Police seek tips after reports of officer brutality: "(By Cleve R. Wootson Jr., cwootson@charlotteobserver.com) In an unusual move, police have asked the public to contact them about a controversial officer-involved shooting in which witnesses say police beat a suspect who was handcuffed and lying on the ground with a gunshot wound.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police are seeking more information about the series of events that began with a violent robbery just west of uptown early Sunday. It ended a half-hour later with three people injured by gunfire, including a police officer."