![]() On Thursday night protesters moved to the John Belk Freeway, where they stopped cars until police fired tear gas canisters and pepper balls. They began on Tuesday night near Scott’s home, and by Wednesday had moved into the city center, the scene of violent confrontations between protesters and police. The protests have been far-ranging and unpredictable. “Police shot him close range in the side of the head with a rubber bullet.” “I saw the police shoot that man almost point blank with my own eyes,” Jimmy James Tyson wrote on Facebook afterward. Thomas’s account matched with what other witnesses claimed to see. He was at the intersection in question to observe interactions between police and the public, he said. “There was no fight,” said Eddie Thomas, an attorney and Charlotte public defender. But protesters were not inclined to take authorities at their word. The city also said Carr was injured during a “civilian on civilian” shooting. Then on Thursday the city confirmed that he had indeed died from his injuries. Later city officials reversed that announcement and said that Carr was still alive. For instance, on Wednesday night after Carr’s shooting, Putney said that he had died. ![]() Information has proven mercurial throughout the protests. They did show footage of the confrontation to the family, whose lawyer, Justin Bamberg, said has left the family with “more questions than answers”. ![]() Protesters have rallied to a cry of “release the tapes”, demanding that police release footage from that incident, and police have so far refused. The protests started on Tuesday after Scott’s death in the parking lot of his apartment complex on the east side of the city. The arrest was the latest development in a confused and deadly series of encounters between police and the public that has highlighted the critical role of video in investigations. ![]()
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