On September 20, 2016, Keith Lamont Scott, a black man, was shot and killed by a Charlotte Mecklenburg Police officer, also a black man. Protests and riots erupted in Charlotte following the fatal shooting. Here you will find WFAE's coverage of the shooting and its aftermath.
View our special report on the first year after the shooting and unrest:
One Year Later: Anniversary of the Keith Lamont Scott Shooting and Protests
Video montage of the police encounter with Keith Lamont Scott and the unrest:
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The widow of Keith Lamont Scott, who was fatally shot one year ago, revisited the site of the shooting Wednesday. Rakeyia Scott was accompanied to the…
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Since the fatal shooting of Justin Carr during protests in uptown Charlotte last September, questions have lingered about who shot him. Raquan Borum was…
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Wednesday marks the one-year anniversary of the police killing of Keith Lamont Scott – and the birth of a protest movement called Charlotte Uprising.The…
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Wednesday marks the one-year anniversary of the CMPD shooting death of Keith Scott.In the last year, the protests the shooting inspired have been the…
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[One Year Later: The Anniverary of the Keith Lamont Shooting and Protests]“I stayed because the questions needed to be answered and I felt like if there…
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A city council meeting following the fatal police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott last year was out of control at times as a long list of residents spoke,…
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CMPD Chief Kerr Putney speaks with a lot of bluntness these days. Take this example from a Charlotte Talks Public Conversation this summer. He addressed…
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Story updated 6:30 p.m.Last month the Charlotte Citizens Review Board issued a split decision on whether CMPT Officer Brentley Vinson should have been…
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Photographer Alvin Jacobs of Charlotte does what you’d expect a photographer to do: Lots of personal portraits and fashion photography are in his…
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Charlotte’s Citizens Review Board will not ask CMPD Chief Kerr Putney to reverse his decision to exonerate Officer Brentley Vinson of wrongdoing in last…