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Week of Actions: JusticeThruJamar

November 13, 2016 - November 19, 2016

Week of Actions:  JusticeThruJamar
Sunday, November 13th – Saturday, November 19th
On November 15th, 2015, 24-year old Jamar Clark was shot in the head within 61 seconds during an encounter with two Minneapolis police officers Schwarze and Ringgenberg. In the 18 days that followed, community members occupied the Fourth Precinct police station in North Minneapolis, demanding justice and calling for the prosecution of the two officers that killed Jamar Clark. One year later, we are still calling for justice.

Hennepin County Prosecutor Mike Freeman failed to charge the killer cops. He justified his decision with a series of lies. He told the public that Jamar had been involved in a domestic violence matter the police were responding to. This is a PROVEN LIE. He claimed that Jamar was acting aggressively, resisting arrest and trying to take an officer’s gun. But these LIES weren’t backed up by his video “evidence,” or the accounts of two dozen Black eyewitnesses.

Everything about this system tries to take justice out of our hands; everything about our movement aims to win back that power, and see justice. James Clark said of his son, “There can never be justice for Jamar, but maybe we can win justice through Jamar.” Our hearts go out to both sides of Jamar’s family, and all those who loved him. Thousands of people in Minneapolis and beyond have been forever changed. One year later, join us for a week of actions, as we still fight for Jamar Clark, alongside all those lives stolen by police crimes against our communities.

Week of Action:

Northside Rally & March for #JusticeThruJamar 

Sunday 11/13 @ 2pm:2pm @ Broadway & Lyndale   
FFI:  https://www.facebook.com/events/1297896873595570/ 
 
Call-in to Mike Freeman
Monday 11/14 ALL DAY
FFI:   https://www.facebook.com/events/269054186823653 Candlelight vigil 
 
Candlelight vigil for #JusticeThruJamar
Tuesday 11/15 @ 5pm @  James & Plymouth https://www.facebook.com/events/601998670004093/  
 
#FreemanFriday “Injustice to one is injustice to all”
Friday 11/18:  Noon @ Hennepin County Government Center https://www.facebook.com/events/331401053887128/ 
 
Community Day 
Saturday 11/19: Noon to 4pm, Harrison Park, Minneapolis
FFI:  https://www.facebook.com/events/210839102680849/

Organized by the Twin Cities Coalition for Justice for Jamar and endorsed by the Anti-War Committee.

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Start:
November 13, 2016
End:
November 19, 2016
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