Violent Protests Break out In Charlotte ignited by fatal police shooting; 12 officers injured

All lanes of Interstate 85 were reopened early Wednesday but still littered with some rocks and glass after a night of protests over an officer-involved shooting of an African-American man in the University City area. The officer was also African-American. Twelve police officers were injured Tuesday night in a series of clashes, and reports were coming in

early Wednesday of motorists on Interstate 85 being hurt and their vehicles damaged when protestors threw rocks, bottles and traffic cones off interstate overpasses onto traffic below. At least seven of the police officers needed to be hospitalized after the clashes, including one who was hit in the face with a rock. READ MORE