DOJ Lawyers Will Fly To Minneapolis To Probe Jamar Clark Shooting

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Source: AP





By GREG MOORE


Posted: 11/22/2015 08:06 AM EST
ASSOCIATED PRESS

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — U.S. Justice Department attorneys are expected to fly to Minnesota on Sunday to investigate the killing of a black man that has prompted protests and calls for the two Minneapolis police officers involved in the shooting to be prosecuted.

A key issue during their visit will be whether authorities should release to the public videos of the fatal shooting of 24-year-old Jamar Clark a week ago.

Federal and state authorities have resisted releasing the footage — from an ambulance, mobile police camera, public housing cameras and people's cellphones — because they said it doesn't show the full incident and making the recordings public would compromise their investigations.

Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton said on Saturday that he had asked Clark's family and representatives of the Black Lives Matter group protesting his death to meet with the federal government lawyers...........

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/doj-lawyers-will-fly-to-minneapolis-to-probe-jamar-clark-shooting_5651bb1be4b0d4093a58177e

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[Gothmog]

1. I am glad that the DOJ is investigating this incident

[Tempest]

2. Like every other DOJ investigation

They'll find nothing wrong was done by the police.

Most worthless DOJ in history. It's a black mark on Obama's administration.

[Chakab]

3. Not to mention the fact that several of Obama's law enforcement appointees have been vocal about

their unconditional support for police officers nationwide and their belief that the protest movement is actually causing violence.