夏洛特市连续第二晚发生暴力冲突 Charlotte Sees 2nd Night of Violence

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星期三晚上,在北卡罗来纳州的夏洛特市,抗议者们连续第二个晚上集会,抗议警察开枪打死一名非洲裔美国人,其间有一人被枪击。

北卡罗来纳州州长宣布夏洛特进入紧急状态,并且在该市部署了国民警卫队。

星期三晚上稍早时,游行活动还很和平,但后来身穿防爆服的警察和抗议者发生冲突,随后转为暴力。警察使用催泪瓦斯驱散人群。一些抗议者砸碎商店橱窗,在街道上纵火。

星期四凌晨局势已大体平静。

市政府最初说,星期三晚上,有一个人被另外一个市民而非警察开枪打死,但是之后又说此人身负重伤。夏洛特警察局说,4名警察也受了伤,但是没有生命危险。

在星期二第一个晚上的抗议活动中,有24人受伤,其中包括16名警察。

詹妮弗·罗伯茨市长呼吁大家保持冷静。她说,夏洛特一直是人们可以和平对话的地方。

抗议活动是对43岁的凯思·斯科特星期二在一栋公寓楼被警察击毙的回应。警方说,警察在寻找另外一个人时,看到斯科特手拿一把枪从一辆车子里出来,斯科特对警察屡次要求他放下枪的警告不予理睬后,警察便向他开了枪。斯科特的家人说,他手无寸铁,被枪击时手里只拿了一本书。目击者也说当时他的双手举在空中。

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.