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MAKE.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON
THIS FRIDAY AT NOON.
IT'S BEEN TWO WEEKS SINCE WE
LEARNED THE TWO MINNEAPOLIS
POLICE OFFICERS INVOLVED IN THE
SHOOTING DEATH OF JAMAR CLARK
WOULD NOT BE CHARGED.
TODAY MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY
TOLD US THEY ARE PLANNING TO
FIGHT FOR JUSTICE AT THE POLICE
PRECINCT JUST BLOCKS FROM WHERE
HE WAS KILLED LAST NOVEMBER.
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY ANNOUNCED
THAT THE OFFICERS INVOLVED
WOULD NOT FACE CHARGES.
ONE SAYS DURING A STRUGGLE,
CLARK GRABBED HIS GUN AND HE
TOLD THE SECOND ONE TO SHOOT
HIM.
THE STRUGGLE STARTED WHEN
POLICE WERE CALLED AFTER TWO
EMS WORKERS SAID CLARK WAS
INTERFERING WITH THEM AS THEY
TRIED TO TREAT A WOMAN WHO HAD
BEEN HURT.
SHE ALLEGEDLY TOLD EMS WORKERS
THAT IT WAS CLARK WHO HURT HER
BUT SHE IS NOW DENYING SAYING
THAT.
YOU WILL REMEMBER PROTESTERRERS
TOOK OVER THE FOURTH PRECINCT
IN PROTEST.
THIS WAS THE SCENE LAST NOVEMBER.
THEY STAYED OUTSIDE THE STATION
FOR ALMOST THREE WEEKS AND NOW
WE ARE LEARNING THAT SOME ARE
PREPARED TO STAY THERE AGAIN.
LET'S HEAD OVER LIVE TO THE 4th PRECINCT THIS NOON.
Reporter: JASON, WE WERE
TOLD THE OCCUPATION WOULD START
AT NOON BUT SO FAR, THAT HASN'T HAPPENED.
ABOUT SIX PEOPLE ARE HERE NOW.
THAT INCLUDES JAMAR CLARK'S
COUSIN WHO IS LEADING THE
EFFORT.
HE TELLS US, HE'S PUSHING FOR
AUTHORITIES TO CHARGE THE TWO
OFFICERS INVOLVED IN THE DEATH.
HE SAID HE EXPECTS ABOUT 300
PEOPLE TO SHOW UP HERE LATER
TODAY TO REOCCUPY THE PRECINCT.
HE SAID THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS
PLAN TO STAY INDEFINITELY,
LONGER THAN THE ORIGINAL 18
DAYS WHICH WAS ORGANIZE
IDENTIFIED BY BLACK LIVES MATTER.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THOUGH,
BLACK LIVES MATTER, THE
MINNEAPOLIS NAACP AND THE
COALITION FOR JUSTICE ARE NOT
AFFILIATED WITH TODAY'S PLANNED DEMONSTRATION.
AND NOW WE WILL BRING YOU ANY
NEW DEVELOPMENTS THROUGHOUT THE
DAY.
MEANWHILE, THE COALITION FOR
JUSTICE IS PLANNING A RALLY AND
MARCH LATER TODAY.
THAT STARTS AT 5:00 AT THE
GOVERNMENT CENTER.
WE WILL KEEP WATCHING IT.