Minneapolis cop caught pointing weapon at Rep. Keith Ellison’s unarmed son

[geardaddy]

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/11/minneapolis-cop-caught-pointing-rifle-at-rep-keith-ellisons-unarmed-son/

Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) confirmed on Thursday that the young black man photographed as he was targeted with a weapon by a Minneapolis police officer is his son Jeremiah Ellison, Al Jazeera America reported.

“Photo is agonizing for me to see,” Ellison wrote on Twitter. “My son is PEACEFULLY protesting w/ hands up; officer is shouldering gun. Why?”

The picture was posted on Wednesday night, amid protests against police use of force in the death of 24-year-old Jamar Clark. It can be seen in full below.


Police removed demonstrators on Wednesday after they gathered near the city’s north police precinct, where Clark was shot early on Sunday morning. Local activists have said that Clark was handcuffed and unarmed at the time. Clark died on Monday night.

The two officers involved in the encounter, Mark Ringgenberg and Dustin Schwarze, have been put on administrative leave. The Guardian reported that a former police informant sued Schwarze in 2011 for allegedly subjecting him to “continuous and unbroken sequence of unlawful searches, intimidation and phone threats” in order to do so. The suit was settled out of court.

More and photo at link.

[roguevalley]

1. oh god. this shit has got to stop.

[4139]

2. Actually it does not look like his is pointing the gun at him, but someone behind him...

Not close....

[Cheese Sandwich]

3. OK but there's no reason to have a weapon pointed at any peaceful protester

[geardaddy]

6. +1

It doesn't really matter WHO he's pointing his weapon, but that he's pointing it at all.

[Flying Squirrel]

4. Ok, so if that was your kid

You wouldn't mind it if the rifle was pointed about a foot to the side of their head?

[4139]

7. My son when he was a scrawny 6th grader was 'captured' at gun point for lighting off firecrackers...

In the woods.

[Flying Squirrel]

8. And you didn't mind that. Got it.

[SoCalMusicLover]

5. Oh, Well, Then It's OK

What exactly was the "thug" behind him doing?

[csziggy]

10. The line of people behind also had their hands up

http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/11/19/protests-rage-in-minneapolis-over-police-shooting-of-jamar-clark.html

Uncropped photo at link.

[spanone]

14. oh, so he was aiming at someone else.....nevermind.

[Kalidurga]

9. MPD are some of the worst cops

Not quite as bad as Oakland, but give em time and people here putting up with that chit.

[Crabby Appleton]

11. The weapon is a launcher

that fires OC and CS gas, or shoots beanbag or sponge grenades.

[NickB79]

12. That's a tear gas launcher, not a rifle

Though, at point-blank range, it can still be lethal if shot to the face or chest.

[joeybee12]

13. Jesus Christ

This needs to end...NOW

[hifiguy]

15. A kkkop is a kkkop is a kkkop

anywhere and everywhere in this country.

Outrageous, and I am sure that Rep Ellison (MY representative) will get answers and results where other AA people treated this way cannot.