We will be updating this feed throughout the night as we follow developments in Charlotte, North Carolina. The city’s mayor, a Democrat, has decided to implement a last-minute curfew. That curfew goes into effect at midnight.
Agitators are staging a “Die-In” in Charlotte. Someone needs to tell the agitators that “dead” people should not be texting or checking their email.
“Everybody lay down like you done been shot”: Charlotte, 31 mins before curfew… pic.twitter.com/fJRiXaRJoI
— Richard Fausset (@RichardFausset) September 23, 2016
Die-in outside #CMPD #CLTProtest pic.twitter.com/tj4dmHOQzX
— Ann Doss Helms (@anndosshelms) September 23, 2016
#CMPD is now in riot gear. Police have created a human barricade on I-277. WATCH LIVE: https://t.co/T6i8AH5iGu #WCCB #CLTProtest #cltnews
— WCCB, Charlotte’s CW (@WCCBCharlotte) September 23, 2016
Large group of protesters marching past BOA stadium https://t.co/BobEd4U4Wy #CLTProtest pic.twitter.com/6m82CR2xiH
— Brad Panovich (@wxbrad) September 23, 2016
Yessir – just take a left at the next light and go jump in the lake…
No sir, I will not tell you “which way to the riots”
— Joe Bruno (@JoeBrunoWSOC9) September 23, 2016
Finally — some good news from Charlotte. This item is from our friends at the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (headquartered in Charlotte.”
Our @BGEA chaplains are ministering in downtown Charlotte again tonight—watch this short video from last night. #PrayforCharlotte. pic.twitter.com/jK9HNDk3pQ
— Franklin Graham (@Franklin_Graham) September 23, 2016
Charlotte-area pastors are helping to keep the peace tonight…
Steve Harrigan: “Some really fine work by African-American ministers who helped to really diffuse potential flashpoints here.” pic.twitter.com/GxnbHLyQe9
— Fox News (@FoxNews) September 23, 2016
North Carolina is blessed to have law enforcement officers who are praying for peace.
Praying for peace in #Charlotte pic.twitter.com/qIPYF3xIfq
— Pat McCrory (@PatMcCroryNC) September 23, 2016