Raw: Police Fire Tear Gas at Charlotte Protests

(22 Sep 2016) FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: apus063537 Protesters have rushed police in riot gear at a downtown Charlotte hotel and officers have fired tear gas to disperse the crowd. Charlotte officials say a man shot during a protest has died but was not wounded by a police officer. Officers on bicycles surrounded a pool of blood on the ground and a few people threw bottles and clods of dirt at police. The tense standoff continued as police fired small canisters of tear gas into the protesters
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