What began as a protest following the shooting death of Keith Scott on Wednesday night degenerated into chaos in Charlotte, as several clips captured clashes between police and demonstrators -- which at one point involved a CNN reporter.
Video shows chaotic scene in Charlotte as firecrackers set off near police line. https://https://t.co/QHuYKzQEVk https://t.co/TAIAUXoFVr
— ABC News (@ABC) September 22, 2016
Lots of tear gas into the crowd #charlotteprotest pic.twitter.com/81VwOTU6KT
— Lawrence of Suburbia (@iamtjones) September 22, 2016
CNN's Ed Lavandera was reporting live from the scene on Anderson Cooper 360 when he was bodychecked to the ground by an unidentified man, who quickly walked away from the scene.
Update, 10:05 p.m. EST: Lavandera reported on CNN Tonight that a person identifying himself as the man who attacked him approached him off-camera and apologized for his actions.
And this CNN reporter Ed Lavandera just got straight bumped by some clown who shouldn't have done that in Charlotte #CharlotteProtest pic.twitter.com/w846F4mwYO
— Andrew Jerell Jones (@sluggahjells) September 22, 2016
.@edlavaCNN attacked during a live hit covering protesters in Charlotte, NC. pic.twitter.com/DXrDl8ZuHd
— POLITICO Video (@POLITICOvideo) September 22, 2016
This isn't a protest. This is a riot.
— CAR Panthers News (@CarPanthersNews) September 22, 2016
Come on, Charlotte. https://t.co/x98RK5Ttl9
