Organizers say they will hold an outdoor church service outside the police precinct on Sunday morning.
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Meanwhile, a state prosecutor has until noon Monday to decide whether charges will be filed against four men who were arrested earlier this week after shots were fired at protesters, leaving five with injuries that were not life-threatening.
Another rally is planned to mark the death of a Minneapolis man who was killed in a confrontation with police, despite pleas from some community members to avoid such actions on the day of his funeral.
Social video shows the Black Lives Matter protest where five demonstrators were shot late on November 23.
Police searched Scarsella’s Bloomington home for white supremacist paraphernalia and found camouflage clothing, ammunition and several firearms, including an AR-15 rifle, according to the warrant obtained by the Star-Tribune.
He remains in the Hennepin County jail, along with Nathan Gustavsson, 21, of Hermantown and Daniel Macey, 26, of Pine City, Minn., who turned themselves in. Ali noted that it took more than a year before Chicago officials on Tuesday released footage of the police shooting death of a black teenager. On Wednesday, police also announced the arrest of Joseph Martin Backman, 27, of Minneapolis on suspicion of assault.
Police said they aren’t seeking any more suspects.
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The protesters have said they will not leave the encampment until authorities meet their demands, which include the release of video of Clark’s shooting. The victims – all black men ages 19 through 43 – were taken to hospitals.
