Gov. Pat McCrory had declared a state of emergency. One protester was mysteriously shot in the head and killed. Bystanders were beaten and kicked by rioters. One man had his pants pulled off while being assaulted by a mob.

Acting right? Hardly.

And this was a case of a black officer shooting a black man who, according to the Charlotte police chief, was armed with a pistol that he refused to put down despite clear orders from the officer.

The victim’s daughter said he was holding a book — a claim that did go viral but is disputed by police. (Charlotte authorities have not yet released videos of the fatal confrontation but have shown them to Scott’s family.)

And all this in a famously progressive and inclusive city. Charlotte is Harmonytown compared with places like Ferguson, Mo., Chicago or Richmond.

Of course, four days before the Charlotte shooting, a white police officer in Tulsa, Okla., fatally shot an unarmed black motorist who had left his vehicle beside the road and had been acting erratically, according to 911 calls triggering the confrontation. That officer, Betty Shelby, has been charged with first-degree manslaughter in the case.

There has been no unrest in Tulsa.