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Groups sue for videos of Minneapolis police killing
Source: Reuters
World | Tue Feb 9, 2016 1:23pm EST
Groups sue for videos of Minneapolis police killing
Civil rights groups sued Minnesota state agencies on Tuesday to force them to release video footage of the fatal police shooting of a young black man in Minneapolis in November.
Activists have been seeking the release of the videos since Nov. 15, when Jamar Clark, 24, was killed.
The shooting came at a time of national debate over the use of lethal force by police, especially against black men. A number of U.S. cities have been hit by protests against police killings, some of which were caught on video.
Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton said in late November that video from a camera in an ambulance at the scene was "a very brief fragment" and not conclusive.
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Groups sue for videos of Minneapolis police killing
Civil rights groups sued Minnesota state agencies on Tuesday to force them to release video footage of the fatal police shooting of a young black man in Minneapolis in November.
Activists have been seeking the release of the videos since Nov. 15, when Jamar Clark, 24, was killed.
The shooting came at a time of national debate over the use of lethal force by police, especially against black men. A number of U.S. cities have been hit by protests against police killings, some of which were caught on video.
Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton said in late November that video from a camera in an ambulance at the scene was "a very brief fragment" and not conclusive.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-race-minnesota-idUSKCN0VI1TN