The two Minneapolis officers involved in the shooting death of Jamar Clark will not face charges.
Hennepin County attorney Mike Freeman said Wednesday that DNA evidence verified the cops’ claim that Clark had his hand on the officer’s gun during the struggle, The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.
The shooting occurred when police responded to a report of an assault just before 1 a.m. in November. Police say when they arrived, Clark was interfering with paramedics who were treating his girlfriend who had been assaulted.
There was a struggle and Clark ignored repeated commands to comply and told police “I’m ready to die,” according to Freeman.
An officer fired one fatal shot to Clark’s head. Some protestors of the death say the black 24-year-old was unarmed and handcuffed when fatally shot. There have been marches in the streets and protests blocking police facilities since Nov. 15. The death has become a rallying point for the Black Lives Matter movement, which decried the Wednesday announcement.
The Minneapolis PD is known for lying. And the two officers are the only ones who corroborated this version of events. #Justice4Jamar
— Black Lives MPLS (@BlackLivesMpls) March 30, 2016
It took Mike Freeman 30mins to tell that story– are we supposed to believe all of that happened in 61 secs?? #Justice4Jamar
— Black Lives MPLS (@BlackLivesMpls) March 30, 2016
Minneapolis is 62% white. Every person killed by Minneapolis police over the past several years has been black or Latino. #JamarClark
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) March 30, 2016
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