State of Emergency declared in N.C. after Charlotte protests turn violent
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At least one protester has been critically injured as clashes with police erupted for a second night in the city of Charlotte amid escalating tensions over the fatal police shooting of a black man in North Carolina.Pat McCrory, the North Carolina governor, declared a state of emergency and said the National Guard and state highway patrol troopers would be deployed.The latest trouble began with a peaceful rally that turned violent after several hundred chanting demonstrators marched through downtown with brief stops at a black church, police headquarters and a large entertainment venue called the EpiCentre. -
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