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In charlotte. You had an experience with a smashbang grenade, the kind of blinding concussion grenade that are used in situations like this where police need to get the upper hand. Whash you seeing right now . The protest crowd disperses and then it picks up. Right now weve got a line of riot police who have been holding this line since we got out here at least two hours theyve been holding this line. In the last 15 minutes, brian, as we mentioned, some of the protesters have lined up about a foot away from the riot police. As you might remember we talked to manuel a short while ago. Hes outs here saying we need to take a stanltd. Its time to take a stand. We dont approve of what happened and so thats why were here. I asked him, as you heard, are you willing to go to jail tonight for what you believe in . He said he was. You brought up a good point, brian. There are people in masks. There are people with bandanas around their facings, there are people with gas masks on as we walk down ....
Charlotte's Epicenter is back in the headlines. A new developer has some changes in mind for the 300,000-square-foot entertainment area, as well as a rebranding. For more on what the move means for uptown, WFAE's Woody Cain speaks to Tony Mecia of the Charlotte Ledger business newsletter for our segment BizWorthy. ....