Minneapolis Protests Police Shooting of Black Youth Jamar Clark

Black Lives Matter activists and community members in northern Minneapolis protested Monday against the police shooting of Jamar Clark, demanding a thorough federal investigation into the case and release of surveillance footage of the shooting, MPR News reported.

Clark was shot by police on Sunday in an apparent scuffle. Witnesses say Clark was handcuffed and unarmed when he was shot, but police refute the claim, MPR News reported.

Clark was hospitalized after the shooting. According to family members, the 24-year-old is on life support and may not survive.

This is what #Justice4Jamar looks like #JamarClark #4thPrecinctShutDown #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/iAsouMvkfS

— |||| || ||| | |||| | (@micamaryjane) November 17, 2015

Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges said on Monday that she had requested a federal human rights investigation into the shooting from the U.S Department of Justice, saying that the city should employ "all the tools we have available to us” to look into the case, Huffington Post reported.

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But protesters also demand public release of the names of the officers involved in the shooting and release of footage from surveillance cameras that captured the shooting. Witness and police accounts of the shooting differ, and video evidence could shed definitive light on the incident.

We want the video @MayorHodges calling for an investigation doesn't mean we are done #JamarClark pic.twitter.com/Krxqjt1v9j

— Black Lives MPLS (@BlackLivesMpls) November 17, 2015

In the second round of protests since the shooting, some 300 protesters gathered outside the Minneapolis police precinct on Monday evening to call for justice, blocking the roadway for several hours. Activists had already occupied the police precinct on Sunday after the shooting to protest police brutality and demand justice.

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According to The Guardian, at least 51 people were arrested in Monday night’s protests after police gave orders for demonstrators to disperse. Some protesters had set up camp outside the precinct and say they will stay there in protest until they are arrested, MPR News reported.

Cameron Clark is a cousin of #JamarClark. “You kill someone, you still getting paid… no! You should be locked up." pic.twitter.com/hm1NbztfSC

— Doualy Xaykaothao (@DoualyX) November 17, 2015

Like many cities across the U.S. where there have been victims of police brutality, Minneapolis suffers from a severe lack of trust between the community and local police force.

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Activists in Minneapolis have vowed that protests of the police will continue until the community gets answers about what happened when police shot Clark.

Mayor Hodges request for a federal investigation is under review by the Justice Department.