11-25-2015, 11:41 PM
Minneapolis -- Jamar Clark Shooting & Protests
So far, the protests in Chicago over the police killing of Laquan McDonald have been more peaceful than the protests in Minneapolis over the police killing of Jamar Clark.
Black Lives Matter and community protesters have been camping out in front of Minneapolis’s Fourth Precinct since Nov. 15, when two of the city’s police officers were involved in the killing of 24-year-old Jamar Clark.
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After ^ Clark was killed on Nov. 15, police said that he was the suspect in an assault and interfered when paramedics tried to treat the assault victim.
“At some point during an altercation that ensued between the officers and the individual, an officer discharged his weapon, striking the individual,” the Minnesota Department of Public Safety said in a statement.
The officers involved were Mark Ringgenberg and Dustin Schwarze. According to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension — the state agency investigating the shooting — they have both been with the Minneapolis police for a little more than a year, and both have been officers for seven years. Police have not said which officer fired the fatal shot.
The FBI has announced that it will conduct its own investigation, while the U.S. attorney’s office in Minnesota and Justice Department prosecutors will review evidence to see whether any civil rights statutes were violated.
Some witnesses said Clark was handcuffed when he was shot, while police said that did not appear to be the case. Drew Evans, superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, said that authorities were still working to determine whether Clark was handcuffed when he died. (Handcuff were recovered at the scene.
So far, the protests in Chicago over the police killing of Laquan McDonald have been more peaceful than the protests in Minneapolis over the police killing of Jamar Clark.
Black Lives Matter and community protesters have been camping out in front of Minneapolis’s Fourth Precinct since Nov. 15, when two of the city’s police officers were involved in the killing of 24-year-old Jamar Clark.
After ^ Clark was killed on Nov. 15, police said that he was the suspect in an assault and interfered when paramedics tried to treat the assault victim.
“At some point during an altercation that ensued between the officers and the individual, an officer discharged his weapon, striking the individual,” the Minnesota Department of Public Safety said in a statement.
The officers involved were Mark Ringgenberg and Dustin Schwarze. According to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension — the state agency investigating the shooting — they have both been with the Minneapolis police for a little more than a year, and both have been officers for seven years. Police have not said which officer fired the fatal shot.
The FBI has announced that it will conduct its own investigation, while the U.S. attorney’s office in Minnesota and Justice Department prosecutors will review evidence to see whether any civil rights statutes were violated.
Some witnesses said Clark was handcuffed when he was shot, while police said that did not appear to be the case. Drew Evans, superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, said that authorities were still working to determine whether Clark was handcuffed when he died. (Handcuff were recovered at the scene.