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U.S. NEWS A5
Thursday 19 November 2015
Official: Unclear if man shot by Minneapolis cops was cuffed
AMY FORLITI Pat Anderson attends a protest that aimed to demanded answers over the shooting of Jamar sources, including an am-
Associated Press Clark near a police precinct in Minneapolis. State investigators looking into the death of Clark, bulance, a mobile po-
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — State shot by police during a scuffle are trying to determine whether he was restrained at the time, as lice camera stationed in
investigators looking into some witnesses allege. the area, public housing
the death of an unarmed cameras and citizens’ cell-
black Minneapolis man (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Star Tribune via AP) phones. But he said none
shot by police during a of the videos captured the
scuffle are trying to de- rests. A nationwide move- Brown in the St. Louis suburb excessive force against un- entire incident and none
termine whether he was ment — Black Lives Matter of Ferguson last year has armed black suspects. will be released while the
restrained at the time, as — spawned by the killing of demanded an end to po- Evans said investigators investigation is ongoing to
some witnesses allege. black 18-year-old Michael lice killings and the use of have video from several avoid possibly tainting it.
Police initially said Jamar Asked whether any of the
ONeal Clark was not hand- video shows Clark in hand-
cuffed when he was shot, cuffs, Department of Public
but authorities later said Safety spokesman Bruce
handcuffs were at the Gordon reiterated that it
scene and that they are captures a portion of the
trying to determine wheth- incident, but not every-
er Clark was restrained. thing, and said officials
“We’re still examining can’t discuss specifics be-
whether or not they were cause it could potentially
on Mr. Clark or whether or taint witness statements.
not they were just (fallen) Kroll said he hoped people
at the scene. That’s what who say Clark was hand-
we’re trying to ascertain,” cuffed “make a statement
state Bureau of Criminal to the BCA on that matter.”
Apprehension Superinten- He added: “If it turns out
dent Drew Evans said at a to be blatantly false, they
news conference Tuesday. should be charged with a
Clark, 24, died Monday, a crime.”
day after police shot him The FBI also has agreed to
during an early morning conduct a civil rights inves-
dispute. tigation into the shooting.q
Police said the incident
began when they were Warrant:
called to north Minneapolis
around 12:45 a.m. Sunday Suspect drank with Texas victims, then shot them
following a report of an as-
sault. When they arrived, DAVID WARREN turned alone to the camp- before eventually surren- vided by Taylor along with
a man was interfering with Associated Press site and chased her hus- dering. details from the warrant
paramedics who were DALLAS (AP) — The lone sur- band, Carl Johnson, and The motive for the attack paint a portrait of Hudson
helping the victim, police vivor of an attack that left daughter, Hannah John- remains unclear. Sheriff as a seemingly friendly man
said. Officers tried to calm six dead at a Texas camp- son, into a travel camper. Greg Taylor did not re- before he turned on the
him, but there was a strug- site told authorities that the She said she fled and hid spond to a call for com- blended family that had
gle. An officer fired at least suspect had drinks with the in the woods but saw her ment Wednesday. gathered for the weekend
once, hitting the man, po- victims before producing husband fall on the steps of Hudson was being held to camp on land about 100
lice said. a gun and firing on them, the camper, where Hudson Wednesday at the Ander- miles (160 kilometers) south-
The head of the Minne- according to an arrest war- shot him. son County jail on a $2.5 east of Dallas.
apolis police union, Bob rant released Wednesday. Cynthia Johnson waited million bond. His court-ap- Earlier on Saturday, Hudson
Kroll, said on Wednesday William Hudson, 33, was until it appeared safe and pointed attorney, Stephen drove a tractor over to the
that the officers were inter- drinking with the group Sat- made her way to a road Evans, said he couldn’t campsite to help the group
viewed Tuesday night. urday when he accompa- and eventually called po- comment on the details of pull out a vehicle that was
“I hope they expedite the nied four of them — includ- lice, the document said. the investigation because stuck in mud, the warrant
situation and wrap it up,” ing a 6-year-old boy — into Authorities have said Hud- he had just been assigned said. He returned later to
Kroll said. the surrounding woods, the son went to his mother’s the case and not yet met share drinks. Thomas Kamp
The shooting sparked pro- warrant provided by the home on an adjacent with Hudson. purchased the land in Au-
tests, including one Mon- Anderson County Sheriff’s property and the warrant “This is very obviously going gust. Kamp and Hannah
day night in which hun- Office said. shows deputies saw him to be a long hard journey Johnson lived together in
dreds of people blocked Cynthia Johnson told sher- through a door wearing and we have a lot of work Midlothian, south of Dallas,
traffic on an interstate iff’s deputies that she heard bloodstained clothes. He to do,” Evans said. with Johnson’s 6-year-old
highway, leading to 42 ar- gunshots before Hudson re- barricaded himself inside Previous information pro- son Kade. q
