DHAKA: Protesters massed on Charlotte’s streets for a third night as pressure mounted on authorities to release a video that could resolve different accounts of the latest police killing of a black man in the United States.

Demonstrators on Thursday chanted “release the tape” and “we want the tape” while briefly blocking an intersection near Bank of America headquarters and later climbing the steps in front of the city government centre to vent their anger over the shooting dead of 43-year-old Keith Lamont Scott.

Later, several dozen demonstrators gathered on a highway, but they were pushed back by police in riot gear.

The protests were calmer than previous nights. A midnight until 6:00am curfew imposed by the mayor aimed to add a stopping point for the demonstrations but many marched on past 12:00am, with police saying they would not enforce the curfew as long as the demonstrations remained peaceful.

One protester Al Jazeera spoke with, when asked why they were marching after midnight, simply said,” Because black lives matter”.

On Wednesday, a night in which at least 44 people were arrested, one protester who was shot was taken to hospital.

That protester, 26-year-old Justin Carr, has now died of his wounds, officials said.

City officials said police did not shoot the man and no arrests have been made over his death, but protesters say police fired the shot that killed him. A murder investigation is under way.

A state of emergency was imposed after Carr was shot.

BDST: 1944 HRS, SEP 23, 2016
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