Police Shooting Sparks Protest in Charlotte

Protesters clashed with police and shut down a major highway overnight in the eastern U.S. city of Charlotte after a black officer shot dead a black man at an apartment complex. Police said the shooting happened Tuesday afternoon as officers were looking for someone else and saw 43-year-old Keith Lamont Scott get out of a car with a gun.  Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Kerr Putney told reporters that the officer who shot Scott felt he posed an "imminent threat" and...

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