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Updated: March 20, 2017 | Posted: Nov. 30, 2015


The fatal police shooting of Jamar Clark has sparked widespread protests and calls for justice.


Conflicting accounts about whether or not Clark was handcuffed rocked the Twin Cities, widening racial tensions between police and African-Americans. 


On June 1, federal prosecutors announced they will not pursue federal civil rights charges against the two Minneapolis police officers involved in the shooting. 

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; he dies the following day. Police say Clark had been interfering with paramedics who had been called to a birthday party to aid a woman initially identified as Clark's girlfriend.  The Minneapolis Police Department asks the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to investigate.  According to a BCA statement, the responding Minneapolis police officers believed the woman was an assault victim and that Clark was a suspect.


Later that day, hundreds of people march several blocks down Plymouth Avenue North from the scene of the shooting to the Minneapolis Police Department's 4th Precinct headquarters. They hoist a banner over the entrance and set up a tent, saying they'll stay until their demands are met.

Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges says she's asked the United States Justice Department for a 

federal civil rights investigation into the shooting.

 Hodges says that while she had "great confidence" in Minneapolis police investigators and in the state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, a Justice Department investigation would promote transparency and community trust. 


Gov. Mark Dayton says in a statement he also supports the request.

 calling for the release any video of the incident that security cameras near the scene may have captured.

 Authorities ultimately arrest 42 people for the I-94 shutdown.


The Hennepin County medical examiner says a 

 in north Minneapolis, although none of it shows the incident "in its entirety," according to BCA Superintendent Drew Evans. He says the agency won't release videos at this point in the investigation.

 after police remove protesters who had been camping outside the 4th Precinct for several days. Chemical irritants are used on both sides. 


Meanwhile, a top Minneapolis police union official says 

Clark had reached for one of the officers' weapon

 when he shot. The union also contends Clark was not handcuffed, as some community members have said.


And the BCA identifies the officers involved as 


Nekima Levy-Pounds, head of the Minneapolis NAACP, calls on federal authorities to 

take control of the Minneapolis Police Department.


Protests continue at the 4th Precinct but the 

 with speakers, dancing and talk of community.


Hodges visits with demonstrators outside the police station; the reception is 

 in front of the 4th Precinct, as leaders from the national NAACP join the group's efforts.

 near the 4th Precinct police station. None of the victims' injuries are life-threatening. 


Activists allege the four men in police custody are "white supremacists" who came to cause trouble. 


Dayton also says he's seen video from the ambulance camera running during the Clark shooting and that it 

does not confirm either side's allegations of what happened.

Organizers lead a march of more than 1,000 people

 through north Minneapolis that includes a stop at the site where Clark was shot. Part of that march then heads for downtown Minneapolis and a rally outside City Hall before heading back toward the 4th Precinct station.

Later that night, protests at the 4th Precinct take on a peaceful and festive tone. Here's a look at 

Meanwhile, one of the Minneapolis police officers involved in the Clark shooting is 

 of using excessive force during an arrest four years ago. 


Court documents show the lawsuit against Dustin Schwarze was filed about 10 days before Clark's shooting death. The case was moved Nov. 24 from Hennepin County District Court to U.S. District Court.

 Hundreds of mourners fill a Minneapolis church for 


The funeral procession goes past the 4th Precinct, where demonstrators raise their fists and shout "Justice for Jamar." 

Funeral procession for Jamar Clark passes 4th Precinct

 in connection with the shootings near the 4th Precinct. Allen L. Scarsella, 23, of Lakeville, is charged on six felony riot and assault counts. Joseph M. Backman, 27, of Eagan, Daniel T. Macey, 26, of Pine City, Minn., and Nathan W. Gustavsson, 21, of Hermantown, Minn., are also charged.
 

DFL U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, Hodges and other community leaders also call for an end to the 4th Precinct occupation, citing public safety. 


Protesters, however, respond with a firm, "no."


Hennepin County District Judge Hilary Lindell Caligiuri sets bail for Scarsella, accused of firing the shots, at $500,000. 


She sets bail for the other three at $250,000 each, but does allow conditional bail of $100,000 for Macey.

Beginning at about 4 a.m., Minneapolis police 

That afternoon, a few hundred protesters occupy the rotunda of Minneapolis City Hall for a couple of hours.


About a dozen people are arrested during a 

protest involving hundreds that started at the Mall of America

 before moving to the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.

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