Protests erupt after fatal officer-involved shooting in Charlotte, N.C.

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'I Saw a Protester Get Shot Over Nothing in Charlotte'

"What started as a peaceful demonstration against a black man killed
by police devolved into a black man shooting another black man for
no apparent reason.
It all happened right in front of me."



'CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — A second night of protests over the police
killing of a black man ended with another black man nearly killed by someone
in a crowd.

The protests started peacefully when hundreds of protesters gathered in
Marshall Park in Uptown Charlotte around 7 p.m. Wednesday night after a
police officer shot and killed Keith Lamont Scott on Tuesday.

Police say Scott brandished a firearm when they entered the Village at
College Downs neighborhood to serve a warrant on another man.

Many protesters held Black Lives Matter signs and some angrily denounced
police violence with megaphones, but the protests were peaceful overall.

A group of protesters then walked to the Charlotte Police Department
headquarters before the crowds grew into the thousands, making their
way down East Trade Street to the Omni Charlotte Hotel...'
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