Dayton, Hodges meet with NAACP leaders

Clark was shot and killed by a Minneapolis police officer after an altercation early Sunday morning. The police union said Clark had grabbed one of the officers’ guns, although the weapon remained in its holster.

The state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is investigating.

Minneapolis City Councilmember Lisa Bender speaking to the crowd of protesters on Thursday evening.

(Kyndell Harkness/Star Tribune via AP).

Lt. Bob Kroll, the head of the Minneapolis police union, said Thursday that Clark had his hands on an officer’s gun.

Protesters have shut down Interstate 94 and tossed objects at police, and police have moved them away from the front door of the station.

Protesters hang around the warming fire, Thursday, November 19, 2015, at the Black Lives Matter encampment outside the Minneapolis Police Department’s Fourth Precinct in Minneapolis. They say a scuffle followed and an officer shot Clark, who later died from a gunshot wound to the head.

About 30 students joined protesters at the precinct on Friday after marching from a nearby middle and high school, and more protests were planned for Friday evening. Several speakers are calling for unity and justice in the wake of Sunday’s shooting of 24-year-old Jamar Clark.

The BCA says investigators have video from several sources, including an ambulance, a mobile police camera stationed in the area, public housing cameras and citizens’ cellphones. Authorities have said Clark was interfering with the woman’s medical care when Ringgenberg and Schwarze tried to arrest him.

A few community members have alleged Clark was handcuffed when he was shot, which police have disputed.

Before the rally, Gov. Mark Dayton and Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges met with local, state and national leaders of the NAACP, the country’s best-known civil rights group.

This undated photo released by his sister Javille Burns shows Jamar Clark, who was fatally shot in a confrontation with police on Sunday, November 15, 2015, in Minneapolis. He asked those who are grieving to behave in ways that don’t cause damage to people’s lives and safety. “We urge everyone to take those messages seriously”. Both activists and police have blamed each other for escalating violence, but both sides have also sounded calls for restraint and respect during protests.

As Michelle Gross of Communities United Against Police Brutality was escorted out, she shouted, “We will be heard. You will be held accountable for what you have done to our community!” she yelled while being escorted out by law enforcement staffed at the meeting.

“Other police agencies across the country would be well-advised to check that they have kept up with training their officers and otherwise preparing for large-scale critical incidents, such as demonstrations that turn violent”, the report read.