Dozens of officers were injured during a riot in North Carolina stemming from false reports that police had shot an unarmed black man. Hillary Clinton has stoked the fires by building on this false narrative on Facebook post. The police have confirmed that there was no book found as falsely claimed, but they did find the gun that the officers say was inked at them.

Another unarmed black man was shot in a police incident. How many times do we have to see this in our country? This is… Posted by Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Another unarmed Black man was shot in a police incident. This should be intolerable. We have so much work to do. #TerenceCrutcher -H — Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) September 20, 2016

The protests broke out Tuesday after 43-year-old Keith Lamont Scott was fatally shot by a black officer at an apartment complex on the city’s northeast side. They continued into early Wednesday morning, when TV footage showed dozens of protesters on Interstate 85 apparently looting semi-trucks and setting their contents on fire on the highway.

According to Fox News, Charlotte police warned 43-year-old Keith Lamont Scott again and again to drop his handgun before an officer shot and killed him, the police chief announced Wednesday morning, after riots damaged patrol cars and injured at least 16 officers.

Police Chief Kerr Putney said during a news conference that officers were searching for a suspect Tuesday when they saw Scott exit a vehicle with a handgun at an apartment complex on the city’s northeast side. He says the officers told him to drop the gun and that he got out of the vehicle a second time still carrying the gun. He says the man was shot because he posed a threat.

He says officers requested medical help and performed CPR on the black man. Officer Brentley Vinson, who shot Scott, has been placed on administrative leave while the shooting is investigated, police said. Vinson is also black, and has been with the department for two years.

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