Protests Erupt After Charlotte Police Fatally Shot Black Man

MEP: At least twelve officers have been injured after protests erupted in North Carolina when an officer fatally shot one black man ‘Keith Lamont Scott, 43’ while serving a warrant for a different person at an apartment complex in Charlotte.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) said on Twitter on Tuesday that demonstrators were destroying marked police vehicles.

The protesters gathered near the complex, carrying signs that read “Black Lives Matter” and chanting “No justice, no peace.”

Corine Mack, president of the Charlotte chapter of the NAACP (The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), said the community is frustrated.

Some threw water bottles and rocks at officers working to control the protesters.

Local news reports said an unspecified number of civilians had also been injured.

Television coverage showed police firing tear gas to break up the crowd protesting against police brutality.

“It is tense. There are still people on the streets,” our correspondent said.

Mack, a protester said “When will our lives truly matter? A black father is dead. There are children tonight who will never see their father again.”

“It clearly appears as if our lives don’t matter. We need to change policies. We need to change procedure. We need to hold police accountable. It’s a modern day lynching. Charlotte is not a good place right now, we’re in the throes of his problem.”