MINNEAPOLIS – The Latest on the federal investigation into whether the civil rights of a young black man who was shot by Minneapolis police were violated (all times local):
10:45 a.m.
Community groups who have protested the fatal shooting of a young black man by Minneapolis police say they are barred from attending a news conference at which federal officials will announce whether the victim's civil rights were violated.
Nekima Levy-Pounds says it's unacceptable that government leaders would exclude those who have been working for justice for Jamar Clark from the news conference Wednesday.
The death of the 24-year-old Clark last November sparked weeks of largely peaceful protests and the occupation of a north side police precinct.
U.S. Department of Justice spokesman Ben Petok says the news conference is for credentialed members of the media only. Petok says community groups have been invited to a meeting at federal offices Wednesday afternoon.
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Federal officials in Minneapolis are set to announce whether they believe the civil rights of a 24-year-old black man were violated last November in a confrontation with two police officers during which he was fatally shot.
Officials will make the announcement Wednesday in the case of Jamar Clark. His death sparked weeks of protests and an 18-day occupation outside a police precinct.
Some onlookers said Clark was handcuffed when he was shot. But Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman declined to charge the officers. He said forensic evidence backed their accounts that Clark wasn't handcuffed and had his hand on an officer's gun.
The law sets a high bar to charge officers for a civil rights violation. An accident, bad judgment or simple negligence isn't enough.
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