DOJ Lawyers Will Fly To Minneapolis To Probe Jamar Clark Shooting
Source: AP
By GREG MOORE
Posted: 11/22/2015 08:06 AM EST
ASSOCIATED PRESS
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) U.S. Justice Department attorneys are expected to fly to Minnesota on Sunday to investigate the killing of a black man that has prompted protests and calls for the two Minneapolis police officers involved in the shooting to be prosecuted.
A key issue during their visit will be whether authorities should release to the public videos of the fatal shooting of 24-year-old Jamar Clark a week ago.
Federal and state authorities have resisted releasing the footage from an ambulance, mobile police camera, public housing cameras and people's cellphones because they said it doesn't show the full incident and making the recordings public would compromise their investigations.
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton said on Saturday that he had asked Clark's family and representatives of the Black Lives Matter group protesting his death to meet with the federal government lawyers...........
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Gothmog
(145,321 posts)Tempest
(14,591 posts)They'll find nothing wrong was done by the police.
Most worthless DOJ in history. It's a black mark on Obama's administration.
Chakab
(1,727 posts)their unconditional support for police officers nationwide and their belief that the protest movement is actually causing violence.