Yamiche, thank you. Im going to hand over to my colleague Lawrence Odonnell for the last word tonight. Lawrence . Thanks, rachel. Were continuing our breaking News Coverage from charlotte, north carolina. A second night of protests following the Fatal Shooting of Keith Lamont Scott by a Police Officer. Those protests turned violent tonight. Police are using tear gas to disperse the protesters. Some protesters were arrested. Charlotte police chief carr partney confirmed one person has died. The victim was shot not by a Police Officer, but by a civilian. Charlotte police did not fire a shot, according to that report. Joining us now is nbcs Tammy Leitner. She is live at the scene. Tammy, what is the latest there . Lawrence, sorry, we were moving our shot because yet another person has been arrested. I would say at least a dozen people have been arrested at this point. Weve been out here for an hour and a half. And weve seen probably 200 riot officers show up. They formed lines on both sid
In charlotte. You had an experience with a smashbang grenade, the kind of blinding concussion grenade that are used in situations like this where police need to get the upper hand. Whash you seeing right now . The protest crowd disperses and then it picks up. Right now weve got a line of riot police who have been holding this line since we got out here at least two hours theyve been holding this line. In the last 15 minutes, brian, as we mentioned, some of the protesters have lined up about a foot away from the riot police. As you might remember we talked to manuel a short while ago. Hes outs here saying we need to take a stanltd. Its time to take a stand. We dont approve of what happened and so thats why were here. I asked him, as you heard, are you willing to go to jail tonight for what you believe in . He said he was. You brought up a good point, brian. There are people in masks. There are people with bandanas around their facings, there are people with gas masks on as we walk down
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