declared the crowd an 'unlawful assembly' and ordered everyone to disperse saying anyone remaining in the vicinity would be subject to arrest.
But instead of leaving the crowd assembled at the junction of Trade and College Streets and raised their hands.
As the protesters refused to leave police in riot gear responded with tear gas.

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Protesters block an intersection near the Transit Center as they march uptown in Charlotte, North Carolina

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Scott, who was black, was shot and killed at an apartment complex near UNC Charlotte by police officers, who say they warned Scott to drop a gun he was allegedly holding

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People put cargo from tractor trailers on a fire on the I-85 (Interstate 85) during protests following the death of a man shot by a police officer on Tuesday

And at 9.16pm, CNN reporter Ed Lavandera was body slammed by a protester while reporting live from the scene.
Lavandera had been reporting to Anderson Cooper when a man assaulted him, causing him to fall to the ground.
'Yeah, yeah, yeah, we're fine, Anderson, we're fine,' Lavandera told Cooper. 'It's just someone taking out their frustrations on me.'
The protest at the police shooting of Keith Scott had started peacefully at 7pm in Charlotte's Marshall Park with chants of 'No justice, no peace.'
But as the crowd marched through downtown it got ugly.
Officers on bicycles surrounded a pool of blood on the ground and a few people threw bottles and clods of dirt at police.
The tense standoff continued as police fired small canisters of tear gas into the protesters.
Meanwhile, groups of college students descended on the condominium complex parking lot where Scott was shot and killed by Brentley Vinson, a black Charlotte police officer, on Tuesday afternoon.
One group of students came from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, about 80 miles away. Others came from Guilford College, also in Greensboro.

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CNN reporter Ed Lavandera was body slammed by a protester while reporting live from the scene on Wednesday night

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'We're fine, Anderson, we're fine,' Lavandera told Cooper. 'It's just someone taking out their frustrations on me'

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Protesters march behind an officer on a bicycle along Trade Street in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Wednesday

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Demonstrators sit on a street during a protest of Tuesday's fatal police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte

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Protesters rushed police in riot gear at a downtown Charlotte hotel and officers fired tear gas to disperse the crowd

Before nightfall, a memorial was set up at the site where Scott was shot.
People prayed and held candles, and flowers were placed beneath a table. The prayer vigil over the fatal police shooting turned into a protest march through downtown.
Several hundred marchers were angry, but peaceful as they shouted slogans like 'Hands up; don't shoot' and 'Black lives matter' outside downtown landmarks.
Police blocked off streets, and some protesters yelled and pointed at them, but officers did not react.
It comes after Tuesday's protest, which turned violent and protesters threw rocks and damaged police vehicles.
The protests lasted throughout the night, damaging police cars, causing minor injuries to about a dozen officers and closing down a part of Interstate 85 not far from the shooting scene.

 

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Keith Lamont Scott (pictured left) was shot by Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer Brentley Wilson (right) at The Village at College Downs at about 4pm on Tuesday

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Police fire teargas as protesters converge on downtown following Tuesday's police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott

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The police fired flash grenades and then tear gas back, dispersing the crowd of several hundred people in Charlotte

Charlotte's police chief Kerr Putney said 43-year-old Scott refused multiple warnings to drop a handgun before he was fatally shot.
But a woman claiming to be Scott's daughter posted a video to Facebook soon after the shooting, saying that her father had an unspecified disability.
She said he was unarmed when he was shot, adding that he had been reading a book, not brandishing a weapon.
But Putney says officers recovered a gun, but no book when officers searched him and his vehicle.
The North Carolina chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union urged Charlotte police to release any footage from body or dashboard cameras of a fatal shooting this week.
The ACLU noted that a new North Carolina law that restricts the release of such footage doesn't take effect until October 1.

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A demonstrator stares at riot police during the protest against police brutality in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Wednesday

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Protesters taunt police in riot gear during a peaceful demonstration in Charlotte that turned deadly when gunfire erupted

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At least one person was injured in the confrontation, though it wasn't immediately clear how. Firefighters rushed in to pull the man to a waiting ambulance

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The peaceful march turned ugly and protesters are pictured, above, throwing chairs at a restaurant during the demonstration

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Police blocked off streets, and some protesters yelled and pointed at them, but officers did not react

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Demonstrators are seen kicking a vehicle during a protest against Tuesday's fatal police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott

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A woman reacts near riot police after a man was shot by a civilian in Charlotte, North Carolina, during the protest

That new law says footage from police body or dashboard cameras can't be released publicly without a court order.
Karen Anderson, executive director of the ACLU of North Carolina, issued a statement that said the Charlotte police department should release any footage in the interest of transparency.
Charlotte's police chief has said the officer who shot Keith Lamont Scott was not wearing a body camera, but chief Kerr Putney also says he cannot release body camera and dashboard camera video from other officers because of the ongoing investigation.
Scott's mother, Vernita Walker of Charleston, South Carolina, told The Charlotte Observer that her son had seven children.
'He was a family man . And he was a likable person. And he loved his wife and his children,' she told the newspaper.

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Several hundred marchers were angry, but peaceful on Wednesday night as they shouted slogans like 'Hands up; don't shoot' and 'Black lives matter' outside downtown landmarks

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A protester in Charlotte was fatally shot by a civilian during a second night of unrest after the police killed a black man

Scott has a criminal record in three states, including Texas, South Carolina and North Carolina.
Mecklenburg County records matching Keith Lamont Scott's name and birth date show Scott was charged in April 2004 with multiple counts, including felony assault with a deadly weapon.
Records show that most of the charges were dismissed, and he pleaded guilty to a single charge of misdemeanor assault with a deadly weapon.
Texas records show that he was convicted of evading arrest with a vehicle in 2005, and several months later of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
In 1992 in South Carolina, records show Scott pleaded guilty to contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
Court records also show a misdemeanor assault conviction in North Carolina from 2004.
Records from nearby Gaston County show that Scott pleaded guilty to driving while impaired in 2015.
A woman who identified herself as an advocate for Scott's family, Annette Albright, said at a news conference that he shouldn't be 're-victimized' because of things he did in the past.
She told reporters: 'What he was doing at the time of the shooting is what's relevant.'

 

[pathologist]

Need a team of snipers to weed these savages out