At least twelve police officers were injured in the bloody rioting, looting and vandalism that swept through Charlotte Tuesday night.
Authorities used tear gas to disperse angry rioters during the overnight anarchy in North Carolina’s largest city. Activists shut down a highway, smashed car windows, looted a Walmart and set multiple fires in response to the fatal shooting of a black man by police.
Authorities said the man was armed and posed a threat, and they acted in self-defense.
The protests broke out Tuesday after 43-year-old Keith Lamont Scott was fatally shot by a black officer at an apartment complex on the city’s northeast side. They continued into early Wednesday morning, when TV footage showed dozens of rioters on Interstate 85 looting semi-trucks and setting their contents on fire on the highway.
Tuesday night, a larger group of demonstrators gathered near the scene of the shooting. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department tweeted that demonstrators were destroying marked police vehicles and that approximately 12 officers had been injured, including one who was hit in the face with a rock. Photos and TV video showed police firing tear gas to break up the crowd. Some officers were in riot gear.
Five miles away, a mob of looters broke into a Walmart and reportedly stole televisions and other items.
Charlotte police officers went to the complex about 4 p.m. looking for a suspect with an outstanding warrant when they saw Scott — who was not the suspect they were looking for — inside a car, department spokesman Keith Trietley said in a statement.
Officers saw Scott get out of the car with a gun and then get back in, Trietley said. When officers approached, the man exited the car with the gun again. At that point, officers deemed the man a threat and at least one fired a weapon, he said.
Scott was taken to Carolinas Medical Center and pronounced dead.
Officer Brentley Vinson, who shot Scott, has been placed on administrative leave, which is standard procedure in such cases. Vinson has been with the department for two years.
Detectives recovered a gun at the scene and were interviewing witnesses, Trietley said.
Police blocked access to the area, which is about a mile from the campus of the UNC at Charlotte, as protesters gathered after the shooting.
Some protesters were heard yelling racially charged epitaphs, as well as phrases like “Black lives matter,” and “Hands up, don’t shoot!”
One television news crew retreated from the scene after demonstrators began rocking their remote van, which was parked near the apartment complex where the shooting occurred.
Rioters smashed at least one police car during the ensuing anarchy.
The Associated Press contributed to this article
So much hate and division in this country in recent years. Sure, some cops act out of line and abuse their position. However, that doesn’t mean that our political leaders should side with looters and label all cops as bad. That doesn’t mean that criminals should be called victims. It all started here in the Boston area in 2009, when our national leader labeled the Cambridge Police Dept. as being “stupid” because they just checked on a call for a housebreak at the house of a Harvard professor.
The Black Lives Matter people are so hypocritical! They should change their slogan to “UNBORN Black Lives Matter.” If black lives really mattered, they would stop filing through the abortion mills in droves. What they really mean, is “give us more, and don’t make us work for it!”
Did you see the young black girl giving her i “eye witness account” of what happened. “He just got out of the car and the po-lees opened fire – there weren’t no gun – they just shot him boom – boom – boom”. Kind of reminds me of the “hands up don’t shoot”. If in deed there was a gun, and have no reason to believe the police officials would make this up – this young lady should be arrested for these inflammatory comments. Guess they will hit the liquor stores tonight – got to have some of that Jack to drink while watching their new HD TV’s from the Wal-mart looting. But then, suppose it is not too early to start your Christmas shopping!
Blacks use anything to riot an rob businesses. They should call in the National Guard get them under control, set a time to get them off the streets. Arrest anyone out after time set. It can be controled if done properly. Dont allow these people to keep raising havac on american soil. Stop them now!!!
These people don’t think anything of killing each other but when one of them break the law and get killed they take as a celebration for stealing and assaulting law enforcement. How do you reason with these people ?
There is no reason the cop should be attacked. he was on PvP, was reaching for a gun who would have killed this cop given a chance! Again, like Michael Brown and all the others, he did not comply with the cops!
I am licensed to carry and I have a gun on me at all times. If I am pulled over, my hands are in plain site and I comply with the cops. What makes these blacks so special?
Last week in NC a cop was trying to pick up a guy that had not shown for misdemeanor charges of having weed and carrying a concealed weapon. He shot and killed the white cop!
Obama has divided this country along racial lines and has set race relations back 50 years!
Hey, if we civilians need to protect our cops, I don’t have a problem with that!
As civilians, we won’t go through the scrutiny.of black lives matter. Black lives do not matter or white lives for that matter when they want to kill our cops!
There is nothing racial about this. If you are a punk wanting to kill a cop, civilians are within their right to protect those and themselves that are in imminent danger and their race has nothing to do with it!
As civilians, we don’t have to play by the same rules the cops do. I am Damn tired of seeing cops willing to protect our cities dying needlessly!
The cops know that if they shoot an unarmed black, riots in the streets will occur. They know, even if justified, they may lose their job, and they are not about to shoot a black person unless they are left with no choice!
Congratulations to the cop that took this guy out! They are alive to tell about it!
This is hillbilly Hillary fault. Because she did not get the police endorsement. Craigslist add. We need all black live matters to be at the university to meet. You will be paid $11.50 an hour to destroy your city. Take what you want. Special report a black gang member just attacked a policemen. The police officer was forced to defend his life.
@ Main Street: Your comment hit the nail on the head with a boom so loud it cracked my window, but I won’t send you a bill for a new one. I just hope Trump can fit the Cambridge episode into the debates at the proper time. Yes, the Cambridge incident was strictly local. The President of the United States had NO business whatsoever giving his opinion on the matter. Besides, the professor was at least partly at fault for being arrogant and rude, especially in the middle of the night when everyone is always a little on edge compared to daytime. People need to cooperate with the police. If the cop is a jackass and harasses the citizen, then file a complaint with internal affairs, or file a lawsuit for more serious improper behavior.
SHARPTON, SOROS jackson and all the other race baiter’s got the SH*T GOING ON !!! MAYBE WHITE FOLKS NEED TO DO THIS SHIT WHEN ONE OF US FU*KS UP !!! THERES A WAY TO STOP THAT RIOT SHIT !!!
Thanks to Barack this country has really lost more race relations, than ever before. He refuses as the 1st (black) president to get involved in a manner to calm the issues down. He has done more to instigate the problem than trying to be a peacemaker. To all the News Channels that provide second to second coverage, If you don’t cover the dam mess guess what the people will go home. To the girl on TV last night who was being interviewed and shouting you could get shot anywhere, if I was your daddy I would have beat your a$$ for being such a dumb a$$ for acting like that on national tv. President Race Baiter it is time for you to enough is enough. You wouldn’t call a terror act a terror act until you had all the facts, why should you call this injustice until you have all the facts?
A Black cop shoots a Black Thug who is brandishing a weapon and these mental midgets come to the conclusion “All white people are devils”!
Genius! Pure genius!
Well quick draw Hillary said she is going to have to have a strong talk with White people about this. What a complete moron.
Why don’t we have all the Hillary Loyal Asses have a D put on their forehead and then when we see them doing something illlegal we just eliminate them. By the way make the D flourescent so it can be seen at night.
They do not see the color of the police; they just see a good reason to loot, destroy and have a good time in the streets. Maybe the police shouldn’t use ANY MORE rubber bullets during these riots…..
Black people are more racist that white people by far! They just don’t want to or know how to admit it.
Jerkoff idiots!!
Nothing but an RADICAL BLM TERRORIST GROUP approved by obama and DOJ. Everyone that your MUSLUM LEADER for this.
I live in NC, about 120ml. From Charlotte. I am astounded that so much hatred exist in our Nation today. Chuck, you hit the nail on the head, for Obama is Muslim and all this mayhem is orchestrated by Muslems. I heard on Fox News this morning, a Muslem leader conjuring up a boycott of Charlotte businesses. It may be a good thing if all of them moved out of the Country, not just the town or state! But of course NC has been boycotted by the best in recent months, so I don’t suppose this one will matter that much, lol.
It’s time to bring in the national guard and use force, enough of this standing down. These ass holes are just rioting and looting because they have nothing better to do.
Black Lives Matter has been “orchestrated” so they can institute “martial law.” O’Blame-a will declare a federal emergency, postpone the election and declare himself “king” for life (which I hope doesn’t last that long.)
Yep! They are all Mslims.
Agreed Lin! I think the country has had ENOUGH of Obongoloid, Killery, “Lurch” Kerry, Loretta Lynch and limp wristed James Comey! I think law enforcement should open and shoot skin burning tear gasses immediately, and the thick headed dumb rioter/protestors/demonstrators that survive that, open fire and make a carnage of the area. And of course, bring in the National Guard to back up local law encorcement.
When are we going to start shotting these rioters? If it were white rioters, they would be shot if they didn’t stop when order to stop. You can’t come out of a car with a gun when police are there.
Welcome to the Dem inspired and approved world. Where it’s the innocent are guilty and the guilty innocent. Where race is more important then the crime. All this for a few votes.
Well put.
Welcome to the change that Bathhouse Barry has brought to America.Hope you like it,because you better get used to it.That asshole Muslim mayor from London said so himself while in N.Y.
WHERE is my comment. Because I said democrat I guess it does not get printed.
John, don’t feel bad because your comment was not posted. I could just say “Hi” and they won’t post it for some reason. They always say I have already posted that.
Coming to a town near you buy guns, buy ammo, be ready to defend yourself and your family.
Black gangsters committing crimes in the aftermath of a black gangster getting killed. We should shoot to kill every last one of these thugs committing crimes , looting etc.If this happened only one time and our president went on national television and denounced black crime with the statement that any and all future such actions would result in their deaths this type of ruthless law breaking would come to an end. It won’t happen because Obama is fanning the flames.
This same group feel entitled . Why work when you can steal what you want. Expect more to be shot as this program grows worse.
The police have to protect themselves so as the problem grows expect them to shoot to defend themselves more quickly.
Those hard working honest people need to prepare to protect themselves from what is coming because the police probably won’t be able to. Remember that the police can not do anything until a crime has occurred. Everything runs in a cycle and we are repeating where we were in 1931 just before the election that started the great depression I lived through that one but probably will not see the end of this one.
We read in the old testament that what is has been and what has been will be. Everything runs in a cycle and continues to repeat itself. What happened after the last 100 years of war. It destroys the civilizations and no one ever learns. We tend to have at least a recession approximately every 10 years with a major correction every third cycle. Just check out 1900, 1929, 1958, 1987, and now 2017 ???. Add the fact we have an election year in 2016 the same as in 1931. Everything is in motion to have another Depression. WE have a choice of a two recession to recover from the excessive waste of Obama years or a full depression for a minimum of seven years like the 1930’s by electing Hillary. The Hillary choice will end in another world war to complete the 500 year cycle..
Just remember they collapsed the banking system under Roosevelt also. The banks were closed approximately 4.5 months then. Hope everyone has made plans to survive for at least 6 months. I have and have it protected by Smith & Wesson.
Remember that the police can not do anything until a crime has occurred, and under today’s rules who knows what will happen.
I am 85 and probably won’t be around long enough for it to affect me but I expect many will live to see what a depression really is. AS I see it we can expect a 2 year recession to clean up the excessive spending of Obama or we can have a 7 year depression brought on by the increased taxation of a Hillary administration. The second choice will end in another world war
We still have a choice
Any excuse to riot and loot!
This is an excuse for the lawless to be lawless. Put the mutts down
Enough’s, enough treat them for what they really are criminals bent on anarchy and destruction of property, No more kid gloves arrest, try and jail them all.
According to what i see is all black people are the devil and worthless to boot. These a holes rioting should be shot on sight!
I agree with you. The police should have immediately used water hoses to disperse these scum and they could not have destroyed police property. Police always wait too long to see what will happen. Quick action would show them the law and order.
forgot to mention that I live in Charlotte less than 10 miles from the riots. To bad they didn’t try that crap where I live. I promise it won’t be only cops that are hurt. My property is properly posted as protected by Smith & Wesson. Last Time I was tested I hit a 6
inch target 36 out of 40 times at 200 yards.
Any excuse to riot and pillage the neighborhood by black thugs. The cops under the DOJ and Obama are going to be in the wrong no matter what the circumstances of the police shooting event. Black cop-Black thug shooting no matter, these people are like a gun trigered to shoot, they go to Walmart and its like a freeforeall undocumented shopping by these out of control black thugs. It’s time that when these incidents of looting happen the police and swat teams move in and jail these people with contriband running down the streets. There has to be some harsh penalties to stop these now common events that trash their own neighborhoods they live in, it creates panic for law abiding citizens and frankly seem to be condoned by Obama and the DOJ. Bring in the National Guard if necessary with orders to stop the rioting, probably a plan by Obama to stop the elections of 2016, thereby remaining President, I wouldn’t put it past him.
This does not have to do with division. This has to do with thugs, greedy, self centered, mean spirited individual who care nothing about others. WE THE PEOPLE have allowed this not only to happen but WE THE PEOPLE are still setting here not able to do anything because the government has tied our hands. If hillary clinton is elected my prediction is WE THE PEOPLE have seen nothing yet. You will see the worst decade in this counties history. There will be civil disobedience not black against white, it will be all thugs of all nationalities, races, gender or whatever mix you want to call it. WE THE PEOPLE will never have seen such chaos, death, distruction and disobedience. omama and his group will be someplace out of the United States celebrating. DONALD TRUMP and the majority of WE THE PEOPLE will have fleed like refugies to other countries. America will self distruct. WE THE PEOPLE have only one hope we are clinging on too DONALD TRUMP must win….
This whole episode of BLM make me sick. Yet it in some ways it does not. A black officer shot a back man who was armed and refused to obey the officers on scene. There is no justification for this BLM riot. But there is reason for a black uprising due to their condition in the places where they live. They react before the whole situation is known only because someone who has no real knowledge of the incident cries unarmed man shot by police. This has to stop.
Freedom of speech is exactly that. While I do not condone some of the remarks made concerning articles, free speech is a RIGHT under the First Amendment.
Our so called government could put a stop to this once and for all.
Put ads on every television channel in America. Make sure it is very publicized saying: We the government of the USA will put snipers in the air at the first sign of riots. Our snipers will have video cameras and EVERY time a rioter (regardless of age, race, religion, or gender) is video taped vandalizing ANYTHING the sniper has the full backing of the government to kill their ass.
And to any mother, father, sister, brother, son or daughter all we the people can say is you should have had your loved one at home with their loving family and not out in sighting violence. No matter what you will not be allowed to sue anybody in a court of law. This crap CAN be stopped but it would take somebody with guts to do it and the (let anybody do anything they want to) Democrats will not ever stop this kind of crap. I vote for TRUMP and I will keep my guns handy.
Excellent idea, but this Obama administration and his ilk want this chaos. The more of these riots, the happier Obama gets.
I agree whole heartily and never mind snipers…just let the cops do their job and shoot these criminals and this shit will STOP!
It is time to just let the communities that allow these BLM thugs and opportunistic other looters to destroy, loot and scoot to suffer the destruction and then leave it as it is. Do not rebuild anything. Why bother?
What has Obama actually done to quell the tide of racially motivated routing?
N-O-T-H-I-N-G. ! Don’t angry blacks belies that Obama’s DOJ will investigate and seek out justice? Last time I checked Obama was black. I can only imagine how proud Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. would be if he were alive today
Guess for some reason my comment was deleted – as if referring to looting liquor stores tonight would give them an idea!!
I bet Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. would be quite proud of these savages on display. Do these mindless idiots rioting not trust that their first beloved African American president Obama will investigate the shootings of black Americans, or are these idiots just expressing their anger for being so stupid?
This riots will keep going on TALK-TALK & MORE TALK you need a deterrent were not against protest but destroying public property hurting innocent people there should & needs 2 be a law anyone that is arrested for violence & looting if there on any kind of public assistance would lose there benefits I am SURE they would think twice before going out & committing such crimes if they have X to riot then they need 2 find X to look for a JOB
Anyone destroying police property such as these cruisers should be SHOT ON SITE!
Stop the pc crap and let them know before hand on TV or any media…if you do this then you will be shot!
GOT IT!
wow, for once I agree wholeheartly with this comments …………. amen
jwb – being the cowardly “Liberal” you are I would think you’d be OK with all the rioting and property destruction just like your nominee is – leave no vote unturned pander for every one.
so since I am voting for lyin’ Donnie sound like you are the nut here, moron ……………..hey take it or get out
Anarchy reins once again because of the BLM crowd. This mob of idiots refuse to acknowledge that there are justifiable shootings and stop acting like they in some jungle. It has gone past the white cop shoots black man to them expecting our law enforcement to ignore the crimes committed by blacks.
You can’t teach primates to be human. Period.
NOTHING BUT ANIMALS!!! Lock them in a zoo and throw away the keys!!
The racist BS is caused by the so-called media and journalist that is who is at fault . I watched the press conference today and when the media was allowed to ask questions, Was the officers wearing body cams? and other BS questions. When what they should have asked was Is it correct it was a black officer that shot Scott?, Was the gun they found on the guy actually registered to Scott? DO they know why he brandished the gun? Did he have a criminal record?
None of those questions were asked and maybe if these so-called journalist that went to college for this profession actual were real journalist they would have asked these type of questions and let it be recorded on the news to show that Scott was in the wrong.
I would bet the gun was stolen and he has a record and did not have a permit to carry it. But the media wants to continue this racial BS with asking anything but a history of the person. THE MEDIA IS JUST AS BAD AS HILLARY AND THE GOVERMENT ARE….. I know I am just as disgusted with the media and so-called Journalist as I am with Hillary and the government.
The “UNCIVILIZED MOVEMENT” …….. the natives are restless tonite. AGAIN! Ridiculous destruction & rioting.
This is just an excuse from lazy bums to go and vandalize and steal what ever they can. I heard that the come from other states when they hear the news and use the incident to steal and robe and do what ever they want. These animals would be the first ones to come and robe and kill innocent people if something ever happens to this country. I feel sorry for those store owners who spend all day working in order to make a living and then something like this happens and all these lazy bums use the opportunity to destroy everything these people worked for.
All policeman wants to go home and see their family after work then a punk pulls out a gun and they have to defend themselves. Try to do the same in a communist country and they will never find you and maybe in 100 years they will find you buried in a field somewhere
Police done shot another brotha…..time to loot!!!!
The whole thing always starts with some black guy who doesn’t respect the law!!! If a cop says stop or I’ll shoot, and you keep on going, if he feels threatened, I think you deserve to be shot if you don’t obey his orders. You are supposed to obey the law. If you have done no wrong, why would you not listen to an officer? It’s all due to a lack of respect for the law. It’s how these people are raised. It starts in the home with their upbringing and what values (or lack of) that they are taught. Life can be so beautiful and is such a wonderful gift. It’s too bad they can make it so miserable. These demonstrations are an excuse for them to go out and raise hell and loot. What does looting have to do with the death they are demonstrating about? Always a good excuse to get something for nothing. God help us. Did you ever think you would see this in the streets of America?
when will america wake up.?? its hillary and george soros and the bought and paid for media who stage all these events and create division of us people
they deceived everyone including and especially black lives mater, muslims, christians, whites, and the police etc,.. its all staged
fighting violence with violence.. where will that take us? straight to hell!!
we are all brothers and sisters.. the problem is our leaders, the rothchild dynasty, bankers, etc.. its so clear .. when we take back our government like we can with trump then we take back our lives and live in peace with each other.. cnn and most news agencies are owned by the evil ones and the reporters bought and paid for sold their souls to the devil.. inciting riots and making things worst for all americans
we need to stop the violence, ask God for forgiveness and maybe just maybe He will hear our cries and give us back our country and live in peace.. after all His plan from the beginning was simple.. believe and obey his commands and you get peace and salvation through His grace.. pretty simple!!
God Bless
You can take the animals out of Africa but you can’t take Africa out of the animal. These are not Black folks they are simply low-life animals just looking for any reason to kill, steal and destroy.
When they stop the rioting, looting, physical violence, and blatant outright bigotry I will listen. BLM has set back any progress made by 40-50 years