Charlotte erupts with protests after police kill disabled black man
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Large protests erupted throughout Charlotte, North Carolina, late Tuesday night after police shot and killed a black father.
The family of the victim, who was identified as 43-year-old Keith Lamont Scott, says he was disabled, and was unarmed and reading a book in his car when he was killed. Police claim Scott was armed.
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