In Minneapolis, Minnesota, 3 purported white supremacists are being sought in connection with the alleged shooting of 5 Black Lives Matter demonstrators.
The protests were part of ongoing outcry over the police shooting of an unarmed black man last week.
Five shot by masked gunmen at @BlackLivesMpls protest of #JamarClark's death in Minneapolis. https://t.co/jRkiBpetm6 pic.twitter.com/5S2idFfj27
— Mark Elliott (@markmobility) November 24, 2015
Among those with a first hand account of the incident, protester Jie Wronski-Riley (below), who told reporters at first she thought firecrackers were going off, but quickly realized they were being shot at.
Protesters have been out enmasse since the November 15th shooting of 24-year old Jamar Clark, a suspect in a domestic violence incident, is reportedly was interfering with the paramedics trying tend to his victim.
Witnesses say after a brief altercation with police, Clark was cuffed and “choked-slammed to the ground” before he was shot in the head by police. Police dispute the eye-witness account.
A multi-tiered federal, state and local investigation is underway.
Peace 2 AURN!!!