JURY CONVICTS MAN WHO WOUNDED BLACK PROTESTERS IN MINNESOTA

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Feb 1, 5:50 PM EST
BY HANNAH WEIKEL
ASSOCIATED PRESS


MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- A jury has convicted a Minnesota man who shot and wounded five black men demonstrating against the fatal shooting of a black man by Minneapolis police officers.

Twenty-four-year-old Allen Scarsella of Bloomington was found guilty of assault and riot charges Wednesday. Scarsella was accused of shooting and injuring the men at a Black Lives Matter protest after the death of Jamar Clark in 2015.

Attorneys for Scarsella and the three men he was with say their clients went to the protest outside a north Minneapolis police station to livestream video on Nov. 23, 2015.

Scarsella testified that he opened fire to protect himself after he says he was punched and told to leave by protesters.



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[wildeyed]

1. Oh wow!

I followed this when it happened, but lost track. Glad to hear that they go a bit of justice!

[Angry Dragon]

2. good

[benld74]

3. Gr8

[klook]

4. Good, but amazing that

we live in an age when it's remarkable for justice to be done.