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 has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.