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Hamlet turmoil after curfew and racial protests
In Hamlet North Carolina a curfew and heightened police surveillance followed Friday night disturbances. A white officer was charged with assaulting a black woman Rhonda Scott who says she was shot during arrest. She suffered head lacerations and back wounds. hospital reports were inconclusive. Investigators linked Friday fires to arson. Mayor Covington blamed crowds for the unrest in the railroad town near Pinehurst.
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