Jeff Siner/Charlotte Observer/TNS via Getty Images(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) — The mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, has signed an order for a curfew going into effect starting at midnight Thursday, officials tell ABC News.
The curfew will be lifted at 6 a.m. and the decision to renew it will be evaluated tomorrow, per Mayor Jennifer Roberts’ orders.
The decision to impose a curfew comes on the third night of protests, as hundreds of demonstrators take to the streets to express their anger over Tuesday’s police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott.
Chanting “No Justice, No Peace” and “Don’t Shoot, Hands Up,” protesters began peacefully marching down streets around 7:30 p.m. carrying signs that read “End Police Terror,” “Black Lives Matter,” “I Hope I Don’t Killed For Being Black” and “Black Power.”
The protest began around the same time that attorneys for Scott’s family said they had watched police video of Scott’s shooting, but were unable to ascertain if Scott indeed had a gun in his hands.
“After watching the videos, the family again has more questions than answers,” a statement from the family’s attorney’s read. “When told by police to exit his vehicle, Mr. Scott did so in a very calm, non-aggressive manner. While police did give him several commands, he did not aggressively approach them or raise his hands at members of law enforcement at any time. It is impossible to discern from the videos what, if anything, Mr. Scott is holding in his hands.”
And the protest also kicked off shortly after Charlotte police confirmed that a man shot by another civilian during Wednesday night’s protests had died and that a homicide investigation has been launched.
At one point during the evening, protesters stopped to block an intersection near Bank of America’s headquarters, but when police and the National Guard moved in, protesters moved on. Bank of America — along with Wells Fargo and Duke Energy — told its employees to stay out of Charlotte.
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