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On Nov. 15, 2015, the unarmed 24-year-old was shot during a confrontation with two Minneapolis police officers. He died the next day. 

In the weeks that followed, hundreds of people protested outside the Minneapolis 4th Precinct in Minneapolis — demanding the names of the officers and the release of any video. Protesters marched to the government center and shut down Interstate 94.  

It was a level of activism that Minnesota hadn’t seen before, building on the long despair and anger in Black communities following shootings of other unarmed Black men, here and elsewhere. And it set the stage for protests that followed the police killings of Philando Castile in 2016 and of George Floyd in 2020.  

MPR News guest host Brandt Williams talks about how protests following Jamar Clark’s death took shape and how they changed the public response to police shootings and policing. 

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Saturday marks ten years since the fatal shooting of Jamar Clark by two Minneapolis police officers. MPR News guest host Brandt Williams talks with guests about how his death shaped a new level of activism in Minnesota. 

Ten years later: How the death of Jamar Clark sparked a new level of activism

Protesters chant outside the 4th Precinct.

Ten years later: How the death of Jamar Clark sparked a new level of activism

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