Calm urged in Charlotte, North Carolina after 16 officers hurt in protests

The mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, on Wednesday called for calm and peace after 16 officers were hurt and police vehicles were damaged overnight during a demonstration against the police shooting of a black man at an apartment complex in the city.

 

Police Chief Kerr Putney disputed claims made by some protesters that the man killed on Tuesday, 43-year-old Keith Scott, had been unarmed.

 

"We did find a weapon," he told reporters in Charlotte at a press conference held with Mayor Jennifer Roberts.