Charlotte, North Carolina has seen ongoingprotests, sometimes accompanied by violence and property destruction, since the police killed Keith Lamont Scott, a 43-year-old black man, on Tuesday afternoon. Here is the latest from the city:
Friday, September 23:
1:50 a.m.: Almost all of the protesters have gone home for the night.
1:10 a.m.: There are indications that protesters may be preparing to block traffic on Interstate 277, something they attempted unsuccessfully to do earlier in the evening.
1:04 a.m.: Reports are coming in that the police have no plans to enforce the city's new curfew, which has technically been in effect since midnight.
However, the police still have the option to enforce it at any time.
12:04 a.m.: With the city's new curfew now officially in effect, no decision has yet been made about whether to arrest people still out on the street.
Police are claiming that two officers are undergoing medical treatment after being sprayed with a "chemical agent."
Thursday, September 22:
11:53 p.m.: Wells Fargo, a bank that could use some good PR after just being fined $185 million for company-wide malfeasance, has announced that they are donating $250,000 to a "new community fund" called Unite Charlotte. According to the Charlotte Observer, the fund will be established at the United Way of Central Carolinas.
“Wells Fargo is committed to being part of the solution in responding to issues Charlotte is facing,” said Kendall Alley, Charlotte regional president for the bank.
11:30 p.m.: It is about half an hour until the just-announced citywide curfew begins at midnight. Protesters are still out on the street in some areas, include police headquarters. The assembled crowd chanted, "We want the tapes," a reference to the city's decision not to release video of Scott's killing.
So far, the evening's protests have been peaceful, with no injuries reported. However, the police did use tear gas to disperse some protesters who were attempting to block a major highway.
As one group of protesters passed the Mecklenberg County jail earlier in the evening, inmates blinked their lights in solidarity.
Bank of America, the city's fourth-largest private employer, announced that it is keeping its Uptown locations closed for the second day in a row due to the unrest.
