Black Lives Matter to hold Cincinnati rally
The protesters chanted as they filled the streets carrying signs that said, “Black Lives Matter”, “Don’t Shoot PDX” and “skin color is not reasonable suspicion”.
Pastor Jayme Ali of God of All Truth Church says protesters will hold what she called an “emergency rally” on Wednesday at the city’s north side police precinct near where 24-year-old Jamar Clark died. This white supremacist attack provoked a massive, defiant outpouring of support for the movement for Justice for Jamar.
“Social video shows rising tensions after Minneapolis protest shooting” is categorized as “us”.
Minneapolis demonstrators who have been camped outside a city police station for more than a week took time Thursday to celebrate Thanksgiving.
A 32-year-old Hispanic man arrested in south Minneapolis Tuesday was later released because, police said, he was not at the shooting.
Organizers say they will hold an outdoor church service outside the police precinct on Sunday morning.
A Mankato, Minn., police officer said he got a phone call about 1 a.m. Tuesday from an old high school friend.
The family of a black man who was fatally shot by Minneapolis police are preparing to lay him to rest. Both are open to the public. One of the shooting victims was shot in the stomach and remains in the hospital. Police said he was reaching for an officer’s gun when he was shot. Authorities are weighing whether to treat Monday’s shooting as a hate crime, according to sources familiar with the investigation.
Clark’s funeral comes two days after shots were fired at protesters, leaving five with injuries that are not life-threatening.