夏洛特市連續第二晚發生暴力衝突大綱

One person was shot late Wednesday in the city of Charlotte, North Carolina, as protesters rallied for a second night in response to the police killing of an African-American man.

The governor of North Carolina declared a state of emergency in Charlotte and deployed National Guard troops in the city.

Early in the night there were peaceful marches, but they later turned violent with clashes erupting between police in riot gear and protesters. Officers fired tear gas to try to disperse crowds. Some people smashed store windows and set small fires in streets.

The situation was largely calm by the early hours of Thursday.

The city government initially said someone was killed Wednesday night when shot by another civilian, not police, but later said that person was critically injured. Charlotte's police department said four officers were also hurt, none with life-threatening injuries.

On Tuesday, the first night of protests, there were about 24 people injured, including 16 police officers.

Mayor Jennifer Roberts appealed for calm, saying Charlotte has always been a place where people can have peaceful dialogue.

The protest come in response to Tuesday's shooting of 43-year-old Keith Lamont Scott at an apartment complex. Police said officers were looking for someone else when they saw Scott come out of a car with a gun, and that the officer fired after Scott ignored warnings to drop it.

Scott's family says he was unarmed, and was instead carrying a book when he was shot. Witnesses said he had his hands in the air.星期三晚上，在北卡羅來納州的夏洛特市，抗議者們連續第二個晚上集會，抗議警察開槍打死一名非洲裔美國人，其間有一人被槍擊。

北卡羅來納州州長宣佈夏洛特進入緊急狀態，並且在該市部署了國民警衛隊。

星期三晚上稍早時，遊行活動還很和平，但後來身穿防爆服的警察和抗議者發生衝突，隨後轉爲暴力。警察使用催淚瓦斯驅散人羣。一些抗議者砸碎商店櫥窗，在街道上縱火。

星期四凌晨局勢已大體平靜。

市政府最初說，星期三晚上，有一個人被另外一個市民而非警察開槍打死，但是之後又說此人身負重傷。夏洛特警察局說，4名警察也受了傷，但是沒有生命危險。

在星期二第一個晚上的抗議活動中，有24人受傷，其中包括16名警察。

詹妮弗·羅伯茨市長呼籲大家保持冷靜。她說，夏洛特一直是人們可以和平對話的地方。

抗議活動是對43歲的凱思·斯科特星期二在一棟公寓樓被警察擊斃的迴應。警方說，警察在尋找另外一個人時，看到斯科特手拿一把槍從一輛車子裏出來，斯科特對警察屢次要求他放下槍的警告不予理睬後，警察便向他開了槍。斯科特的家人說，他手無寸鐵，被槍擊時手裏只拿了一本書。目擊者也說當時他的雙手舉在空中。