The police shooting of a man in Charlotte, N.C., led to overnight protests and unrest. Protesters threw rocks at police. 16 officers injured. An interstate was shut down. Protesters set a fire and vandalized police cars.
So what started these protests Tuesday night? Well, close to the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, police shot and killed 43-year-old Keith Lamont Scott at an apartment complex. Scott was a black man.
Officers were serving a warrant on another person when they saw Scott in a car then somewhere in the timeline Scott allegedly came out of his vehicle with a handgun. Scott was commanded to drop his weapon and according to authorities he refused to do so and was subsequently shot by a black police officer. The facts differ based on whether you listen to the bereaved family or law enforcement. Authorities say witnesses confirmed police officer's accounts and law enforcement further state that a handgun was recovered at the scene.
Are these riotous protests just a continuation of the racial agitating BLM + Black Panther Movement? Is the narrative set By the previous events at Ferguson and subsequent racially motivated riots being played out in Charlotte?