– Despite freezing temperatures Saturday, protests continued outside of Minneapolis police’s Fourth Precinct.
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Protesters remained at the precinct late Sunday. An encampment of protesters out… A demonstration of people upset over the shooting death of a black man in a confrontation with Minneapolis police entered…
(Aaron Lavinsky/Star Tribune via AP).
Gross and others were speaking out about the fatal shooting of 24-year-old Jamar Clark.
Protesters have occupied the block of Plymouth Ave.in front of the Minneapolis Police Department 4th Precinct since November 15, when a 24-year-old black man was shot and killed by an officer. He said the officers should face charges and “go through the same procedures that we do”.
“I think Governor Dayton was willing to show more willingness to work with us and pursue justice”.
Clark’s family has requested there be no protests on Wednesday, because they don’t want his funeral to be politicized. He led a chant of, “No justice, no peace!”
Mark Dayton has asked Mr. Clark’s family and representatives of the Black Lives Matter group protesting his death to meet with the federal government lawyers.
The U.S. Attorney and the FBI have released a joint statement saying the “release of any evidence, including any video, during an ongoing investigation would be extremely detrimental to the investigation”.
Minneapolis police Deputy Chief Medaria Arradondo said the department recognizes past grievances between the African-American community and police and is working hard to build trust.
Protesters called for the release of videos of the incident but authorities say there is footage from multiple sources and that making the recordings public would compromise their investigations.
Mica Grimm of Black Lives Matter said she was at the meeting and told officials the protests won’t end until the community says it’s OK. She said the family “does not want it to be political”.
Minneapolis Police Department officers Mark Ringgenberg and Dustin Schwarze were involved in the shooting of Clark shortly after midnight last weekend, according to the city’s Department of Public Safety. Authorities say there was a struggle and he was shot. Dayton also said he will urge the Justice Department to investigation any police actions in Minneapolis in the past week that may have violated civil rights. Protesters have said they don’t believe that version of events.
Funeral plans have been set for Clark on Wednesday at noon at the Shiloh Temple worldwide Ministries on Broadway Avenue in the city’s North Side, according to Clark’s cousin.
Clark spent much of his 20s in and out of prison, serving a three-year sentence for a first-degree robbery conviction in 2010.
Mr Kroll also said that Clark had “a violent history” and that the two officers who were involved in the shooting have no disciplinary issues on their records.
A few people say they saw him handcuffed at the time of the shooting – a claim police have disputed.
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One neighbour, Nekelia Sharp, said he tried to speak to his partner; that’s when he was handcuffed and shot, she alleged.
