Jamar Clark shooting: Police use chemicals on protesters as officers who shot

When protesters arrived at the home, there were two squad cars outside, Fairbanks said.

Later Wednesday, police used a chemical irritant to control a crowd of protesters outside the precinct office. Minneapolis police do not have any rubber bullets, spokesman John Elder said.

(AP Photo/Jim Mone). Jamar Clark’s sister, Danielle Burns, with white bow, grieves along with another family member as Clark family members gathered during a news conference held by the Minneapolis Urban League, Wednesday, November 18, 2015, in Minneapolis… Police initially said he wasn’t handcuffed. Clark died the next day.

“We have called on police departments to have more transparency because it helps build that relationship with the community”, Nelson said.

Police also arrested and charged KMSP-TV reporter Jack Highberger, who was reporting from the blocked freeway when he was detained on suspicion of failing to leave the scene, according to a video he posted to Facebook.

Jamar Clark was shot in the head after a struggle with police officers.

On Wednesday, Union president Lt. Bob Kroll said Schwarze and Ringgenberg told the BCA that Clark was not handcuffed before or after he was shot, and that Clark had tried to disarm one of the officers.

Minneapolis Police Chief Janeé Harteau said that free speech is important, but officers needed to move the protesters for public safety and to provide access to the precinct.

‘African-American males feel like they are targeted by police because, frankly, they are, ‘ Samuelson said.

State investigators looking into the shooting of Clark, 24, have obtained videos that show parts of the incident, but none show the entire event, an official said Tuesday. The investigations by the BCA and the FBI are ongoing and should be concluded as soon as practicable but must be conducted in a transparent manner, as this case raises wider issues for the Minneapolis community, and merits public scrutiny including of any video of the incident.

A former supervisor for a Minneapolis police officer involved in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man says the officer was exemplary. Maple Grove police said Wednesday that Ringgenberg had two exemplary job reviews, received multiple internal commendations and had no disciplinary actions in his personnel file. Lindquist says Ringgenberg was a top DWI enforcer and got an award from Mothers Against Drunk Driving in 2013.

Officials did not indicate which officer fired his gun. The other officer is Dustin Schwarze.

Was this Jamar Clark’s first police encounter?

Schwarz was an officer in Minneapolis suburbs of Richfield and Brooklyn Park before taking the Minneapolis job.

Neither officer has awards or commendations in the records released Wednesday.

However, their race wasn’t released because it’s private under state law. In San Diego, he was sued in federal court in 2012 for his alleged rough treatment of a suspect resisting arrest. The U.S. Department of Justice has also launched an inquiry for possible federal civil rights violations.

Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges and Police Chief Janee Harteau have requested a Department of Justice civil rights investigation into the shooting of Jamar Clark.

A couple dozen protesters were at the precinct Wednesday afternoon, with several tents and campfires in rainy weather.

At a press conference later, police inspector Mike Friestleben said, “the crowd became a little more violent and large rocks, large bricks were thrown”.

Officers have lined up in front of a north side Minneapolis precinct where protesters have been camped since police fatally shot an unarmed black man on Sunday. My son is PEACEFULLY protesting w/ hands up; officer is shouldering gun. About 20 officers in riot gear or dressed in fatigues stood behind the barricades police had set up, while hundreds of supporters remained at the scene until later in the evening.