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Minneapolis Residents Vote Against Proposal to Replace Police Department
A movement to abolish the police was spurred by George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis last year.
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2 Accomplices Plead Guilty in Shooting of BLM Activists at Jamar Clark Protest
Two men who were with convicted shooter Allen “Lance” Scarsella on Nov. 23, 2015, when he shot five Black Lives Matter activists at the Minneapolis 4th Precinct police station during a protest decrying the death of Jamar Clark pleaded guilty Monday, and prosecutors say they will seek jail time for both. Nathan Wayne Gustavsson, 23,…
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Man Gets 15 Years for Shooting 5 BLM Activists Protesting Police Shooting Death of Jamar Clark
A Minnesota man who shot five Black Lives Matter protesters has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. CBS News reports that Allen Scarsella, 25, and his crew got into an argument with some protesters who were demonstrating outside a Minneapolis police station after the 2015 shooting death of 24-year-old Jamar Clark by police. Eyewitnesses…
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Minn. Man Found Guilty of Shooting Black Lives Matter Activists During Protest
A Minnesota man charged with felony first-degree assault and riot charges in the November 2015 shooting of five people at a Black Lives Matter protest was convicted by a jury Wednesday. The Star-Tribune reports that the jury deliberated for seven hours before finding Allen “Lance” Scarsella, 24, guilty on all counts following two weeks of…
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Head of Minneapolis Police Union: ‘Black Lives Matter Is a Terrorist Organization’
Moments after it was announced that police officers involved in the fatal shooting of 24-year-old Jamar Clark would not face federal charges, the president of the Minneapolis police union spoke out against the Black Lives Matter movement, calling it a “terrorist organization.” Speaking at a press conference Wednesday, Lt. Bob Kroll criticized Minneapolis Mayor Betsy…