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"I have declared a state of emergency & initiated efforts to deploy the Nat'l Guard & Highway Patrol to assist local law enforcement in CLT," Governor Pat McCrory said on Twitter. One protester was critically wounded and on life support following the clashes in the city center. The city said earlier that the person had died, then retracted the statement. "Civilian who suffered gunshot wound during protests is on life support, critical condition. Not deceased," the city said on Twitter. Authorities had said the protester was shot by a civilian, adding that police did not open fire.
An AFP reporter at the scene of the protests outside the Omni Charlotte hotel saw a man who was apparently shot falling to the ground, bleeding heavily. Several hundred people taunted riot police Wednesday night amid clashes in the city center. Some demonstrators banged on windows, others threw objects at police and stood on cars. Police fired what appeared to be tear gas, sending the protesters scattering. "We are working to bring peace and calm to our city. We know this is not who Charlotte is," Mayor Jennifer Roberts said on CNN, calling on people to stay home and off the streets. "Tell everyone that violence is not the answer," she said.
Roberts added that authorities would consider other options if violence continues to flare, "possibly curfews and that sort of thing, but right now, we are continuing to work with what we have tonight." Keith Lamont Scott, 43, was shot dead in an apartment complex parking lot on Tuesday after an encounter with officers searching for a suspect wanted for arrest. Sixteen officers and several demonstrators were injured in clashes overnight Tuesday following Scott's death, the latest in a string of police-involved killings of black men that have fueled outrage across the United States.
Earlier on Wednesday, presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton weighed in on the violence in Charlotte, which came on the heels of another fatal police shooting of a black man, Terence Crutcher, on Friday in Tulsa. "Keith Lamont Scott. Terence Crutcher. Too many others. This has got to end. -H," tweeted Democrat Clinton, signing the post herself. After calling to "make America safe again" in a tweet, Trump suggested later Wednesday that the Tulsa officer who shot Crutcher had "choked." "I don't know what she was thinking," the Republican said, speaking at an African-American church in Cleveland, Ohio.
DIVERGENT ACCOUNTS
** Scott, 43, lived in Charlotte and had seven children, his mother, Vernita Walker of Charleston, South Carolina, told the Charlotte Observer. "He was a family man," Walker told the newspaper. "And he was a likeable person. And he loved his wife and his children."
** Scott was born and raised in Charleston, about 200 miles (322 km) south of Charlotte, and went to college, a woman who answered the phone at his mother's house said.
** The circumstances surrounding the shooting remained in dispute on Wednesday. Police said he was armed, while family and a witness instead said he only had a book.
** Scott often waited in his car on weekday afternoons for his son to get dropped off by his school bus, said Taheshia Williams, who lives in the apartment complex where the shooting occurred. "He speaks to me every day. He was a nice man. He was very courteous," she said.
** A woman who said she was Scott's daughter angrily confronted Charlotte police officers while broadcasting on Facebook Live on Tuesday. In the video, later posted to YouTube, she said her father was disabled and did not have a gun.
** Scott was convicted in 2004 of misdemeanor assault with a deadly weapon, the Observer reported. Other charges stemming from that date, including felony assault, were dismissed. Scott was found guilty of driving while intoxicated in April 2015, the newspaper said.
Factbox: Slain Charlotte man described as courteous father of seven
It's sheer insanity. Of course, no one in the liberal media begs people not to judge or wait for facts the way they do when there's another terrorist attack by some lunatic screaming allah's name.
In this case, the media rushed to report flat out lies. They put it out there that an unarmed black man was shot by police for no reason. People believed that an innocent man holding a book was murdered by a racist cop. Turns out the suspect pointed a gun at a black cop and deserved to get shot. The black police chief made a statement saying they have video proof.
But, since the media ran with lies, they managed to incite people into rioting. Doesn't take much these days. Just a little sensational reporting that includes the words 'black shot by police.' Details are irrelevant to the ignorant animals. It's instantly assumed that a white cop shot a black just because he's racist.
Now we have another person shot and killed by a rioter. More looting, more violence and another neighborhood destroyed.
This is a direct result of race baiting assholes who go out of their way to incite an already angry and irrational group.
We also found out more details on the Tulsa shooting. Footage from a helicopter was released that show the guy apparently reaching for his pocket. He didn't have both hands up, as reported.
The media doesn't wait for facts in these shootings. They don't care about getting those details out there once they are known. Of course, it's usually too late by then. The neighborhoods are already a smoking pile of trash, people are hurt and few are arrested for the rampant violence. These people make their own lives worse because they have to continue living in those communities.
Obama, Sharpton, and the liberal media have a lot of blood on their hands. While so few of the shootings by police were illegal, ALL of the police killings are murder. And this violence is caused by people who are angry over what's being reported. We have taken several steps back when it comes to race relations. The great uniter is nothing but a wolf in sheep's clothing and his intentions were never to bring people together. He's done nothing but lead the way in dividing this country. Thanks to Obama's poor leadership when it comes to race relations, we are slowly heading back toward segregation. Martin Luther King is probably turning in his grave at the shameful way our black leaders are acting these days.
Apologists for Keith Scott describe him as a courteous father of seven...
Factbox: Slain Charlotte man described as courteous father of seven
September 22, 2016 - Keith Scott, the black man fatally shot by a black police officer in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Tuesday, was remembered by family members and neighbors as a "likeable" person as the city braced for possibly more rioting triggered by his killing.
** Scott, 43, lived in Charlotte and had seven children, his mother, Vernita Walker of Charleston, South Carolina, told the Charlotte Observer. "He was a family man," Walker told the newspaper. "And he was a likeable person. And he loved his wife and his children."
** Scott was born and raised in Charleston, about 200 miles (322 km) south of Charlotte, and went to college, a woman who answered the phone at his mother's house said.
** The circumstances surrounding the shooting remained in dispute on Wednesday. Police said he was armed, while family and a witness instead said he only had a book.
** Scott often waited in his car on weekday afternoons for his son to get dropped off by his school bus, said Taheshia Williams, who lives in the apartment complex where the shooting occurred. "He speaks to me every day. He was a nice man. He was very courteous," she said.
** A woman who said she was Scott's daughter angrily confronted Charlotte police officers while broadcasting on Facebook Live on Tuesday. In the video, later posted to YouTube, she said her father was disabled and did not have a gun.
** Scott was convicted in 2004 of misdemeanor assault with a deadly weapon, the Observer reported. Other charges stemming from that date, including felony assault, were dismissed. Scott was found guilty of driving while intoxicated in April 2015, the newspaper said.
Factbox: Slain Charlotte man described as courteous father of seven
