CHARLOTTE: Protests and looting rocked a North Carolina city early Wednesday, following the fatal police shooting of a black man, with a dozen officers and several demonstrators injured in the violence. The shooting was the latest in a string involving black men killed at the hands of police, which has fueled outrage nationwide. Series of shootingsThe violence comes just days after another police shooting, captured on video, of an unarmed black man in Tulsa, Oklahoma. WSOC-TV reported that the Charlotte shooting occurred as Vinson and other officers were searching for a suspect on an outstanding arrest warrant. His relatives told local media, however, that he was not carrying a gun, but had a book in his hands when he was gunned down.

Source: Manila Times September 21, 2016 13:07 UTC