Two Arrested in Connection to Shooting at Jamar Clark Protests

Jie Wronski-Riley said angry protesters moved the men away from the encampment at the police station.

“I was like, maybe they’re trying to scare us with firecrackers”.

Then Wronski-Riley heard the cries of wounded people on the ground. None of the protesters suffered life-threatening injuries during Monday night’s shooting.

Minneapolis police say they have arrested a 23-year-old man in the overnight shootings of five Black Lives Matters protesters.

It’s still unknown whether Jamar Clark was in handcuffs when he was shot.

” ‘I don’t want to perpetuate rumor, ‘ U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, who has joined the group throughout the week-plus demonstration, said after the shootings”. The diverse crowd, which included a number of children, listened to hip-hop music and soul classics such as “A Change Is Gonna Come”.

“We all were terrorized last night”, Brown added.

The scene early Tuesday was quiet, with about 200 people milling around and talking.

James Sido, public-relations manager for the Downtown Seattle Association, said they’re anticipating up to 15,000 shoppers and holiday revelers downtown on Friday. “But in light of tonight’s shootings, the family feels out of imminent concern for the safety of the occupiers, we must get the occupation of the 4th precinct ended and onto the next step”, the statement said.

“We are sparing no efforts to bring any and all those responsible to justice”, Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges said on social media.

It was not immediately clear who was behind the attack.

Dana Jaehnert, another demonstrator, told the Star Tribune that one of the three men wore a mask.

Large-scale demonstrations were held across the country in 2014 after a series of high-profile incidents of white police officers killing unarmed African-American men, including Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri; Tamir Rice in Cleveland, OH; Eric Garner in Staten Island, NY and Walter Scott in North Charleston, South Carolina.

Minneapolis police have arrested two people in connection with the overnight shootings of five Black Lives Matters protesters gathered outside a police precinct. When they reached a corner, the three people pulled out weapons and gunshots rang out, Omeoga said. At least one victim was back protesting Tuesday.

Monday night’s shooting has garnered nationwide attention.

“We made sure that all the pies were thrown out, and actually other food was thrown out for fear of contamination”, she said.

Protesters who have been camped outside a Minneapolis police precinct for more than a week since the fatal shooting of a black man say they will not leave.

Protesters said they felt threatened by the armed men.

A source told KSTP there were three men who wearing bulletproof vests. Witnesses described the alleged shooters as white, but there was no hard information to support a conclusion that seemed obvious to the protesters and their allies.

Rather than start with the events of that night – which the letter called “tragic” – Bruno began by running down Clark’s criminal record.

Police floodlights illuminate the protest encampment outside the 4th Precinct police station November 20, 2015 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

“I’m hurting, my community needs me”.

Police would not comment on those reports, KARE 11 says.

Wesley Martin was among those shot. He said his 19-year-old brother Teven King was also shot, in the stomach. “Like I said, maybe about a minute after that, that’s when the shot went off”, he said.