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Friday, September 30, 2016
Arts / Today's Top Five Today's Top 5: Friday
Posted By Anita Overcash on Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 5:40 PM
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, Sept. 30, 2016 as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
• Breakin' Convention at Knight Theater
• Bacon Fest in South End
• Rob: Earth-One at Snug Harbor
• Silent Disco at RoofTop 210
• Charlotte Symphony: All Tchaikovsky at Belk Theater
• Breakin' Convention at Knight Theater
• Bacon Fest in South End
• Rob: Earth-One at Snug Harbor
• Silent Disco at RoofTop 210
• Charlotte Symphony: All Tchaikovsky at Belk Theater
Lunch Break (9/30/16): Family of EpiCentre attack victim sets up GoFundMe account
Posted By Ryan Pitkin on Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 11:30 AM
The family of a veteran who was randomly attacked at EpiCentre last week when protests became violent has set up a GoFundMe account to help him through his recovery. According to David Palmer's sister, Ashley Warlick, Palmer was separated from the group he was with in Uptown last Wednesday night before he was attacked by 10 men in the EpiCentre parking garage. He has a fractured eye socket and multiple broken bones, according to Warlick, and will have surgery on Monday.
On Tuesday, CMPD detectives arrested 22-year-old Antonio Gatewood in connection with the assaults. Gatewood was charged with common law robbery, assault inflicting serious injury, false imprisonment and ethnic intimidation. Police are still looking for others involved in the robbery and assault. Anyone with info is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600. Pictured below are some suspects CMPD believe to be involved in the assault (left) and a still from surveillance footage of the attack.
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Members of Charlotte Uprising and other protesters showed up at a church in the SouthPark area where CMPD Chief Kerr Putney was supposed to appear for a community safety forum last night, but he was a no-show.#charlotteuprising pic.twitter.com/KFYzcChRdw
— ashley williams (@Ash_Bash23) September 29, 2016
After hearing that the forum had been cancelled, the peaceful protesters marched to SouthPark Mall to shut down foot traffic and get the attention of those well-off Charlotteans who may not have been exposed to the protests held in Uptown over the last week.
We are marching around Southpark Mall! No more white luxury at the expense of Black lives! #Charlotte #CharlotteUprising
— Leslie Mac (@LeslieMac) September 30, 2016
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An update from CMPD yesterday stated that police made 82 arrests during protests held between Sept. 20 and Sept. 27. In addition to those arrests, 95 warrants were signed against those believed to have taken part in looting and destruction of property during unrest that occurred on the first two nights of protest. Police have arrested 22 people in connection with those warrants.
The two most recent arrests in connection with last week's unrest were those of 24-year-old Stefon Boatwright and 16-year-old Savanna Lee Jones, both of whom are believed to have participated in looting at EpiCentre last week. Boatwright was charged with felony breaking and entering, larceny after breaking and entering, felony conspiracy and injury to real property for his alleged involvement in looting at Buffalo Wild Wings. Jones was charged with felony breaking and entering, larceny after breaking and entering and felony conspiracy for her alleged involvement in looting at Jimmy John's.
Thursday, September 29, 2016
Arts / Today's Top Five Today's Top 5: Thursday
Posted By Anita Overcash on Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 12:18 PM
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, Sept. 29, 2016 as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
• Jim Lauderdale at The Evening Muse
• Grace Stott Gallery Reception at Petra's
• Lauryn Hill at Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheater
• Eric Pickersgill: One Million Reasons Not to Take a Photograph at The Light Factory
• Trivia at VBGB
• Jim Lauderdale at The Evening Muse
• Grace Stott Gallery Reception at Petra's
• Lauryn Hill at Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheater
• Eric Pickersgill: One Million Reasons Not to Take a Photograph at The Light Factory
• Trivia at VBGB
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Arts / Today's Top Five Today's Top 5: Wednesday
Posted By Anita Overcash on Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 10:41 AM
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, Sept. 28, 2016 as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
• Kishi Bashi at Visulite Theatre
• The Power of Life: Uplifting Women at McColl Center for Art + Innovation
• The Struts at The Underground
• How Could This Happen in Charlotte (Again)? Forum at Levine Museum of the New South
• Things My Mother Taught Me at Winthrop University's Johnson Theatre
• Kishi Bashi at Visulite Theatre
• The Power of Life: Uplifting Women at McColl Center for Art + Innovation
• The Struts at The Underground
• How Could This Happen in Charlotte (Again)? Forum at Levine Museum of the New South
• Things My Mother Taught Me at Winthrop University's Johnson Theatre
Saturday, September 24, 2016
News VIDEO: Police footage of Keith Lamont Scott's shooting released
Posted By Ryan Pitkin on Sat, Sep 24, 2016 at 7:26 PM
CMPD this afternoon released footage from a body camera and a dashboard camera that caught parts of an incident on Tuesday that ended with a police officer shooting and killing Keith Lamont Scott.
While the body camera footage, from a uniformed officer who showed up on the scene after the confrontation began, doesn't show much beyond him trying to break Scott's window and then coming around the vehicle to find Scott lying on the ground, the same officer's dash cam footage shows Scott being shot after exiting his car and backing towards the police cruiser. The sound is also off on the body camera footage until about the 21-second mark.
Along with the footage, CMPD released a detailed statement telling their version of events that transpired on Tuesday afternoon, when officers waiting in The Village at College Downs to carry out a warrant on someone other than Scott confronted him and officer Brentley Vinson shot him.
According to CMPD's statement, two plain-clothes officers were sitting in a car waiting to serve the warrant when Scott pulled up beside them in his white SUV. They allegedly saw Scott rolling a blunt — marijuana wrapped in cigar paper — but were not concerned with confronting him until they allegedly saw him hold a gun up.
The officers then moved away from the scene to put on marked vests that identified them as police before confronting Scott, who they say refused their verbal commands to exit the vehicle. At this time, the uniformed officer arrived and came around the back of the vehicle and began hitting the window. It was then that Scott exited the vehicle with a gun, police say, and backed away from his vehicle.
According to the statement, Vinson "perceived Mr. Scott's actions and movements as an imminent physical threat to himself and other officers," and opened fire, hitting Scott four times. In the video, Scott does not appear to pose a threat in a way that involves pointing a gun or anything of that manner. No gun can clearly be seen in the video.
Police also released photos of the gun they say Scott was holding (left), an ankle holster than can be seen on his ankle in the footage and the blunt they say he was rolling.
Arts / Today's Top Five Today's Top 5: Saturday
Posted By Anita Overcash on Sat, Sep 24, 2016 at 9:28 AM
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, Sept. 24, 2016 as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
• International Festival at UNC-Charlotte
• Stand Against HB2 - North Carolina Musicians United for Equality NC at Neighborhood Theatre
• Lake Norman Beerfest at Galway Hooker
• Queen City Anthology at C3 Lab
• Forlorn Strangers & Old Salt Union at Double Door Inn
• International Festival at UNC-Charlotte
• Stand Against HB2 - North Carolina Musicians United for Equality NC at Neighborhood Theatre
• Lake Norman Beerfest at Galway Hooker
• Queen City Anthology at C3 Lab
• Forlorn Strangers & Old Salt Union at Double Door Inn
Friday, September 23, 2016
Arts / Today's Top Five Today's Top 5: Friday
Posted By Anita Overcash on Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 5:21 PM
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, Sept. 23, 2016 as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
• Dirty Dancing at Ovens Auditorium
• Opening reception for Charlotte’s Road to Revolution exhibit at Charlotte Museum of History
• Fall Food Truck Rally at Rural Hill
• Annabell Leigh, Blackwater Drowning, Shadows of Deceit & Exiles at Milestone
• Festival in the Park at Freedom Park
• Dirty Dancing at Ovens Auditorium
• Opening reception for Charlotte’s Road to Revolution exhibit at Charlotte Museum of History
• Fall Food Truck Rally at Rural Hill
• Annabell Leigh, Blackwater Drowning, Shadows of Deceit & Exiles at Milestone
• Festival in the Park at Freedom Park
SLIDESHOW: Third night of protests remains relatively peaceful
Posted By Ryan Pitkin on Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 4:44 PM
Hundreds of protesters, some from cities as far as Chicago, New York and Toronto, came together in Uptown Charlotte last night to march through the city asking for the release of body camera and dashboard camera footage of Keith Lamont Scott's killing.
Protesters marched through the city multiple times, stopping at the CMPD headquarters and Charlotte Jail Central before making their way to the I-277 outer loop, where they shut down traffic for 10 minutes or so. Police eventually dispersed the crowd by firing pepper balls, a chemical projectile similar to pepper spray, and paintballs.
CL contributor Lara Americo and news editor Ryan Pitkin were alongside protesters throughout the night and took the pictures in the slideshow below:
News NBC News releases footage of Keith Lamont Scott's shooting
Posted By Ryan Pitkin on Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 1:53 PM
A video released by NBC News this afternoon reportedly filmed by Keith Lamont Scott's wife shows the moments leading up to and following Scott's shooting at the hands of CMPD officers. The video is rolling at the moment Scott is shot, but does not capture the shooting on screen.
The video is sure to raise more questions than it answers, as no gun can clearly be seen at any point in the video. Scott's wife, Reykia Scott, does warn police near the beginning of the video that Keith does not have a weapon and that he just took his medicine for a traumatic brain injury, referring to a bicycle wreck Scott suffered a year ago that left him disabled.
Reykia repeats "he better live" — an expression that had already been used widely on social media as a hashtag just minutes after the video's release — to officers as he lies on the ground of Lexington Circle, where he was waiting for his son to return home from school.
The shooting sparked protests in Charlotte throughout the last three days that ended in damaged property and a man shot dead in Uptown on Wednesday night. We will update this story with the thoughts of local leaders as it develops.
Arts / Today's Top Five Today's Top 5: Thursday
Posted By Anita Overcash on Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 12:35 PM
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, Sept. 22, 2016 as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
• Soigné: Tephra Vegan Pop-up Dinner at The Art Of Vape
• Dirty Art Club at Snug Harbor
• Full Bloom Film Festival in Statesville
• Charlotte Auto Fair at Charlotte Motor Speedway
• 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche at Warehouse PAC
• Soigné: Tephra Vegan Pop-up Dinner at The Art Of Vape
• Dirty Art Club at Snug Harbor
• Full Bloom Film Festival in Statesville
• Charlotte Auto Fair at Charlotte Motor Speedway
• 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche at Warehouse PAC
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