Black citizens in Charlotte are not necessarily protesting due to police injustice, but rather because they “hate white people because white people are successful and they’re not,” according to a U.S. congressman who represents a district in that city.
Charlotte has seen protests over the past three days after police fatally shot Keith Lamont Scott, a Black man, on Tuesday under questionable circumstances.
Republican U.S. Rep. Robert Pittenger, whose district includes parts of Charlotte, was being interviewed on BBC TV Thursday night about the protests and the protesters’ grievances.
