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An uneasy calm descended over the US city of Charlotte yesterday, as residents woke to a state of emergency and National Guard troops patrolling the streets.
After a second night of violent protests over the fatal police shooting of a black man, the mayor of the city in North ­Carolina said a curfew was being considered.
Some major businesses were asking their employees to stay home for the day as the city ­remained on a knife’s edge.
Police said 44 civilians were arrested and nine others were injured.
One person was on life ­support after being shot by a civilian late on Wednesday as police used tear gas, rubber bullets and flash-bang grenades to try to disperse demonstrators who looted stores and threw rocks, bottles and fireworks. Four police officers suffered non-life threatening injuries, city officials said.


The latest trouble erupted after a peaceful rally earlier in the evening by protesters who reject the official account of how Keith Scott, 43, was gunned down by a black police officer in the car park lot of an apartment complex on Tuesday afternoon.
Obama urges calm after shootings in US cities of Charlotte and Tulsa
Authorities say Scott was wielding a handgun and was shot after refusing commands to drop it. His family and a witness say he was holding a book, not a firearm, when he was killed.


A spokesman for the Charlotte Fraternal Order of Police yesterday told CNN he had seen video from the scene showing Scott holding a gun.
Scott’s wife, Rakeyia Scott, said on Wednesday evening that her family was “devastated” and had “more questions than answers” about the fatal shooting.
She said she respected the rights of those who wanted to demonstrate, and asked that they do so peacefully.
But the pleas appeared to go mostly unheeded as protesters smashed windows and glass doors at a downtown Hyatt hotel and punched two employees, the hotel’s manager said. The slogan “Black Lives Matter” was spray-painted on windows.

Police driving protestors back with tear gas. #Charlotte pic.twitter.com/BgfLIaZaLo
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Looters were seen smashing windows and grabbed items from a convenience store as well as a shop that sells athletic wear for the National Basketball Association’s Charlotte Hornets. Protesters also set fire to rubbish bins.
It was the second night of unrest in North Carolina’s largest city and one of the biggest US financial centres. Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Duke Energy all told employees not to venture into North Carolina’s largest city.
Governor Pat McCrory declared a state of emergency late on Wednesday, while Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts was considering a curfew.
“Any violence directed ­towards our citizens or police officers or destruction of property should not be tolerated,” McCrory said.
Additional reporting by Associated Press, Agence France-Presse

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Curfew being considered in US city of Charlotte amid riots, looting and clashes with police

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers begin to move protesters down a street in Charlotte. Photo: AP

A protester, center, is taken into custody by Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers in Charlotte, N.C., Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016. Authorities in Charlotte tried to quell public anger Wednesday after a police officer shot a black man, but a dusk prayer vigil turned into a second night of violence, with police firing tear gas at angry protesters and a man being critically wounded by gunfire. North Carolina's governor declared a state of emergency in the city. (Jeff Siner/The Charlotte Observer via AP)

epaselect epa05551465 Tear gas is used as protesters confront riot police officers in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, 21 September 2016. North Carolina governor Pat McCrory declared a state of emergency after protesters took to the streets of Charlotte, North Carolina, for the second consecutive night to demonstrate against the fatal shooting of African-American Keith Lamonth Scott by police officers. EPA/CAITLIN PENNA

CHARLOTTE, NC - SEPTEMBER 22: Demonstrators hang out car windows during protests September 22, 2016 in downtown Charlotte, NC. The North Carolina governor has declared a state of emergency in the city of Charlotte after clashes during protests in the city in response to the fatal shooting by police officers of 43-year-old Keith Lamont Scott at an apartment complex near UNC Charlotte. Sean Rayford/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

CHARLOTTE, NC - SEPTEMBER 22: Demonstrators walk near a damaged bus on September 22, 2016 in downtown Charlotte, NC. The North Carolina governor has declared a state of emergency in the city of Charlotte after clashes during protests in the city in response to the fatal shooting by police officers of 43-year-old Keith Lamont Scott at an apartment complex near UNC Charlotte. Sean Rayford/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

CHARLOTTE, NC - SEPTEMBER 21: A young man gestures as he and others participate in in a protest at Marshall Park September 21, 2016 in Charlotte, NC. The North Carolina governor has declared a state of emergency in the city of Charlotte after clashes during protests in the city in response to the fatal shooting by police officers of 43-year-old Keith Lamont Scott at an apartment complex near UNC Charlotte. Sean Rayford/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

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