Demonstrators are camped outside a Minneapolis police station to protest the shooting of Jamar Clark

Demonstrators and media outside a Minneapolis police station
(Image credit: Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

Federal attorneys are set to fly to Minneapolis on Sunday to investigate the Nov. 15 police shooting of Jamar Clark, an unarmed black man who died the following day, The Associated Press reports. Authorities have not released video footage of the incident to the public.

"I will urge that the tapes be provided to the family and released to the public, as soon as doing so will not jeopardize the Department of Justice's investigation," Gov. Mark Dayton (D) said Saturday after meeting with Clark's family and Black Lives Matter activists. Dayton also encouraged Clark's family to meet with federal officials, the Star Tribune reports.

The police union has said Clark, 24, reached for an officer's gun after interfering with paramedics responding to an assault call. Protesters dispute that account, with some claiming he was handcuffed at the time he was shot.

Subscribe to The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/jacafc5zvs1692883516.jpg

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Sign up

On Saturday, demonstrators were camped outside a Minneapolis police station, complete with bonfires in the freezing weather. They've said they won't leave until their demands are met, which include the prosecution of the two officers involved in the shooting, Mark Ringgenberg and Dustin Schwarze.

Iframe Code

View image | gettyimages.com

Both officers have been placed on administrative leave. Authorities have not said which officer fired the fatal shot.

To continue reading this article...
Continue reading this article and get limited website access each month.
Get unlimited website access, exclusive newsletters plus much more.
Cancel or pause at any time.
Already a subscriber to The Week?
Not sure which email you used for your subscription? Contact us
Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.