Bonnie Kristian, Rare Contributor
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A black police
officer shot an armed black man at an apartment complex Tuesday, authorities
said, prompting angry street protests late into the night and well into the
early morning hours.
The man’s family disputes the
police account, reports CBS Charlotte affiliate WBTV.
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. WBTV said 7 officers and a civilian were brought to an
area hospital.
Water bottles were also thrown.
Television coverage showed police firing tear gas to break up the crowd.
Arrests were kept to a minimum, the station said.
Early Wednesday, protesters made
their way to Interstate 85 and began throwing rocks at passing traffic,
prompting police to close the highway. WBTV tweeted:
WBTV tweeted that police formed a
line enabling traffic to get by, the road re-opened, and protesters moved to
another location.
Then came word that a Walmart had
been damaged by demonstrators.
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