With scott pelley. Pelley we begin tonight with two Police Shootings in two cities, charlotte and tulsa, and two black men dead. The shooting of Keith Lamont Scott in charlotte yesterday sparked a night of violence. Police say it all started when officers went to arrest another man and encouldered encountered scott instead. What happened next is in dispute, but the African American Plainclothes Police officer who shot scott is on paid administrative leave while an investigation is under way. David begnaud is in charlotte. Reporter this video shot by a resident shows 43yearold Keith Lamont Scott on the ground after being shot by a Police Officer. It is the only visible evidence the public has seen. The shooting led to anger and overnight clashes between residents and Law Enforcement with rocks, bottles and tear gas flying. A life was taken. Reporter 24 hours after the shooting, and there are dueling narrativesve what happened. An officer claims he saw scott inside of his vehicle with a
Now heres video from now heres video from damage left after last nights storms in floyd county. Powerful winds knocked trees into roadways closing some of them down. Other large tree branches also fell onto powerlines. Powerlines. We want to thank the cbs 2 news viewers who shared their pictures of the storms. A number of people posted pictures of the tornadoes that touched down, including this picture taken by sean britt near greene in you can track storms anytime by downloading the cbs 2 weather app. Its free for apple and android devices. Still developing this morning a civilian shot last night during a second night of violent violentprotests in charlotte, North Carolina is still on life support right now. Now. Police say they were not responsible for this shooting. Most protesters left around 2 am eastern time. Governor pat mccrory declared a state of emergency in the city and is sending in the national guard. Police fired tear gas on hundreds of protesters other people. People. De
Charlotte after a second straight night of protests over the killing of a black man by police. North carolinas governor declared a state of emergency after demonstrations turned violent. One person is in Critical Condition this morning after being shot by another civilian. Protesters were also seen Looting Stores and breaking windows. Don champion is in charlotte. Don, good morning. Reporter good morning, meg. As you drive around this part of charlotte, the aftermath of the second night of violence is clear. Take a look behind me. Shattered windows and damaged buildings like this line this entire block here and even at this hour, there are heavily armed officers here trying to keep order. The chaos in charlotte stretched well into the overnight hours, as protesters faced off with heavily armed officers. Tear gas filled the air and at least one flash exploded, as officers moved in to clear the streets. The scene played out as anger over the Deadly Police shooting of keith scott spilled
Well, its video that is leading the fbi tonight to ask for help identifying these two men. They are wanted for questioning as possible witnesses in the weekend bomb blasts in new york and new jersey. The man charged in those attacks is recovering from gunshot wounds. Homeland security correspondent jeff pegues is following this. Reporter at 8 30 saturday night, a Pressure Cooker bomb exploded on west 23rd street in manhattan. The f. B. I. Is appealing for help in finding these two men who were four blocks away on west 27th street at the same time. Police say the two men removed a bomb from a piece of luggage, putting it on the sidewalk, and then walked away, leaving the device but taking the suitcase. N. Y. P. D. Counterterrorism chief james waters. They are witnesses. There are no criminal charges. Theyre not in any jeopardy of being arrested. So if you can help us find them or anybody else can tell us who they are, we would be very interested to speak to them. Reporter investigators
Are today. You can pick this up and touch it and know that it was in his hands. Now, doesnt that send a chill down your back . It does. Yeah. This freedom paper belonged to Joseph Trammel of loudoun county, virginia, he was the greatgreatgreat grandfather of elaine thompson, he protected his freedom using this tin box in only proof that he was no longer someones property. As long as he had this, they could not enslave him. Not easily, anyway. His freedom paper, thompson says, offers an image of who Joseph Trammel was during a time when photos were rare. He was 57 in, with several marks on his body. One thing i was curious about mentioned. Probably he was beaten at some point. Reporter the tin box was the only one like it here. During our interview, the founding director came by to personally show his appreciation. Really means a lot. Reporter nearly 40,000 items were donated. That is more than any other smithsonian museum. Pictures, clothing, furniture, jewelry. They fill vast silences