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N.C. Governor Declares State Of Emergency Amid Violent Protests

September 22, 2016 Greg Lacour and Andy Sullivan, www.huffingtonpost.com , , ,
By Greg Lacour and Andy Sullivan for Reuters - CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Reuters) - Residents of Charlotte, North Carolina, woke up to a state of emergency and the National Guard and State Highway Patrol deployed to their city on Thursday after a second night of unrest sparked by the fatal police shooting of a black man. According to police, Keith Scott, 43, was shot and killed by officers on Tuesday after he refused to drop a handgun. His family and a witness to the shooting said Scott was holding a book, not a firearm.

Governor Snyder Could Have Called Flint Emergency ‘At Any Time’

March 1, 2016 Nadia Prupis, www.commondreams.org , ,
By Nadia Prupis for Common Dreams - Michigan Governor Rick Snyder could have declared a state of emergency in Flint over its water contamination crisis months earlier than he did, according to new emails released Sunday that contradict the governor's defense of his delayed actions. Snyder, who declared a state of emergency in Flint and Genesee County on January 5—months after acknowledging there was lead in the region's public water supply—has repeatedly said he could not take action until local officials made a request, which Genesee County did on January 4.

#BlackLivesMatter Convening Responds To State Of Emergency

July 21, 2015 Ashley Curtin, www.bullhorn.nationofchange.org , , , ,
By Ashley Curtin in Nation of Change - As the movement continues to grow, the freedom fighters will meet in Cleveland for the first ever Movement for Black Lives Convening to create a collective mission through months of action. The conference will take place from July 24-26 to "build a national community dedicated to permanently changing the country." “We have established a decentralized, but coordinated, movement that has already changed the discussion about racial justice and police violence; and now it is important that we gather, continue the discussion and build alignment,” Maurice Mitchell, organizer with the Movement for Black Lives, said in a press release “At the Convening we hope to see a collective vision emerge to build meaningful power and agency in the Black community.”