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09-25-2016, 12:16 AM
'I felt like it was my family': The stories behind the protesters
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CHARLOTTE, **rth Carolina — They came because they wanted to march with their city. They came because they were too outraged **t to. They came from Charlotte, or they came from elsewhere.*
Demonstrators protesting Tuesday's fatal police shooting of a black man named Keith Scott in Charlotte had many reasons for marching through the Queen City's streets well past sundown.*
SEE ALSO: Define 'bad dude': The story behind a protester's strong message (http://mashable.com/2016/09/23/charlotte-tulsa-bad-dude-terence-crutcher-protest/)
They've continued to march through Charlotte for four straight days as protests have gone from scenes of tear gas and burning heaps of trash to stern but calm marches through the shiny glass fronts of the city's downtown.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/24/charlotte-why-people-came-to-protest/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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CHARLOTTE, **rth Carolina — They came because they wanted to march with their city. They came because they were too outraged **t to. They came from Charlotte, or they came from elsewhere.*
Demonstrators protesting Tuesday's fatal police shooting of a black man named Keith Scott in Charlotte had many reasons for marching through the Queen City's streets well past sundown.*
SEE ALSO: Define 'bad dude': The story behind a protester's strong message (http://mashable.com/2016/09/23/charlotte-tulsa-bad-dude-terence-crutcher-protest/)
They've continued to march through Charlotte for four straight days as protests have gone from scenes of tear gas and burning heaps of trash to stern but calm marches through the shiny glass fronts of the city's downtown.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/24/charlotte-why-people-came-to-protest/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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