According to Kroll, the officers said they ordered Clark to stop, or risk arrest.
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The protestors said they plan to stay vocal and vigilant until videos of the shooting are released.
Wednesday marked the fourth day of protests.
View aerial footage of the protesters here.
Minneapolis police Deputy Chief Medaria Arradondo said the department and is working hard to build trust.
About 20 officers, a few wearing riot gear or dressed in fatigues, watched stoically from behind barricades police had set up. The fire was quickly re-lit. “Public safety must continue to be our number one priority”, Police Chief Janeé Harteau said.
“There was no struggle and he was in handcuffs when he [police] shot that young man”, she said, adding that after police shot Clark, they took him out of handcuffs and, as KSTP put it, “shoved” witnesses back into their apartments.
Other protesters can be seen shouting at the officers removing the tents.
The shooting sparked protests, including one Monday night in which hundreds of people blocked traffic on an interstate highway, leading to 42 arrests.
When protesters arrived at the home, there were two squad cars outside, Fairbanks said.
Officers Mark Ringgenberg and Dustin Schwarze were involved in the shooting of Jamar Clark, 24.
Both officers have been on standard paid administrative leave since the shooting of Clark took place.
We’ve heard it with a dozen other criminals, armed and unarmed, in various states at various times.
Superintendent Drew Evans of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said videos of the shooting do not show the entire incident and will not be released. Preliminary reports indicate that he died Monday night of a gunshot wound to the head, but it’s still unclear how many times he was shot.
A federal civil rights investigation has also been launched. “We also received multiple complaints from residents who were unable to gain entry to speak with our officers and investigators”.
Read the statement Hodges issued regarding requests for external investigations here.
(AP Photo/Jim Mone). Jamar Clark’s sister, Danielle Burns, right, grieves as she and other family members gathered during a news conference held by the Minneapolis Urban League, Wednesday, November 18, 2015, in Minneapolis. According to Pioneer Press, authorities say there were handcuffs at the scene of the shooting.
When an elderly neighbor using a cane came out to plead for quiet at what she said was her bedtime, the crowd turned down the volume.
Clark’s shooting unleashed protests in the streets nearly immediately afterward.
Jesse Meisenhelter, a political science senior at Macalester College, said she had been considering participating in the Black Lives Matter movement for a few time. The police department began clearing the vestibule at 1:50 p.m.
Don Samuels, a black former City Council member who represented the north side, said there’s a sense of wariness anytime a black man is shot by police, and people wonder if a white man in the same situation would have been shot. The BCA said it has several videos showing portions of the unfolding event, but they will remain out of public view until after its investigation ends, which could be two to four months from now.
Instead, the BCA wants community members to turn video in to police first. “We ask for cooperation from any witnesses who believe they have information about the shooting and we urge calm throughout our community while investigators seek to determine the facts”, the statement read. Dash cam video and body cam video are not available.
“Releasing them would impact the integrity of the investigation that’s ongoing now, and would impact the integrity of the eventual prosecutorial review process that will be pending at the conclusion of our investigation”, Evans said.
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If police think releasing the video to clear up a misconception about the incident, they could, although they’re under no legal obligation to do so.
