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Ten years later: How the death of Jamar Clark sparked a new level of activism
This Saturday marks ten years since the fatal shooting of Jamar Clark.
On Nov. 15, 2015, the unarmed 24-year-old was shot during a confrontation with two Minneapolis police officers. He died the next day.
In the weeks that followed, hundreds of people protested outside the Minneapolis 4th Precinct in Minneapolis — demanding the names of the officers and the release of any video. Protesters marched to the government center and shut down Interstate 94.
It was a level of activism that Minnesota hadn’t seen before, building on the long despair and anger in Black communities following shootings of…
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