Quote:<a class="bbc_url" href='http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/21/us/charlotte-police-shooting/index.html'>According to the CNN article that I saw, he had a gun</a>.

Dummy - I know he had a gun. Please read my posts again. You want a fight it appears


Edit: this time I am at fault. My first post in this thread was intended to quickly give others an update. I wasn't being clear to you guys in Jax about what was known to us up here. (Read the initial posts). I am actually in downtown Charlotte at the Hilton. I didn't stress that we already confirmed there was a weapon present - which is why I posted his family's (not at the scene) stupid response.


The family caused this 100%. The family should have talked to the police instead of the media. The CMPD chief of police confirmed (not to me personally - but to a very very trusted affiliate) they have a body cam video from another officer who was on-site confirming 100% the gun and repeated commands from several officers to drop the weapon and get on the ground.


Then - the family's stupid response incited the rioting. They jumped on social media stating as fact that there was no gun. Media ran with it and rioting ensued.


The big question we are asking is if the police will actually release the video. (As of now they have no plans to do so. The police chief of Mecklenburg County usually won't release videos unless subpoenaed). Hopefully just by saying the police have the conclusive evidence will silence the idiots. But maybe not. But it will get the national media to stop talking about the idea of 3 different labeled bathrooms.


Meanwhile- you can feel it in the air. People are edgy. Big sit-ins are taking place in uptown Charlotte. Everybody still thinks the cops did it again - shooting an unarmed black man. I am expecting the usual suspects to flock in tomorrow to be around the excitement. Yeah - this sucks

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