As Twitchy reported, hundreds of protesters in Charlotte, N.C., briefly shut down part of I-85 late Tuesday night following the fatal shooting of Keith Lamont Scott that afternoon by a police officer. At least a dozen officers were reported injured during the protests, as demonstrators threw objects and surrounded police cruisers.
While protesters at first converged near the site of the shooting, others headed for a nearby Walmart well after midnight, where they continued their “protest.”
BREAKING | Dozens of protesters are breaking into the Walmart on North Tryon Street. @wsoctv pic.twitter.com/2b2lmwqC2g
— Mark Barber (@_MarkBarber_) September 21, 2016
Protesters are running from the Walmart as Charlotte police arrive. @wsoctv #WakeUpWith9 pic.twitter.com/nNl7xg7dkT
— Mark Barber (@_MarkBarber_) September 21, 2016
https://twitter.com/CDaddy77/status/778647598517329920
You misspelled "looters." https://t.co/my2uGeeVAW
— (((Aaron “Worthing” Walker))) (@AaronWorthing) September 21, 2016
.@MBarberWSOC9 you must be confused. Folks running from Walmart are looters not protesters. https://t.co/kaGOFoIlOo
— AskLou (@Ask_Lou) September 21, 2016
https://twitter.com/mattydubswack/status/778557548731523072
To the untrained eye, yes, it might look like looting, or at least attempted looting, but these are trained journalists.
looters and protesters are not the same. Please be more responsible
— Andrew Whitling (@AndrewCWhitling) September 21, 2016
https://twitter.com/MSchillingXL/status/778559562890768384
Looting isn’t a form of protest? That’s some 2008 thinking right there.
Remember just last month when the sister of a man shot in Milwaukee made her “call for peace” on CNN, admonishing protesters for looting and burning a local beauty supply store (“We need our sh*t! We need our weaves.”) and urging them to “take that sh*t to the suburbs” instead?
Looting can be protest, as long as it’s done in the proper place.
You meant "looters" but your editor stopped you. We understand.
— Prez Probs (@prezprobs) September 21, 2016
https://twitter.com/Workers4Trump/status/778587153525723136
Walmart employees off N. Tryon are putting up barricades in front of store after protesters broke-in. @wsoctv pic.twitter.com/bbhKBGOHtn
— Gina Esposito (@GinaWSOC9) September 21, 2016
@sistertoldjah @wsoctv Protesters don't break into businesses destroying property. Criminals, thieves and looters do.
— PollyG (@PollyGHHC) September 21, 2016
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— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 16, 2013
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