Five shot at BLM protest

Four men were being held on Wednesday by Minneapolis police as prosecutors weighed charges against them in connection with the shooting this week of five people protesting the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black man.

More than 300 people entered a north Minneapolis church for Clark’s funeral on Wednesday.

Protesters in Minneapolis have demanded that the police officers involved in Clark’s case, who are now on leave, be held accountable, and that authorities release video footage known to exist from the shooting. Police said they are not seeking any other suspects in that incident.

Black Lives Matters activists remain camped outside the Fourth Precinct station in Minneapolis in spite of a shooting that wounded five people on Monday.

The speaker who generated the first major burst of applause at Jamar Clark’s home-going service turned out to be the only one unscheduled.

Zaire Ishmael, a global studies senior who attended the protest at Northrop, said demonstrations are a way to begin a conversation but won’t fix persistent issues. Attempts to reach relatives on Wednesday were unsuccessful. N., with visitation beginning at 10 a.m. “Any investigation, federal, state, or county into my officers’ conduct at the 4th Precinct during this time will only confirm the strength of the work my officers did protecting both public safety and the freedom of speech”. “Your death is not in vain”. “We are there until we get justice for Jamar Clark”. Clark’s family has asked for protesters to end the 4th Precinct encampment, out of concern for their safety, and U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison said it would be wise to “start thinking about an exit strategy” and what to do next.

Belton said the vigil should end to “restore order” to the community, which he said has endured open gunfire, traffic and service interruptions, smoke from the protesters’ fires and hours of helicopter noise. [See: http://pastebin.com/FkA1B2rq]They say they will be wearing the “4 of clubs” to identify one another, so watch for this badge or patch on their clothing.In the era of white supremacist terrorism against people of color across the USA, we refuse to be intimidated by hate groups.

Protest leaders were not saying if they have decided what to do after Tuesday, but claim victory on seeing the names of two officers involved in the early November 15 incident released and winning a federal civil right shooting into the shooting and post-shooting protests.

“We ain’t scared”, Minneapolis NAACP President Nekima Levy-Pounds told a large crowd gathered for a concert at the precinct Tuesday evening.

As Clark’s funeral procession moved down Plymouth Avenue on Wednesday, it passed the exact spot where he was shot.

Protest organizers said the Thanksgiving meal, which they dubbed “Blacksgiving”, was aimed at showing gratitude for support demonstrators have received from near and far.

The family of a black man who was fatally shot by Minneapolis police are preparing to lay him to rest.

Earlier this week, the department of several crude Molotov cocktails that it said had been found at the police station. Some who say they saw the shooting allege Clark was handcuffed when he was shot, but police have disputed that. We also thank Mayor Hodges for responding so swiftly to community calls for an independent, federal investigation. There were no details about who fired the shots at whom, or why.