Keith Lamont Scott

Protests erupted in North Carolina last night after an officer fatally shot a disabled man named  Keith Lamont Scott, who was waiting for his kid to return from school. Protests escalated as they ran their course throughout the night, with people blocking off highways and setting things on fire. Meanwhile, Tulsa, Oklahoma, is going on […]

Charlotte Mecklenburg Police reported that 11 people were arrested Sunday. Charges ranged from carrying a concealed weapon during an extraordinary event to standing in the street. Most of the people arrested were from Charlotte. Panthers Show Support For Protests Is Cam Woke? Last year, Cam Newton said “an African-American quarterback that may scare a lot […]

For two days, we’ve seen young people express outrage over the fatal police shooting of Keith Scott. Their form of expression smashing windows, looting drug stores, shutting downs streets and setting fires. They’re rioters, looters and agitators. To Cherrell Brown, 27, they’re protestors. Brown and the organizations she works with, QTCOP Collective (Queer and Trans Color […]

Sherman's comments on Wednesday are starkly different from previous comments he made in July 2016, when he doubled down on previous "all lives matter" comments in response to the rally cry, "Black Lives Matter."

Cam Newton and Colin Kaepernick spoke out on a photo that appeared to show the two NFL players in each other's faces.

Keith Lamont Scott’s family say they are glad that Charlotte Mecklenburg Police released the footage of Scott’s final moments. They dispute CMPD’s assertion that Scott had a gun. “I don’t see anything that would lead to him losing his life,” said family attorney Justin Bamberg. “Mr Scott steps out of the vehicle. He doesn’t appear […]

Updated: CMPD released the video to the media at 6:30 p.m. In a 30 minute press conference, Charlotte Police Chief Kerr Putney reiterated what he’s said consistently: The videos do not show that Keith Lamont Scott had a gun or that it was pointed it at police officers. Sign Up For Our Newsletter! Putney did say, however, […]

https://www.facebook.com/NBCCharlotte/videos/1272708926103928/ Charlotte NAACP leaders just announced in a news conference (above) that video will in fact be released by Charlotte police in the shooting death of Keith Lamont Scott who was gunned down earlier this week. https://twitter.com/wcnc/status/779768957934985216 The U.S. Justice Department has launched an investigation also into the case however a city spokesman could not confirm […]

What the video does not show is the exact moment Scott is shot on Tuesday by Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers, but you can hear four shots fired in the background.

Keith Lamont Scott’s family released video footage recorded by his wife in the moments that led up to the fatal shooting of Scott. His wife, Rakeyia, can be heard saying that he doesn’t have a gun. “He has no weapon,” Rakeyia Scott can be heard saying. The video doesn’t show exactly what happened during the […]

Hundreds of protestors took over the streets of Uptown on Wednesday in a mostly peaceful protest in response to the fatal police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott. Marchers chanted to see the tapes and slogans of unity as they walked more than eight miles circling the Center City primarily near the EpiCentre. The only thing […]