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Tag: Charlotte Protest Peaceful. Charlotte Protest Curfew

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Video Shows Deadly Encounter Between Police, Keith Lamont Scott

by Associated PressSeptember 23, 2016January 25, 2022

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Video of a deadly encounter between Charlotte police and a Black man shows his wife repeatedly telling officers he is not armed and pleading with them […]

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Charlotte Curfew Ends after Largely Peaceful Protest Night

by Associated PressSeptember 23, 2016January 25, 2022

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A third night of protests over a fatal police shooting in Charlotte gave way to quiet streets as a curfew enacted by the city’s mayor ended […]

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2nd Night of Violent Protests over Charlotte Police Shooting

by Jeffrey CollinsSeptember 22, 2016January 25, 2022

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Violent protesters rampaged through parts of downtown Charlotte as anger continued to build over the deadly police shooting of a Black man and the wildly different […]

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1 Critical in Charlotte Protest; Police Say They Didn’t Shoot

by Jason StraziusoSeptember 21, 2016January 25, 2022

(Updated 9/22/2016) CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Authorities in Charlotte tried to quell public anger Wednesday after a police officer shot a Black man, but a dusk prayer vigil turned into […]

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