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| Tweet Topic Started: Sep 21 2016, 02:09 AM (77 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, 10:35 PM Post #16 |
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(The Guardian) Several local publications, including Charlotte Magazine and WCNC, have pulled their reporters out of uptown, where the clashes are taking place.![]() --When we stress safety when reporting in the field, we mean it. Back window of news vehicle smashed during protest in North Charlotte (Dan Yesenosky, WCNC Charlotte - 21 Sept. 2016) --We are moving location. 4 protestors threatened to smash our vehicle if we didn't leave #WCNC #CharlotteProtest (Ty Chandler, WCNC Charlotte - 21 Sept. 2016) |
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| Webster | Sep 21 2016, 10:40 PM Post #17 |
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(The Guardian) North Carolina governor Pat McCrory has just issued the following statement on the events in Charlotte, saying that State Highway Patrol officers are en route to Charlotte to assist the city police department: I want to assure the people of North Carolina that our SBI has already been assisting the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department throughout the last 24 hours. Upon a very recent request of Chief Putney, the State Highway Patrol is sending in troopers to further help the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department. The state has many additional assets nearby to assist. 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. |
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| Webster | Sep 21 2016, 10:47 PM Post #18 |
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(The Guardian) Correction - civilian shot earlier is not dead --The city has just corrected their earlier announcement that the person shot at the protest had died. ~~CORRECTION UPDATE: Civilian who suffered gunshot wound during protests is on life support, critical condition. Not deceased. (City of Charlotte, 21 Sept. 2016) |
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| Webster | Sep 21 2016, 10:51 PM Post #19 |
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(The Guardian) The information that the person shot earlier had died came from the Charlotte-Mecklenberg police chief Kerr Putney. “Our police chief had gone and said it - [but] the information that were getting right now is the injuries were not fatal,” a city official just told the Guardian. Asked where the incorrect information that the police chief said, the city official said “we’re trying to figure that out right now. Obviously its a fluid situation with a lot of information [coming in] at one time.” |
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| Webster | Sep 21 2016, 10:59 PM Post #20 |
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(The Guardian) The night continues to be dangerous for reporters. --One of our crews was attacked in Uptown. Reporter & Cameraman taken by ambulance to hospital. (Mike Hanson, WCNC Charlotte - 21 Sept. 2016) |
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| Webster | Sep 21 2016, 11:03 PM Post #21 |
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(The Guardian) The Guardian’s Matt Teague is on the scene: Police have divided the intersection where the shooting happened --- Trade and College -- into quadrants, and are slowly pushing protesters back with tear gas. The situation is see-sawing between uneasy calm and frantic activity, as police continue to fire tear gas into groups of protesters. |
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| Webster | Sep 21 2016, 11:15 PM Post #22 |
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![]() --#WCCB witnessed protesters try to throw still photographer into fire in Uptown #Charlotte (WCCB Charlotte - 21 Sept. 2016) |
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| Webster | Sep 21 2016, 11:18 PM Post #23 |
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![]() --Governor McCrory declares State of Emergency (Office of NC Governor Pat McCrory, 21 Sept. 2016) |
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| Webster | Sep 21 2016, 11:31 PM Post #24 |
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![]() --“John” from Charlotte was in the Marines for 4 yrs and kept a gas mask that dates to the 80s. “I’m still serving my country,” he said. (Matthew Teague, The Guardian - 21 Sept. 2016) |
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| Webster | Sep 21 2016, 11:38 PM Post #25 |
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--McCrory said Police Chief asked for SOE. "We cannot tolerate violence, we cannot tolerate the destruction of property" and attacks on police (Langston Wertz, Charlotte Observer - 21 Sept. 2016) |
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| Webster | Sep 21 2016, 11:40 PM Post #26 |
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(The Guardian) Fox is officially withdrawing its crews from uptown Charlotte, the area that has seen protests turn violent this evening, following other news organizations including the local NBC affiliate and Charlotte Magazine. --We are officially evacuating all of our FOX crews from uptown Charlotte. National Guard en route, SWAT sent out, protests escalating. (Bill Melugin, WJZY Charlotte - 21 Sept. 2016) |
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| Webster | Sep 21 2016, 11:45 PM Post #27 |
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...watching the local channels atm; the riots have spilled over onto I-277 (the Brookshire Freeway) and are trying to stop vehicles transiting the highway...there are also rioters walking along the roadway, trying to block the interstate.... |
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| Webster | Sep 21 2016, 11:47 PM Post #28 |
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--@Photog20WLTX and I are at Presbyterian Hospital in downtown Charlotte. After he was punched and I was tackled by agitators. (Mary Sturgill, WLTX Columbia SC - 21 Sept. 2016) |
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| Webster | Sep 21 2016, 11:51 PM Post #29 |
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(The Guardian) Earlier, Rakeyia Scott, wife of Keith Scott, whose death at the hands of police sparked the past two nights of protest, put out a statement. “As a family, we respect the rights of those who wish to protest, but we ask that people protest peacefully,” she said. The statement in full: ![]() --Here is the earlier statement from the wife of #KeithScott asking for peaceful protests @wsoctv (Joe Bruno, WSOC Charlotte - 21 Sept. 2016) |
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| Webster | Sep 21 2016, 11:57 PM Post #30 |
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![]() --LIVE NOW: Protesters on I-277 stopping traffic and surrounding vehicles. AVOID. (WBTV Charlotte, 21 Sept. 2016) |
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