Mayor of Charlotte signs midnight curfew order

Protesters in Charlotte on Thursday night.
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The mayor of Charlotte on Thursday night signed a curfew order, to go into effect at midnight.

The curfew will be lifted at 6 a.m., but the city of Charlotte announced it will be in effect "each day until the end of the State of Emergency is declared or until the official proclamation is revoked." North Carolina's governor declared a state of emergency on Wednesday after protests over the fatal officer-involved shooting of Keith Lamont Scott on Tuesday.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.