on Thursday evening local time on the streets of Charlotte again took hundreds of people to protest on Tuesday, police 43-year-old black whale Lamonta Scott.
Protests in Charlotte, continue the third night in a row. Exceptionally sharp ran was on Wednesday evening. Police used tear gas, rubber bullets and grenades hukowo-flares to disperse the demonstrators, who looted shops and like the site.
on Thursday has died 26-the summer man who was wounded in the head during protests the previous night. The authorities guarantee that no COP shot him.
Earlier, the Governor of South Carolina introduced to Charlotte, a state of emergency and sent to the city guard.
Another death of a black
the Protests that turned into riots, began the fatal case there was the shooting of an officer Saturday afternoon, 43-year-old black whale Lamonta Scott, who, according to police, did not respond to the call to drop the weapon. In turn, the family and the witness claim that at the time of the incident, the man was holding a book.
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Putney announced that the police planned to show the video demonstrates this situation in the family of the man who was shot, but stipulated that in the near future, the entry will not be made public. He said that 43-year-old man did not respond to the repeated call for a cease-fire, but the conference announced that the film does not show conclusively, that Scott is someone with good.
As the American media, these words to explain things. It is not clear, however, that a record with cameras worn on the body, which had three who witnessed the incident to law enforcement officials. Black COP who shot Scott, he was not in possession of the camera.
During the night of protests, the police used tear gas, rubber bullets and grenades hukowo-flares to disperse the demonstrators, who looted shops and like the site. Broken was, in particular, glass doors, located in the heart of the Hyatt. On the Windows of the issued spray password: “Black Lives Matter” (black lives matter). Also ignited the trash bin.
antypolicyjnej organization, created on the basis of the protest movement, Police Violence Mapping, documenting such events, the death of Scott, 214. the murder of black men’s faces by the police this year in the United States. The government does not have such data at the national level.
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