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Wednesday 18 November
Investigators: Man shot by Minneapolis police has died
AMY FORLITI day that family members Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA)
Associated Press had gone to the hospital Superintendent Drew Evans briefs the media Tuesday, Nov.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Au- Monday evening to take 17, 2015 in St. Paul, Minn., with an investigative update in the
thorities said Tuesday that Clark off life support. He shooting of Jamar Clark by a Minneapolis police officer. Clark,
a black man who was shot said he didn’t go because who was on life support, died Monday evening.
in an apparent scuffle with he didn’t want to see his
Minneapolis police officers brother in a hospital bed. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
has died. “I want the officer to be
Jamar ONeal Clark, 24, arrested, prosecuted and called to north Minneapo- ing the victim, police said.
died Monday evening, the put in jail for eternity. Life lis around 12:45 a.m. Sun- Officers tried to calm him,
state Bureau of Criminal without parole,” said Rob- day following a report of but there was a struggle.
Apprehension said. Clark’s inson. an assault. When they ar- At some point, an officer
family had said he was on Authorities haven’t re- rived, a man was interfer- fired at least once, hitting
life support in the wake of leased many details about ing with paramedics help- the man, police said.q
the shooting early Sunday the shooting, including the
morning. An autopsy is names and races of the
planned. officers involved. The BCA
The shooting has sparked scheduled a news confer-
protests in Minneapolis, in- ence for later Tuesday to
cluding one Monday night discuss the case.
in which more than 50 In seeking the civil rights
people were arrested after investigation, Hodges said
the blocked an interstate she was concerned about
highway. Some communi- “transparency and com-
ty members have alleged munity confidence.” She
that Clark was handcuffed expressed faith in the state
when he was shot, which investigation but said the
police have disputed. city needs “all the tools we
The protests are just the lat- have available to us.”
est expression of tension Two officers are on paid
between the department leave, which is standard
and minorities in the city. practice after such an in-
The rocky relations have cident. Police Chief Janee
led to discussions between Harteau said the officers
police and minorities and were not wearing body
the creation of task forces cameras, but declined
designed to quell con- to say whether squad car
cerns. This spring, Minneap- or surveillance video was
olis was selected for a fed- available, citing the ongo-
eral Justice Department ing investigation.
program to rebuild trust Protesters have set up
between police and the tents around the 4th Pre-
communities they patrol. cinct station near where
The BCA is investigating the shooting occurred and
the case, but Mayor Betsy said they won’t leave un-
Hodges has requested a til authorities release any
federal civil rights investi- video they have of the in-
gation. cident along with the offi-
Clark’s brother, Jamine cer’s identity.
Robinson, 32, told The As- Police said the incident
sociated Press earlier Tues- began when they were
Cops: Drunk woman tried to open
London-to-Boston jet’s exit door
BOSTON (AP) — Police say landed about a half-hour
a drunken passenger who ahead of schedule at Bos-
tried to open an exit door ton’s Logan International
on a London-to-Boston Airport at 1:30 p.m.
flight is being charged A clerk is expected to
with interfering with a flight set bail. If Dolniak is able
crew. to post bail, she will be
State police say the inci- placed in the custody
dent isn’t believed to have of U.S. Customs and Border
a link to terrorism. They Protection pending her ar-
identified the passenger raignment Wednesday.
as 32-year-old Kamila Dol- If she can’t post bail, she
niak, a citizen of Poland. will be held at the airport
Police said Dolniak was re- state police barracks over-
strained Tuesday on British night and taken to court
Airways Flight 213. The flight Wednesday.q
