As Twitchy reported, the Minneapolis chapter of #BlackLivesMatter on Monday night blocked I-94 during rush hour to demand #Justice4Jamar. Police were responding to an assault call Sunday when Jamar Clark was shot, they say, adding that Clark interfered with emergency responders trying to assist the victim.
Some “witnesses” (we enclose that word in quotes due to the questionable reliability of eyewitnesses in other police incidents) insist that Clark was handcuffed by police before he was shot “execution style,” and they’re demanding that police release the names of the two deputies involved along with dash cam video of the incident as well as security video from a nearby building.
Demonstrations continued today, with protesters, many of whom have erected a tent city in front of the police department, linking arms to form a human blockade around the district police station.
Tents still up at #4thprecinctshutdown #justice4jamar @BlackLivesMpls pic.twitter.com/ml3zfQODn1
— Bhor Lorg (King of Westeros) (@BLongStPaul) November 18, 2015
Protesters have formed a human chain across the entire block the fourth precinct sits on pic.twitter.com/dtjI01UcCi
— Lou Raguse (@LouRaguse) November 18, 2015
Human chain defending against police #4thprecinctshutdown #justice4jamal @BlackLivesMpls pic.twitter.com/fQgXGuw7u4
— Bhor Lorg (King of Westeros) (@BLongStPaul) November 18, 2015
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Outer ring human shield of protesters #4thprecinctshutdown #justice4jamal @BlackLivesMpls pic.twitter.com/vTXE3JmB3Y
— Bhor Lorg (King of Westeros) (@BLongStPaul) November 18, 2015
Protesters have barricaded the side door where the officers exited initially pic.twitter.com/WdYOmy5jWW
— Lou Raguse (@LouRaguse) November 18, 2015
KARE 11’s Lou Raguse reports that, according to the head of the police union, not only was Clark never cuffed, but he made an attempt to take a gun from one of the officers.
Confirmed Officer's name is Mark Ringgenberg, not mike. So Officers Mark Ringgenberg and Dustin Schwarze are the ones involved in shooting
— Lou Raguse (@LouRaguse) November 18, 2015
BREAKING: police union head tells me Jamar Clark was trying to take the officer's gun when he was shot, and cuffs were never on
— Lou Raguse (@LouRaguse) November 18, 2015
@LouRaguse @kare11 Shocking news…or not. Any update on the assault victim of #JamarClark ? #StopDomesticViolence
— Jennifer Marsnik (@TwinsFan01) November 18, 2015
@LouRaguse any news on the condition of the assault victim? Seems like she shouldn't be forgotten in this mess.
— Fred (@Vikes_Guy1) November 18, 2015
@LouRaguse @mitchmartinson And he beat up his girlfriend.
— RyanPomin (@RyanPomin) November 18, 2015
@LouRaguse multiple witnesses report he was cuffed and now the police union makes up a lie days later to justify their violent raid?
— Ryan Stopera (@ryanstopera) November 18, 2015
@ryanstopera how do you know the witnesses aren't lying?
— Matt Jennissen (@MattJennissen14) November 18, 2015
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