Charlotte: Protesters disregard curfew as demonstrations continue

Despite the fact that calls were made to protesters by authorities to go home after a curfew was ordered, protesters in Charlotte defied such calls as they demanded for the footage showing the moment a black man was killed in the city.

Crowds massed on streets for a third night as pressure mounted on authorities to release a video that could resolve different accounts of the latest police killing of Keith Lamont Scott, a 43-year-old father who was gunned down by a white cop in the city of Charlotte.

Demonstrators on Thursday chanted “release the tape” and “we want the tape” while briefly blocking an intersection near Bank of America headquarters and later climbing the steps in front of the city government centre to vent their anger over Keith’s death.

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One protester Al Jazeera spoke with, when asked why they were marching after midnight, simply said: “Because black lives matter”.

Al Jazeera’s Alan Fisher, said: “The street is packed with people who have decided that the curfew means nothing to them, and they are going to continue protest.”

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