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November 25, 2015

Minneapolis: 3 Arrested in Shooting of Black Lives Matter Protesters 
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In Minneapolis, Minnesota, nearly a thousand Black Lives Matter
protesters took to the streets Tuesday night after alleged white
supremacists opened fire on demonstrators the night before, injuring
five people. Police have now arrested three people in connection with
the mass shooting, which took place outside a police precinct, as
activists protested the earlier police shooting of unarmed
African-American Jamar Clark. Black Lives Matter organizer Miski Noor
denounced the attack by alleged white supremacists as an act of
terrorism and said police had responded by macing the protesters. 
bq. Miski Noor: "Despite earlier statements from police about the
impending threat from white supremacists, the police instead maced
citizen journalists and peaceful protesters. They made disparaging
comments to those at the protest, instead of taking the threat
seriously. We reiterate that we have zero faith in this police
department's desire to keep our community safe. We reiterate that we
have zero faith in this police department's desire to keep our community
safe."
We'll go to Minneapolis for more on the shooting with eyewitness Leslie
Redmond and Minnesota Congressmember Keith Ellison later in the
broadcast.

 

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