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ByJeffreyCollins The Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. A white Charlotte police officer on trial for the on-duty killing of a black man panicked and didn't identify himself or give any commands be- fore shooting 12 times at the agitated man seeking help in an unfamiliar neigh- borhood after a car crash, a prosecutor said during opening statements Mon- day. Any agitation by Jona- than Ferrell was because of the September 2013 wreck, which was so vio- lent he lost his cellphone and had to kick out a win- dow to escape. He gave of- ficer Randall Kerrick no reason to fear for his life and resort to deadly force, prosecutor Adren Harris said. But an attorney for Ker- rick said Ferrell made a number of bad choices af- ter drinking and smoking marijuana following a fight with his fiancee. As officers arrived, he yelled "shoot me!" Ferrell then charged at Kerrick and two other of- ficers before they could as- sess the situation and tried to grab Kerrick's gun when he fell on him after being shot several times, defense attorney Michael Greene said. "This case is not about race. It never was about race. This case was about choices — Jonathan Fer- rell's bad choices," Greene said. Kerrick, 28, is charged with voluntary manslaugh- ter. He faces up to 11 years in prison if convicted. He was charged just hours af- ter the shooting, before black men died during ar- rests or while in custody in Ferguson, Missouri; North Charleston, South Caro- lina; and Baltimore, among other places, sparking a na- tional debate on police tac- tics. Lawyers for both sides said video from dashboard cameras will support their version of events. That video has never been shown publicly. The first witnesses called by prosecutors Mon- day were friends and family of Ferrell. They described a man who was not violent or angry. CHARLOTTE Prosecutor: Officer panicked, shot man By Matthew Pennington The Associated Press WASHINGTON An agree- ment allowing American involvement in China's ci- vilianatomicindustryisset to be renewed for 30 years despite some stiff criticism from lawmakers over the Asian nation's record on nuclear proliferation. A 90-day congressio- nal review period expired on Friday without legisla- tive action or a joint res- olution to block or alter the agreement. The State Department said Monday that the U.S. and China will decide "a suitable time in the near future" when the agreement will enter into force. The current 30-year agreement expires at the end of the year. The Obama administration had warned that ending U.S.-China nuclear coop- eration would be devas- tating to the U.S. nuclear industry and would hurt bilateral relations and di- minish American lever- age on non-proliferation and nuclear safety. China has the world's fastest-growing atomic industry. Four American- designed reactors worth $8 billion are under con- struction in China, and dozens more are planned or proposed that, indus- try advocates say, could support tens of thou- sands of U.S. jobs. Both Republicans and Democrats, particularly in the Senate, had aired concerns that U.S. civil- ian nuclear technology may have been adapted for use in Chinese nu- clear submarines, which is forbidden by the agree- ment. Despite some im- provements in the Chi- nese government's record on nuclear non-prolifera- tion since the 1990s, Chi- nese entities, including those facing U.S. sanc- tions, are still accused of transferring sensitive military technology to Iran and North Korea. China has also decided to help build more power reactors in Pakistan, al- though the country's fa- cilities are not under in- ternational safeguards. EAST ASIA US-China nuclear agreement renewed By Adrian Sainz The Associated Press MEMPHIS,TENN. Anex-con accused of fatally shooting a police officer who inter- rupted a drug deal turned himself in Monday, ending an intensive two-day man- hunt, a spokesman for a U.S. attorney said. Tremaine Wilbourn, 29, was with his family when he arrived at a federal building in Memphis, said Louis Goggans, a spokes- man for the U.S. attorney's office. Wilbourn was a passen- ger in a 2002 Mercedes Benz that was parked ille- gally in a southeast Mem- phis neighborhood on Sat- urday night, police said. Officer Sean Bolton ap- proached the car, Wil- bourn got out of the Mer- cedes and the two men got into a struggle, police said. Wilbourn took out a gun and fired, striking Bolton multiple times, and then he and the driver ran away as a civilian used Bolton's radio to notify police about the shooting, authorities said. The driver later turned himself in to police, and was released without charges. Police sought Wilbourn on a first-degree murder warrant. Officers said they found about 1.7 grams of mari- juana in the car. Wilbourn was on proba- tion for an armed bank rob- bery. A sentencing memo- randum filed by Wilbourn's lawyer on May 16, 2006, said Wilbourn was per- suaded by his uncle to join the robbery to help him with his finances and "he was awaiting news regard- ing a possible college schol- arship based on his athletic ability." He was sentenced to more than 10 years in fed- eral prison and released on probation in July 2014. He used marijuana in Decem- ber and was ordered to un- dergo mental health treat- ment July 7, according to federal court documents released Monday. It's not clear whether he was ever evaluated. The documents said wit- nesses to the officer's shoot- ing identified Wilbourn in a photo lineup. Wilbourn, who goes by the names Tremaine Martin and "T-Streetz," is a black man who stands over 6-feet-2 and weighs 222 pounds. Bolton, who was white, was a 33-year-old Marine who served in Iraq. He was the third Memphis officer to be fatally shot in slightly more than four years. Residents along the street where Bolton was gunned down said their block has been for years a quiet oasis amid the trou- bled neighborhood around them, where gunshots cut through the night and peo- ple are afraid to go outside after dark. MEMPHIS Ex -c on a cc us ed o f ki ll in g officer turns himself in MIKEBROWN—THECOMMERCIALAPPEAL A Memphis police officer looks out from an apartment balcony a er a standoff near the area where Police Officer Sean Bolton was fatally shot, on Sunday in Memphis, Tenn. By Matthew Lee and Adam Schreck The Associated Press DOHA, QATAR Gulf Arab states on Monday wel- comed the nuclear deal ne- gotiated between Iran and world powers but said they would like further assur- ances that the U.S. would help them counter increas- ing Iranian assertiveness in the region. Speaking for the six- member Gulf Cooperation Council, Qatar's top diplo- mat said Monday that the bloc had been impressed by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's presentation of the agreement and explana- tions of how it will be veri- fied and enforced. "Consequently, the GCC countries have welcomed on this basis what has been displayed and what has been talked about by His Excellency Mr. Kerry," said Foreign Minister Khalid al-Attiyah, whose nation currently chairs the group. "He let us know that there is a going to be live oversight over Iran," al At- tiyah said of Kerry's pre- sentation. "This is reassur- ing to the region." Kerry had come to Doha seeking to ease such fears and said the United States would continue to expand security cooperation with the Gulf states to counter any destabilizing activities from Iran or others. "Once fully imple- mented, the (Iran deal) contributes to the region's long-term security, includ- ing by preventing Iran from developing a military nuclear capability," Kerry said, reading from a joint U.S.-GCC statement to be issued later. He said that the nuclear deal might or might not af- fect Iran's behavior but that the U.S. and its allies must plan as if it would not. "Every state in the re- gion hopes that there could be a change but we have to prepare for the possibil- ity and eventuality that it won't," he said. Among the steps under discussion are developing a ballistic missile defense capability, expediting arms transfers, special forces training, maritime and cy- ber security programs and a significant boost in intel- ligence sharing, Kerry said. Working groups on those issues will begin meeting next week in Saudi Arabia, he added. 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