A few people at the scene say Clark was in handcuffs when he was shot, but police deny that.
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According to the Minneapolis Police Department, around 2 a.m. officers on a routine patrol heard a series of gunshots in the 2800 block of South 15th Avenue.
“Specifically we are demanding an independent investigation; that the officers in question be fired and prosecuted; that African American grief counselors for witnesses be supplied; and a public apology from city leaders for the police abuse that occurred and how residents were treated following the shooting”, Levy-Pounds said.
The community held a march of solidarity on Sunday afternoon along with the Minneapolis NAACP, according to ABC News affiliate KSTP-TV.
The two officers involved in the shooting are on paid leave, which is standard procedure.
Family members identified the man shot by police as Jamar Clark, in his early 20s, and said they believe he may not survive.
Police say Clark was interfering as EMTs tried to get his girlfriend into an ambulance, and a struggle then began.
But now there is a growing horde of protesters growing angrier by the minute as police continue to stonewall them.
A few witnesses say they were pepper-sprayed.
“We need to know exactly what happened”, she continued. All these reports cite witnesses who say Clark was handcuffed when he was shot. We want justice immediately.
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is investigating the officer-involved shooting, police tweeted.
“We need to know what happened”.
Both called for any witnesses with more information to contact the BCA. That bullet was sacked last night. “That’s the account I’ve heard from young people, older people, etc”, said Jason Sole, criminal justice chair for the Minneapolis NAACP, told KARE-TV.
The details of the incident had demonstrators comparing it to the death of 17-year-old Tycel Nelson, a police-involved shooting that prompted outrage in north Minneapolis in 1990.
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Another protest will take place at the Fourth Police Precinct at 4 p.m. Monday.
