Federal lawyers headed to Minneapolis after police shooting of black man

Hundreds are gathered outside a Minneapolis police precinct to remember a black man who was fatally shot by an officer.

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. She said the family “does not want it to be political”.

The sister of an unarmed black man who was fatally shot by Minneapolis police during a confrontation says the family appreciates the protests on behalf of her brother but isn’t participating.

The state’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension on Wednesday, November 18, which is leading an outside investigation of Sunday’s fatal shooting of the unarmed black man, released the names of two Minneapolis police officers involved as Mark Ringgenberg and Dustin Schwarze.

“I expressed my sympathy to the members of Mr. Clark’s family and his community for their loss”, Dayton said.

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.

A steady stream of cars arrived throughout the day with more firewood and food as a few protesters cleaned up garbage strewn about on the muddy ground and city crews scrubbed profane graffiti off the station’s brick walls.

People prayed and observed a moment of silence at the Cudell Recreation Center area where Tamir Rice was shot a year ago. 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.

“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 in a news release. He said U.S. Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta jointed the meeting by telephone and reiterated her concern that releasing the video would be “extremely detrimental” to a federal criminal civil rights probe that’s underway. Authorities say there was a struggle and he was shot.

The Green Party of Minnesota denounced police use of force against protesters at a Wednesday rally, with party spokesman Brandon Long saying, “Last night’s actions by the Minneapolis Police were entirely unacceptable”.

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. But they have not said why police felt the need to shoot, which should be a last resort if they or others are in imminent danger.

McKnight said any focus on Clark’s background is misplaced.

Harteau said after the meeting that “misinformation” is being spread about the case, but she would not elaborate.