“I think he came to the table with more passion”, Montgomery said. The U.S. Justice Department is also investigating.
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Clark’s family has requested there be no protests on Wednesday, because they don’t want his funeral to be politicized.
Dayton says that Assistant U.S. Attorney General Vanita Gupta spoke by telephone and reiterated that releasing the video would be “extremely detrimental” to the federal investigation.
Black Lives Matter Minneapolis leaders say they will continue to occupy the area around the station at least through Monday night and plan a march Tuesday. “It’s my responsibility to know the situation that I’m dealing with, which is a very, very volatile situation”, Dayton said.
The service will be at Shiloh Temple global Ministries in Minneapolis at noon Wednesday, with visitation for two hours before the funeral begins.
He acknowledged that “he had flaws”, but says he was “on this path of getting his life together”. Kroll points out that Clark was convicted of armed robbery in 2010. His sentence was stayed for five years and he was out on probation. Jamar Clark, 24, was shot in the head early Sunday and died at a hospital the next day.
Clark was shot early Sunday after police responded to an assault complaint. Grace Jones, of the AFSCME union, chants along with the crowd of union workers and protesters before speaking in front of a police precinct Saturday, November 21, 2015, in Minneapolis.
Federal and state authorities are resisting releasing the footage, which is from an ambulance, mobile police camera, public housing cameras and people’s cellphones, because they say it doesn’t show the full incident and making the recordings public would compromise their investigations.
The graffiti was removed Saturday morning as protesters watched.
The police station had been spray-painted with Jamar Clark’s name and anti-police profanity. Protesters have said they don’t believe that version of events.
Miski Noor, a spokeswoman for Black Lives Matter Minneapolis, said she arrived at the precinct about five to 10 minutes after the shooting.
“If the whole reason that the tape is not being released to the public is because it would impede the investigation or cause people to draw conclusions one way or the other, the governor’s statement could be perceived in a similar way, as potentially shaping public opinion surrounding this issue”, said Levy-Pounds, who’s called for the release of all tapes held by authorities.
Kyle Edwards of AFSCME Local 3800, representing University of Minnesota clerical workers, says working class people are becoming aware that “we’re all in this together”. The two officers involved in the shooting have been placed on paid leave.
Police say Clark was a suspect in a domestic assault and was shot after allegedly interfering with paramedics who were trying to provide first aid to the victim.
Activists say the police killing of Clark is part of a broader epidemic of disproportionate violence by police toward people of color, and in particular Black people.
Minnesota’s governor has called for the federal government to intervene after police and protesters clashed over the death of an unarmed black man.
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In Cleveland on Sunday, family members of a 12-year-old black boy who was carrying a pellet gun when he was shot and killed by a white police officer gathered for a vigil a year after his death.
