Minneapolis police shooting puts spotlight on racial tension

Lindquist says Ringgenberg was a top DWI enforcer and got an award from Mothers Against Drunk Driving in 2013.

Officials did not indicate which officer fired his gun. The other officer is Dustin Schwarze.

“Black Lives Matter” protesters surrounded the police department.

Shwarze was an officer in Richfield for nearly six years. Ringennberg joined the force after working in San Diego and two suburban departments for six years.

Neither officer has awards or commendations in the records released Wednesday. A jury ruled the officer didn’t use excessive force. A New Jersey man said Ringgenberg had grabbed him from behind and held him a chokehold.

Evans added that the FBI would be conducting a civil rights investigation into the shooting, which Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges had requested in a letter.

Riot police backed into a neighborhood street face off with protesters. “Public safety must continue to be our number one priority”, Police Chief Janeé Harteau said.

Dozens of officers emerged from the station and ran toward the protesters camped out front, where they had been for the past few days.

It’s still unknown whether Jamar Clark was in handcuffs when he was shot. Police have disputed that.

“At a few point during an altercation that ensued between the officers and Mr. Clark, an officer discharged his weapon, striking Mr. Clark”, state authorities said.

Lena Gardner, an organizer with Black Lives Matter Minneapolis, said at the media gathering that she and fellow activists will stay vocal until they are heard by the authorities. Soon thereafter, one of the officers opened fire, wounding Clark in the head. After a couple of protesters threw rocks, others urged them to remain nonviolent.

Nekima Levy-Pounds, resident of the Minneapolis chapter of the NAACP, said several high-profile cases have increased mistrust of police, including the 2013 death of Terrance Franklin and the 2006 death of Fong Lee, both shot by police. Their race has yet to be released because it’s private under state law.

Chemical spray was also directed at officers from the crowd, police spokesman John Elder said. He was shot once in the head. Officials say they are looking into whether he was handcuffed after initially saying he was not. She also says he was a peaceful, despite things being said about him. But, he said, none of the videos captured the entire episode, and none will be released while the investigation is ongoing.

At the new conference hosted by the Minneapolis Urban League, interim league President Steven Belton urged witnesses of the shooting to come forward and provide information.

Both have been police officers for seven years and with the Minneapolis Police Department for a little more than a year.

While tensions rise in Minneapolis, Clark’s family has supported his character despite several convictions for robbery and domestic assault.

Clark was a suspect in the assault.

A few community members have alleged that Clark was handcuffed when he was shot.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is also investigating the case.

This story has been changed to correct Officer Mark Ringgenberg’s first name.

Protests over the fatal police shooting of unarmed Black youth Jamal Clark continued in Minneapolis for the fourth day on Wednesday after authorities released the names of the two police officers involved in the shooting.

The Minneapolis police union has said that an unarmed black man was not handcuffed and was trying to disarm police when he was fatally shot. “And by having video public, there is the potential for tainting portions of the investigation”. Minneapolis city council member Cam Gordon, who does not represent this ward but was present, said he would not have moved the demonstrators and anxious about the potential for violence, while another city council member Lisa Bender said there was “a lot of fear in the crowd”. 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.