Feds investigating Minneapolis police shooting

Dayton said he watched video recorded by the ambulance at the scene of Jamar Clark’s shooting on November 15. “It is just a very brief fragment… and there is no audio”.

Many who live in Clark’s North Minneapolis community claim the two officers on scene handcuffed, then shot the young man. Police, including one of the two who responded to the early November 15 call, strongly deny the claim, and say Clark was not cuffed and was fighting for control of an officer’s gun.

Jamar Clark, 24, was shot on Sunday by police two blocks from the 4th Precinct police station and died on Monday night after his family made a decision to disconnect life support.

Police have disputed that. Kroll says last Sunday, Clark fought with police officers as they tried to keep him away from the ambulance crew.

A national civil rights group says it’s amassed almost 70,000 signatures demanding that leaders in Minnesota release video of the Jamar Clark shooting.

Dayton encouraged Clark’s family to meet with federal officials.

“I gave them my oath and my word of honor, there’s nothing in there that can provide any confirmation of this view that we had officers who acted as a few allege they did”, he said.

A cousin of a black man who was fatally shot by Minneapolis police say her family is recovering after “a very rough week”.

The governor refused to say whether the video shows a struggle. He said one of the officers later comes back into view.

However, police say none of the videos show the full incident and that releasing them could compromise the investigation.

ColorOfChange, which claims to have more than 1 million members, said in a press release that the Justice Department investigation will likely take months, meaning that the video won’t be released any time soon. Little has been released about the incident, and authorities say videos will not be released because they could “taint” witness testimony they have yet to obtain. Authorities said protesters threw bottles and rocks Wednesday night, and each side says the other sprayed a chemical irritant into the crowd. He said the officers should face charges and “go through the same procedures that we do”.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) _ An encampment of protesters outside a Minneapolis police station vowed Saturday to maintain their vigil over the death of a Black man who was shot by police, saying they won’t move until video recordings of the encounter are released and authorities change how they interact with communities they serve.

Nekima Levy-Pounds said in a statement posted on Facebook that the public should see the video, rather than rely on the perspective of one government official who is not a trained expert.

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is investigating the shooting and a federal criminal civil rights investigation is also underway.

Tuesday morning, they are planning a march in Minneapolis.

Police set up metal barriers in front of the precinct as hundreds of protesters linked arms and surrounded the police facility. Tensions also cooled, after early last week there were frequent verbal and physical clashes with police.

A Clark family member asked that there be no protest on the day of the funeral because the family does not want the service to be political.