Police initially said Clark was not handcuffed when he was shot, but authorities later said handcuffs were at the scene and that they are trying to determine whether Clark was restrained.
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Friestleben also says police arrested one man on suspicion of slashing the tires of an unmarked squad auto. The women were in the process of leaving when officers “charged at them”, she told the station.
On Twitter, someone posted a photo of protesters standing in the mayor’s house, apparently talking to her husband, Gary Cunningham.
The confrontation between the police and protesters extended into the night as police used a chemical irritant to control the crowd. N to the Minneapolis 4th Precinct.
The shooting has led to protests in the mid-western city, with police and demonstrators using irritant spray against each other on Wednesday night. Clark died a day later.
The officers, who have been placed on paid leave pending the outcome of the investigation, did not have dashboard or body cameras, Evans said at a televised news conference.
Heated conversations erupted between protesters and police spokespersons. Police said their preliminary investigation shows the man was not handcuffed but the investigation is ongoing.
The president of the Minneapolis police union, Lt. Bob Kroll, said Wednesday in an email that Clark was “disarming” the officer and was not handcuffed.
According to USA Today, neither officer had faced disciplinary action while working for the Minneapolis police department.
‘We call Minneapolis a tale of two cities: The best of times if you’re white, and worst of times if you’re black, ‘ Levy-Pounds told the Associated Press.
Along with the BCA investigation, the FBI is also conducting its own inquiry into whether the shooting of Clark, who was black, violated any civil rights laws.
Police said there was a scuffle, and Clark was shot.
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is investigating the shooting, which happened at 12:45 a.m. Sunday in the 1600 block of Plymouth Avenue North in Minneapolis.
The state agency didn’t say which officer fired shots. Lindquist says Ringgenberg was a top DWI enforcer and got an award from Mothers Against Drunk Driving in 2013.
Police Chief Janee Harteau ordered police Wednesday afternoon to break up the protesters’ camped outside the department’s Fourth Precinct for safety reasons, according to the Star Tribune. It make decisions independent from the state, says Mark Osler, former assistant US attorney. The other officer is Dustin Schwarze.
Clark’s cousin, Cameron Clark, desires the officers involved to come out and speak with the protesters, to recognize what has occurred. According to tweets from the Minneapolis Police Department, police used the chemical irritant after officers trying to remove tarps were pelted by rocks and bottles. He came from the Richfield Police Department after being on that force for nearly six years. He also was a community service officer with the Brooklyn Park Police Department for two years, a Mall of America security guard for a month and a member of the Champlin Police Department’s explorer program for almost three years.
Neither officer has awards or commendations in the records released Wednesday. Before that, he was a San Diego police officer from July 2008 to March 2012. A New Jersey man said Ringgenberg had grabbed him from behind and held him a chokehold.
Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges said that she appreciates people’s patience in the situation because the investigation into the shooting “is going to take a while”.
At one point, protesters lined up to prevent police officers from entering, and police vehicles from approaching, the precinct.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Leaders of the NAACP appealed Thursday for Minneapolis police to exercise restraint after a night of tense confrontations with protesters over the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man by an officer.
