1:10 p.m.
Activists are decrying a decision by federal officials to bring no charges in the shooting death of a 24-year-old black man by two white Minneapolis police officers.
Minneapolis NAACP President Nekima Levy-Pounds asks why people must tolerate assault and battery at the hands of police. She says community members are tired of what is happening and what feels like "the Jim Crow North," a historical reference to prior laws enforcing racial segregation in the South.
U.S. Attorney Andrew Lugar announced Wednesday that federal officials won't bring charges in the November death of 24-year-old Jamar Clark. Luger cited insufficient evidence. A state prosecutor decided earlier against charging the officers.
Levy-Pounds what happened to Clark shows that African-Americans are living "in a land of disparity" and are being treated like second-class citizens.
12:30 p.m.
The attorney for a Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot a man last fall says the officer and his partner have been vindicated by a federal prosecutor's decision not to file criminal civil rights charges against them.
Dustin Schwarze and Mark Ringgenberg were the officers involved in a fatal confrontation last November with 24-year-old Jamar Clark. The officers said Clark was struggling with Ringgenberg and had his hand on the officer's gun when Schwarze shot him.
U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger announced Wednesday that he would bring no charges against the men due to insufficient evidence.
Schwarze's attorney, Fred Bruno, says the decision was no surprise after a state prosecutor reached the same conclusion in March. Bruno says the chances of two independent investigations arriving at the same result are slim unless the officers' actions were justified.
11:40 a.m.
Minnesota's U.S. attorney says no federal civil rights charges will be filed against two Minneapolis police officers in last fall's shooting death of a black man.
Andrew Luger says there is insufficient evidence to support charges against the officers, who had a lethal confrontation with 24-year-old Jamar Clark last November.
Luger is the second prosecutor to decline to file charges in Clark's death, following Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman's announcement in March.
Clark's death set off weeks of protests on the city's north side, where some witnesses said Clark was handcuffed when he was shot. Freeman said forensic evidence backed up the officers' account that Clark was not handcuffed and that he had his hand on an officer's gun when he was shot.
Activists are decrying a decision by federal officials to bring no charges in the shooting death of a 24-year-old black man by two white Minneapolis police officers.
Minneapolis NAACP President Nekima Levy-Pounds asks why people must tolerate assault and battery at the hands of police. She says community members are tired of what is happening and what feels like "the Jim Crow North," a historical reference to prior laws enforcing racial segregation in the South.
U.S. Attorney Andrew Lugar announced Wednesday that federal officials won't bring charges in the November death of 24-year-old Jamar Clark. Luger cited insufficient evidence. A state prosecutor decided earlier against charging the officers.
Levy-Pounds what happened to Clark shows that African-Americans are living "in a land of disparity" and are being treated like second-class citizens.
12:30 p.m.
The attorney for a Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot a man last fall says the officer and his partner have been vindicated by a federal prosecutor's decision not to file criminal civil rights charges against them.
Dustin Schwarze and Mark Ringgenberg were the officers involved in a fatal confrontation last November with 24-year-old Jamar Clark. The officers said Clark was struggling with Ringgenberg and had his hand on the officer's gun when Schwarze shot him.
U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger announced Wednesday that he would bring no charges against the men due to insufficient evidence.
Schwarze's attorney, Fred Bruno, says the decision was no surprise after a state prosecutor reached the same conclusion in March. Bruno says the chances of two independent investigations arriving at the same result are slim unless the officers' actions were justified.
11:40 a.m.
Minnesota's U.S. attorney says no federal civil rights charges will be filed against two Minneapolis police officers in last fall's shooting death of a black man.
Andrew Luger says there is insufficient evidence to support charges against the officers, who had a lethal confrontation with 24-year-old Jamar Clark last November.
Luger is the second prosecutor to decline to file charges in Clark's death, following Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman's announcement in March.
Clark's death set off weeks of protests on the city's north side, where some witnesses said Clark was handcuffed when he was shot. Freeman said forensic evidence backed up the officers' account that Clark was not handcuffed and that he had his hand on an officer's gun when he was shot.