Charlotte Police Shooting

• Charlotte cop acted lawfully in fatal shooting of Keith Lamont Scott, prosecutor says

  A Charlotte police officer acted lawfully when he shot and killed a black man at an apartment complex, touching off several nights of unrest in the city, and will not face charges, a North Carolina prosecutor announced Wednesday.

  World

  Nov 30, 2016
  
• Man killed by police officer shot in back, stomach: private autopsy

  A black man shot and killed by a North Carolina police officer last month suffered fatal gunshot wounds to the back and abdomen, according to results released from an autopsy conducted for his family.

  Oct 12, 2016
  
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• Keith Lamont Scott: Brain injury may be factor in Charlotte police shooting, doctors say

  Friends say the man fatally shot by police in Charlotte, North Carolina, last month was on medication for a traumatic brain injury that made him sluggish and forget what he was saying in mid-conversation.

  Crime

  Oct 5, 2016
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• Police killing of unarmed black man in San Diego sparks protests

  A black man reportedly acting erratically at a strip mall in suburban San Diego was shot and killed by police after pulling an object from his pocket.

  World

  Sep 28, 2016
• NAACP head says victim’s history doesn’t matter in Charlotte police shooting

  The local president of the NAACP says the history of the black man killed by a Charlotte, North Carolina, police officer doesn't matter because the officers who confronted him didn't know anything of it.

  World

  Sep 28, 2016
• ‘We need our fathers’: Charlotte girl makes emotional plea to city councillors to end violence

  Angry Charlotte residents verbally lashed City Council members for hours on Monday complaining about what they called unaccountable police officers and civilian leaders who have failed to force change following the shooting of Keith Lamont Scott by police.

  World

  Sep 27, 2016
• Police videos unclear on whether or not Keith Lamont Scott had a gun

  Newly released police video of a black man's fatal shooting, sought by protesters for days, isn't settling questions about whether the man threatened police with a gun.

  World

  Sep 25, 2016
• Keith Lamont Scott shooting video released by Charlotte police

  Charlotte police have released body and dashboard camera footage of the fatal shooting of black man.

  World

  Sep 24, 2016
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• Charlotte police to release video of shooting death of Keith Lamont Scott

  A North Carolina police chief has announced he has decided to release police bodycam and dash cam video footage of Tuesday's police shooting of a black man in Charlotte.

  World

  Sep 24, 2016
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• Keith Lamont Scott: Fourth night of protests end peacefully in Charlotte

  Demonstrators carried signs, chanted and marched in a peaceful protest hours after the family of a black man shot by police released video showing the events leading up to his death.

  World

  Sep 24, 2016