Clark, who is African American and was unarmed, was shot by police and brought to a local hospital where, a day later, he was taken off life support and pronounced dead.
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Police Chief Janee Harteau said on Thursday that “anarchists” and people “from outside the community” are believed to be responsible, after they joined in with the protest outside the station. The state agency investigating the shooting, the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, is looking into claims that Clark was handcuffed. Officials say the shooter fled in a blue Cadillac.
At the 4th Precinct in North Minneapolis, protesters demanded…
The assault victim would later be identified as Clark’s girlfriend.
Earlier in the week, police detained dozens of people who blocked a highway to protest the shooting.
A few community members allege that Clarke was handcuffed when he was shot, which police dispute. The police union said Clark had grabbed one of the officers’ guns, although the weapon remained in its holster.
The fatal shooting of Jamar Clark, a black man, by a Minneapolis police officer, has pushed racial tensions in the city’s small but concentrated minority community to the fore, with the police precinct besieged by the makeshift encampment and many protesters.
The men face possible charges of felony damage to property.
The Star Tribune reports the scene was mostly peaceful Thursday night. As she was escorted out, she shouted, “We will be heard”.
A circle of more than 100 people gathered in front of the Minneapolis Police Department’s Fourth Precinct on Thursday night, chanting, “Show us the tapes”. He says it shows his son was peacefully protesting with his hands up, while the officer is shouldering a gun.
The group’s demonstration, to protest what members said was a lack of police accountability, punctuated a tumultuous week in the city: five days that would include protests, demonstrations, dueling press conferences and confrontations between police and activists – much of it involving the group Black Lives Matter and all of it in response to the shooting of 24-year-old Jamar Clark by Minneapolis Police in the early morning hours of Sunday, November 15.
The NAACP called for a candlelight vigil and march at the station starting at 4:30 p.m. Friday.
Clark was shot by an officer Sunday. Authorities have yet to release cell phone and witness videos reportedly showing clips of the altercation, but demonstrators are demanding that the footage be made public.
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Nekima Levy-Pounds, president of the Minneapolis NAACP, said police need to back down.
