A lawyer for McDonald’s family said the video showed him moving away from Officer Jason Van Dyke, the police officer who fired all of the shots, while at least five other officers never fired their weapons.
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And after a lengthy meeting with north side community members on Sunday, Black Lives Matter Minneapolis members say they can only promise the protests will continue through Sunday and Monday nights.
The police union says Clark had grabbed another officer’s gun, but witnesses say Clark was handcuffed.
In a statement, Mr Evans said there had been a “struggle” but did not directly address reports Mr Clark allegedly reached for an officer’s gun.
“I will urge that the tapes be provided to the family and released to the public, as soon as doing so will not jeopardize the Department of Justice’s investigation”, Dayton said after meeting with the family and leaders of the protesters. The group went to a police precinct, where they banged on the door and demanded to be allowed inside.
Clark’s funeral has been set for Wednesday at Shiloh Temple on Broadway in north Minneapolis, family members said Sunday.
Police brutality in the United States has raised nationwide debates amid a string of police killings of unarmed black men that has resulted in creating the Black Lives Matter movement.
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.
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”. Several speakers are calling for unity and justice in the wake of Sunday’s shooting of 24-year-old Jamar Clark.
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.
Quay, a young woman who would be among those arrested in a few hours, said she was at the protest because she worries about her two younger brothers, one of whom is frequently approached by the police for reasons of “mistaken identity”.
“I think Governor Dayton was willing to show more willingness to work with us and pursue justice”.
US Representative Marcia Fudge says the community awaits answers. Black Lives Matter says they’ve not yet met with any federal attorneys.
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The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is investigating the shooting and a federal criminal civil rights investigation is also underway. An encampment of protesters outside a Minneapolis police station vowed Saturday to maintain their vigil ov… Chief Janee Harteau says any investigation would find her officers have handled all of this with professionalism, and she says she’s so proud of how they’ve handled themselves.
