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Police clash with protestors as residents and activists protest the death of Keith Scott in Charlotte.

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Police clash with protestors as residents and activists protest the death of Keith Scott in Charlotte.
By Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Sept 22, 2016

A second night of violent protests erupted in Charlotte, North Carolina, following the fatal police shooting of 43-year-old Keith Lamont Scott on Tuesday.

The shooting comes just days after Terence Crutcher was shot and killed by a police officer in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Since the incidents, social media users have swarmed Twitter with an outpour of anger, confusion and tiredness.

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