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| Tweet Topic Started: Sep 21 2016, 02:09 AM (75 Views) | |
| Webster | Sep 21 2016, 02:09 AM Post #1 |
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The Guardian: Protesters clash with police in Charlotte after fatal shooting of black man![]()
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| Webster | Sep 21 2016, 04:33 PM Post #2 |
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CNN: Charlotte Police Shooting - Scott Had A Gun, Not A Book, Chief Says-Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/21/us/charlotte-police-shooting/ |
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| Webster | Sep 21 2016, 09:29 PM Post #3 |
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(The Guardian) Protests are intensifying for the second night in Charlotte, North Carolina after the fatal shooting on Tuesday of a black man, Keith Scott, after a police officer mistook him for a wanted man.![]() --Protestors on Trade Street in #Charlotte. Tear gas deployed. (Samina Engel, WXII Winston-Salem - 21 Sept 2016) Police deployed tear gas on Tuesday night to disperse crowds which had gathered to protest Scott’s death. The Guardian’s Matthew Teague is in Charlotte, and we will bring you more details as they come. |
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| Webster | Sep 21 2016, 09:32 PM Post #4 |
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(The Guardian) One person shot, city official confirms --No more details are currently known, but a city official just confirmed to the Guardian that one person has been shot. “Social media reports that more than one person has been shot are incorrect,” the official added. The Twitter account for Charlotte-Mecklenberg tweeted: --@CMPD reports only (1) victim shot. Social media reports of multiple persons shot is incorrect. (CharMeckEmerMgt, 21 Sept 2016) |
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| Webster | Sep 21 2016, 09:34 PM Post #5 |
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![]() --Tear gas in Charlotte (Rob Zerwekh, Fox News - 21 Sept. 2016) ![]() (Mark Boyle, WCNC Charlotte - 21 Sept. 2016) |
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| Webster | Sep 21 2016, 09:37 PM Post #6 |
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![]() --Hard to tell, think there are well over 100 police in gear. #charlotteprotest (Tonya Maxwell, Asheville Citizen-Times - 21 Sept. 2016) |
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| Webster | Sep 21 2016, 09:39 PM Post #7 |
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(The Guardian) The person shot during today’s protest today has died --Charlotte-Mecklenburg police chief Kerr Putney has just told Fox News that the person taken to hospital with “life-threatening injuries” earlier today has died. The situation surrounding the person’s death, as well as their identity, is still unclear. --Chief Kerr Putney: "We can confirm that we have one shot [in protests]...last information we got that person is deceased at this point." (Fox News, 21 Sept. 2016) |
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| Webster | Sep 21 2016, 09:40 PM Post #8 |
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--ALERT: Fatal shot uptown was civilian on civilian. @CMPD did not fire shot. City of Charlotte, 21 Sept. 2016) |
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| Webster | Sep 21 2016, 10:03 PM Post #9 |
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![]() --.@jsiner photo from uptown: CMPD blocking Trade and North College streets #KeithLamontScott #KeithScott #CharlotteProtest (Charlotte Observer, 21 Sept. 2016) |
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| Webster | Sep 21 2016, 10:05 PM Post #10 |
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(The Guardian) One police officer has been transported for treatment for injuries this evening, according to the Charlotte city government. --@MSNBC @maddow @wcnc @KennySmith73 at this time we can only confirm that ONE officer has been transported for treatment for injuries. (City of Charlotte, 21 Sept. 2016) |
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| Webster | Sep 21 2016, 10:07 PM Post #11 |
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![]() --This is what it look like outside the Omni Hotel right now @USATODAY (Lauren Petracca, The Greenville News - 21 Sept. 2016) |
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| Webster | Sep 21 2016, 10:11 PM Post #12 |
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(The Guardian) Eyewitnesses on the ground describe strange, surreal scenes as the situation unfolds in Charlotte this evening.![]() --Guy in street clothes directing traffic on College and 4th. Another dude just jogged by on his evening run (Katie Peralta, Charlotte Observer - 21 Sept. 2016) |
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| Webster | Sep 21 2016, 10:13 PM Post #13 |
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--The scene is surreal. It's the fancy part of town, near the Ritz-Carlton. And police are firing teargas canisters and flashbangs. (Cleve Wootson, Washington Post - 21 Sept. 2016) --Just saw a guy get the crap beaten out of him by another guy in street clothes on 4th street (Katie Peralta, Charlotte Observer - 21 Sept. 2016) --I just saw a man on 4th get punched and laid out. #KeithScott (Eli Portillo, Charlotte Observer - 21 Sept. 2016) |
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| Webster | Sep 21 2016, 10:17 PM Post #14 |
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![]() --Hornets team store at arena looted #wcnc #KeithScott (Ty Chandler, 21 Sept. 2016) |
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| Webster | Sep 21 2016, 10:32 PM Post #15 |
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![]() --Police fired flash grenades and tear gas against hundreds of protesters during Wednesday's #Charlotteprotest (Boston Globe, 21 Sept. 2016) |
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