Killing of Jamar Clark

Jamar Clark (May 3, 1991 – November 16, 2015) was adopted by Wilma and James Clark when he was four. His family stated that he had a close relationship with his biological and adoptive parents and his 14 siblings. Clark had endured a difficult childhood and had a criminal record, but was making attempts to turn his life around, according to friends and family.{{Cite news |date=March 30, 2016 |work=StarTribune |url=https://www.startribune.com/who-was-jamar-clark/373714211/ |access-date=January 2, 2022|title=Who is Jamar Clark? }} At the time of the shooting, he was employed by Tim Hoag at Copeland Trucking and had hopes of attending college, although he never enrolled.

Clark had previous encounters with law enforcement, beginning in 2010 when he received a felony conviction for first-degree aggravated robbery.{{cite news|last1=Mannix|first1=Andy|title=Updated: What we know about the shooting of five protesters and the Jamar Clark investigation|url=https://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2015/11/updated-what-we-know-about-shooting-five-protesters-and-jamar-clark-investig|access-date=January 4, 2016|work=MinnPost|date=November 30, 2015}} The conviction resulted in a sentence of 41 months in prison, of which it is unclear how many Clark served.{{cite news|last1=Xaykaothao |first1=Doualy |author1-link=Doualy Xaykaothao |title='He should still be here': Parents of Jamar Clark demand the truth |url=http://www.mprnews.org/story/2015/11/18/jamar-clark-parents-speak |access-date=January 4, 2016 |work=MPR News |date=November 18, 2015}} Clark faced a second conviction for terroristic threats after he threatened to burn down the apartment of an ex-girlfriend in March 2015, following a bitter breakup. According to Kyle Potter of the Associated Press, "He threw a brick through his ex-girlfriend's window and threatened to burn her apartment unit down -- leaving behind a trail of lighter fluid to prove it, according to court documents." As of November 2015, he was on probation for this crime. Potter wrote that Clark's ex-girlfriend described him as "a nurturing, loving man who was drawn to her four children, giving them advice and helping them sell candy for school", but that she also said that their relationship soured in recent times, resulting in their breakup. A Domestic Abuse No Contact Order was issued for Clark, requiring him to stay away from the ex-girlfriend until 2020. Additionally, Clark was awaiting trial for a high-speed chase arrest from July 2015.{{cite news|last1=Potter|first1=Kyle|date=November 22, 2015|title=Jamar Clark's troubled life - and death|agency=Associated Press|url=http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_29146154/jamar-clarks-troubled-life-and-death|access-date=January 22, 2016}}

Jamar Clark was attending the birthday party of Nekelia Sharp, who was hosting the event at her apartment on the 1600 block of Plymouth Avenue North in Minneapolis.{{cite news|last1=Nelson|first1=Tim|title=Conflicting accounts: What happened the night Jamar Clark was shot?|url=http://www.mprnews.org/story/2015/12/04/jamarclark-shooting-what-happened|access-date=January 22, 2016|work=MPR News|date=December 4, 2015}} Sharp and her husband engaged in a dispute and Clark's girlfriend grabbed Sharp, after which Sharp and Clark's girlfriend fought. Clark stepped in to pull his girlfriend away and, according to Sharp, Clark's girlfriend hit him. The pair left and soon, someone called for help and paramedics were called. Sharp let them into her apartment and they escorted Clark's girlfriend to the ambulance, which Clark approached after she had entered it. An onlooker reported that both the paramedics and police who had arrived at the scene asked Clark to step away from the ambulance and that police then stepped out of their car, arrested Clark on the ground, and the EMS supervisor placed a knee on Clark's chest, after which point he was shot.

County Attorney accounts say that Clark got into a confrontation with paramedics and then when police officers responded at 12:45{{nbsp}}a.m., a struggle ensued, Clark obtained the officer's gun, leading to the shooting by the other officer. Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said that Clark was resisting and was not handcuffed.{{cite web |title=Freeman declines charges in Clark shooting |url=http://www.hennepinattorney.org/news/news/2016/March/jamar-clark-decision |access-date=June 3, 2016 |archive-date=June 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603190014/https://www.hennepinattorney.org/news/news/2016/March/jamar-clark-decision |url-status=dead }} In a statement on November 16, police chief Janeé Harteau said that the Minneapolis Police Department's preliminary information was that Clark was not restrained with handcuffs when shot.{{cite web |title=Anger builds after police shoot assault suspect in Minneapolis |url=http://www.startribune.com/police-officer-shoots-north-minneapolis-assault-suspect-during-physical-struggle/349730171/ |work=Star Tribune |date=November 15, 2015 |access-date=November 20, 2015 |first1=Paul |last1=Walsh |first2=Libor |last2=Jany}} An autopsy report, released on November 17, by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner concluded that Clark died from a gunshot wound to the head.

The President of the Minneapolis Police Union Bob Kroll said that Clark was actively resisting arrest and tried to take the weapon of one of the officers, and that he was not handcuffed at the moment of the shooting.{{Cite news |author=KARE 11 staff |title=Union: Clark shot while trying to take officer's gun |url=http://www.kare11.com/story/news/2015/11/18/names-of-officers-in-clark-shooting-released/75991472/ |work=KARE-TV |date=November 18, 2015 |access-date=November 20, 2015 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web |title=Minneapolis police union president: Jamar Clark "was a justifiable shooting" |first=Cory |last=Zurowski |url=http://www.citypages.com/news/minneapolis-police-union-president-jamar-clark-was-a-justifiable-shooting-7841420 |work=City Pages |date=November 18, 2015 |access-date=November 20, 2015}} Clark's DNA was found on the handle of one of the officers' gun. Mike Freeman said there was no forensic evidence on Clark's arm indicating he was handcuffed at the time of shooting. In addition, he stated that 10 law enforcement and paramedic witnesses including the officers involved said he was not handcuffed.[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/30/jamar-clark-shooting-no-criminal-charges-for-minneapolis-police-officers Jamar Clark shooting: no criminal charges for Minneapolis police officers], The guardian

The United States Department of Justice Department declined to prosecute the officers, saying it found "insufficient evidence" for criminal civil rights charges. The federal government decision followed a separate investigation in March by Minnesota's Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA), which concluded that the officers acted in self-defense and would not face criminal charges for the killing. Schwarze shot Clark only after Ringgenberg scuffled with the young man, according to the BCA findings. Clark allegedly took control of the officer's gun and Ringgenberg told Schwarze to open fire. The department's internal investigation confirmed those findings. They "concluded the use of deadly force in the line of duty was necessary to protect an officer from apparent death or great bodily harm." {{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/10/21/us/jamar-clark-shooting/index.html|title=Minneapolis police clear officers in fatal shooting of Jamar Clark|first=Eliott C. McLaughlin and Ray Sanchez|last=CNN|date=October 22, 2016|website=CNN}}

Other accounts have disputed the police's version of events. Nekelia Sharp said that the shooting occurred while Clark was handcuffed and not resisting. Teto Wilson, who visited a nearby club, said he saw Clark "perfectly still, laying [sic] on the ground" when he was shot. Keisha Steele, who lived near the area of the shooting, said she saw Clark's hands behind his back. Everett Spicer arrived at the scene after the shooting, and said he saw a motionless Clark handcuffed on the ground. Spicer said police removed the handcuffs from Clark as emergency medical services arrived to tend to him.{{cite web|title=Jamar Clark Shooting: Witness Says He Was In Handcuffs|date=November 22, 2015 |url=http://fox40.com/2015/11/21/jamar-clark-shooting-witness-says-he-was-in-handcuffs/|publisher=KTXL|access-date=October 22, 2016}} In its decision to not charge the officers, the Department of Justice said that eyewitness accounts were inconsistent. Half of the witness interviewed said that Clark was not handcuffed. Among those that said he was handcuffed at the time of the shooting, federal authorities said that witness accounts varied regarding the timing and sequence of events, and if one or both hands were cuffed.{{Cite web|date=June 1, 2016|title=Federal Officials Decline Prosecution in the Death of Jamar Clark|url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/federal-officials-decline-prosecution-death-jamar-clark|access-date=December 30, 2021|website=U.S. Department of Justice}}

File:Jamar Clark Listening Session - Mayor Betsy Hodges and Chief Janeé Harteau (22428839674).jpg (center) and Police Chief Janeé Harteau (right) on the day of the shooting|alt=A police officer in uniform, a mayor in a black blazer, and a police chief in a dark blue police jacket stand before a podium.]]

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) issued a statement condemning the shooting and demanded an independent investigation.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/1415474622107049/photos/a.1462639827390528.1073741829.1415474622107049/1523557651298745/?type=3&theater|title=Minneapolis Police Murder Jamar Clark|publisher=NAACP|date=November 15, 2015}} The Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis defended the officers' actions during the shooting, adding that they had no previous disciplinary issues and pointing out a preceding incident in which an Aitkin County sheriff's deputy was disarmed and killed with his own gun.{{cite news|author=Rachel Chazin|date=November 19, 2015|title=Police union: Jamar Clark went for cop's gun, wasn't cuffed|publisher=KSMP|url=http://www.fox9.com/news/51169866-story|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120013511/http://www.fox9.com/news/51169866-story|archive-date=November 20, 2015}}

Mark Ringgenberg and Dustin Schwarze, who had been with the department for 13 months, both were subsequently placed on paid administrative leave while the investigation was conducted.{{Cite news |last1=Cleary|first1=Tom|title=Jamar Clark: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know |url=http://heavy.com/news/2015/11/jamar-clark-minneapolis-minnesota-police-shooting-shot-dead-killed-shooting-protests-handcuffed-unarmed-justice4jamar-jamesandplymouth-james-plymouth-photo/ |work=Heavy |date=November 24, 2015 |access-date=January 3, 2016}}

Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges stated that she contacted the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice and the US Attorney for Minnesota in order to an outside investigation in the "interest of transparency and community confidence."{{cite news |title=Minneapolis Seeks Civil Rights Investigation into Police Shooting of Jamar Clark |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/minneapolis-seeks-civil-rights-investigation-police-shooting-jamar-clark-n464641 |work=NBC News |date=November 17, 2015 |access-date=November 20, 2015}} Although Minnesota's Bureau of Criminal Apprehension had already begun an investigation, Hodges indicated that Minneapolis needed "all the tools we have available to us" to investigate the shooting.

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File:Nekima Levy-Pounds - Jamar Clark Press Conference.jpg speaks during a Black Lives Matter demonstration for Clark in Minneapolis.]]

Black Lives Matter (BLM) activists and supporters protested for days outside the police precinct, protesting against information hiding, demanding for release of police dashcam and bodycam videos containing material evidence that can settle the truth of police accounts of the incident.{{cite web |title=Tension Rises Between Protesters, Police After Killing of Unarmed Minneapolis Man |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/jamar-clark-tension-rises-between-after-killing-unarmed-minneapolis-man-n466241 |work=NBC News |first=Elizabeth |last=Chuck |date=November 19, 2015 |access-date=November 20, 2015}}{{cite news |title=Minneapolis NAACP chief demands release of video of Minnesota shooting |url=https://news.yahoo.com/minneapolis-shooting-officers-identified-protests-rage-005423579.html# |agency=Reuters |publisher=Yahoo News |date=November 19, 2015 |access-date=November 20, 2015}}

File:Minneapolis City Council Member Lisa Bender - Justice for Jamar Clark (22780495869).jpg shares her support for peaceful demonstrators on the fifth night of protests outside the Minneapolis Police Department's 4th Precinct]]

On November 23, a group of four men, three wearing masks, were asked to leave the protest.{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/846eacd42b2d44d18481c40bfcf2aa68/minneapolis-police-say-5-shot-near-protest-scene |title=Group raised suspicions before 5 were shot at police protest |first1=Amy |last1=Forliti |first2=Steve |last2=Karnowski |date=November 25, 2015}} The group was chased away from the demonstration by about a dozen protesters before one turned and opened fire at around 10:45 p.m. Five male protesters were shot, but none of them suffered life-threatening injuries. One of the injured protesters later said he heard the word "nigger" being used during the incident, although he did not state who exactly said it.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/minneapolis-black-lives-matter-jamar-clark-protest-police-shooting/ |title=Court document says Minneapolis Black Lives Matter Jamar Clark protest shooting suspect confessed to police officer friend |work=CBS News |date=November 24, 2015 |access-date=November 28, 2015}} Shots were also overheard the following night, though no injuries were reported.{{cite news|last1=Berman|first1=Mark|title=Four men charged after protesters shot near Minneapolis police protests|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2015/11/30/minnesota-prosecutor-to-announce-charges-after-protesters-shot-near-minneapolis-police-protests/|access-date=January 3, 2016|newspaper=Washington Post|date=November 30, 2015}}

At 11:20 a.m. the next day, a 23-year-old white man was taken into custody in Bloomington. A 32-year-old Hispanic man was arrested in Minneapolis, but was later released after it was determined he was not at the scene of the shooting. At 2:30 p.m., two white men, ages 21 and 26, turned themselves in to police.{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}} Four men were charged in the shootings: Lawrence Scarsella, 23, with riot and five counts of assault (both in the second degree), and Daniel Thomas Macey, 26, Nathan Wayne Gustavsson, 21, and Joseph Martin Backman, 27, each with a charge of second-degree riot.

Several of the men in custody are believed to have posted on 4chan's /pol/ and /k/ imageboards in connection with the shooting.{{cite news|last1=Kaplan|first1=Sarah|title=Minn. man accused in Black Lives Matter shootings reportedly subscribed to 'sovereign citizen' subculture|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/12/01/minn-man-accused-of-shooting-black-lives-matter-protesters-reportedly-subscribed-to-sovereign-citizen-subculture/|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=December 1, 2015|access-date=December 5, 2015}}{{cite web|last1=Cush|first1=Andy|title=Video Shows 4chan White Supremacists Bringing Gun to Minneapolis Protest Days Before Shooting|url=http://gawker.com/video-shows-4chan-white-supremacists-bringing-gun-to-mi-1744412287|work=Gawker|date=November 24, 2015|access-date=December 5, 2015}}{{cite web|last1=Feldman|first1=Brian|title=Inside /pol/, the 4chan Politics Board Shouted Out in Minneapolis Gun Video|url=http://nymag.com/following/2015/11/inside-pol-4chans-racist-heart.html|work=New York Magazine|date=November 25, 2015|access-date=December 5, 2015}}{{cite news|last1=Furber|first1=Matt|title=4 Arrested in Shooting at Black Lives Matter Protest Are Identified|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/26/us/4-arrested-in-shooting-at-black-lives-matter-protest-are-identified.html|work=The New York Times|date=November 25, 2015|access-date=December 5, 2015}}{{cite web|last1=McKay|first1=Tom|title=4chan Tentatively Linked to Shooting at Black Lives Matter Rally in Minneapolis|url=http://mic.com/articles/129285/4chan-tentatively-linked-to-shooting-at-black-lives-matter-rally-in-minneapolis|work=Mic|date=November 28, 2015|access-date=December 5, 2015}}{{cite web|title=State of Minnesota vs Allen Lawrence Scarsella|url=http://stmedia.startribune.com/documents/S12AK115113013170.pdf|work=Star Tribune|access-date=December 10, 2015}} Days before the shooting, the suspects had released a video of them using racial slurs while preparing to bring their weapons to a protest that night.{{cite news|last1=Miller|first1=Michael|title=The chilling video that foreshadowed violence days before Minneapolis shootings|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/11/25/the-chilling-video-that-foreshadowed-violence-days-before-minneapolis-shooting/|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=November 25, 2015}}

As of March 14, 2016, attorneys for the men charged have motioned to dismiss the case based on self-defense. The motion says that the protesters wanted to "beat their asses" because they were white, KKK, or police. Interviews with two protesters indicate that the men charged were assaulted prior to being forced from the protest at which point they were followed for a number of blocks, before the men fired upon the group. The dismissal motion also indicates that there is video evidence saying that one of the alleged gunmen raised their hands in surrender before leaving and being assaulted afterwards.{{cite news|title=Man charged with assault in shooting outside Mpls. police precinct HQ files motion to dismiss|url=http://www.startribune.com/protestor-charged-with-assault-at-mpls-police-precinct-files-motion-to-dismiss/370993631/|work=Star Tribune|access-date=March 14, 2016|date=March 3, 2016|last1=Chanen|first1=David}}{{cite web|title=Alleged shooter in clash at 4th Precinct protest has Tuesday court date|url=http://www.startribune.com/man-charged-with-shooting-outside-mpls-police-precinct-to-appear-in-court/371922601/|work=Star Tribune|access-date=March 14, 2016|date=March 13, 2016|last1=Zamora|first1=Karen|archive-date=March 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315025603/http://www.startribune.com/man-charged-with-shooting-outside-mpls-police-precinct-to-appear-in-court/371922601/|url-status=dead}}

On January 24, 2017, current Burnsville Police Department and former Mankato PD officer Bret Levin, friend of Scarsella since high school, testified that he and Scarsella had exchanged "racially charged" texts, explicitly "negative about black people," on multiple occasions.{{Cite news|url=http://www.startribune.com/officer-testifies-that-he-exchanged-racially-charged-texts-with-accused-protest-shooter/411680846/|title=Officer testifies that he exchanged 'racially charged' texts with accused protest shooter |last=Stahl|first=Brandon |date=January 24, 2017 |newspaper=Star Tribune|access-date=January 24, 2017}}

On April 26, 2017, Scarsella was sentenced to 15 years for the shooting.{{cite news|url=http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2017/04/26/sentencing-scarsella-trial/ |title=Man Gets 15 Years For Shooting 5 Black Lives Matter Protesters |last=Moini |first=Nina |date=April 26, 2017 |work=CBS Minnesota}}{{cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/minnesota-man-gets-15-years-for-shooting-5-black-lives-matter-protesters/ |title=Minnesota man gets 15 years for shooting 5 Black Lives Matter protesters |date=April 27, 2017}} Charges against Macey were dismissed on February 27, 2017, as he was not with Scarsella at the time of the shooting, they were separated when pursued by protesters.{{cite news|url=http://www.startribune.com/judge-tosses-charges-against-one-of-four-involved-in-fourth-precinct-protest-shooting/414986974/|title=Judge tosses charges against one of four involved in Fourth Precinct protest shooting|date=February 28, 2017|last=Stahl |first=Brandon |work=Star Tribune}} On July 20, 2017, Gustavsson was sentenced to eight months in the workhouse, with credit for nearly two months of time served in jail after pleading guilty to felony second-degree riot and aiding an offender after the fact. Backman was sentenced to 90 days of house arrest for aiding an offender after the fact, the riot charge against him was dismissed for the same reason Macey's charges were stayed.{{cite news|url=http://www.startribune.com/2-sentenced-for-aiding-man-who-shot-black-lives-matter-protesters-at-4th-precinct/435618963/|title=2 sentenced for aiding man who shot Black Lives Matter protesters at Fourth Precinct|date=July 20, 2017|last=Walsh |first=Paul|work=Star Tribune}}

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Protesters had camped outside of the 4th precinct for 18 days. At 4:00 a.m. on December 3, police arrived and handed out fliers stating protesters had ten minutes to leave. Later police began removing the encampments and most of the protesters left. Eight protesters who refused to leave were placed under arrest.{{cite web|title=Minneapolis police clear protesters from 4th precinct|url=http://www.fox9.com/news/55464847-story|date=November 24, 2015|publisher=Fox 9|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151204185150/http://www.fox9.com/news/55464847-story|archive-date=December 4, 2015|access-date=December 3, 2015}}

Black Lives Matter staged a December 23 protest of Clark's death at the Mall of America in Bloomington, a year after a similar protest in December 2014. The Mall sought to block the 2015 demonstrations, resulting in three of the protest's organizers being legally barred from entering the space.{{cite news|last1=Holpuch|first1=Amanda|title=Black Lives Matter protest shuts down Mall of America and airport terminal|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/23/black-lives-matter-organizers-protest-mall-of-america|access-date=January 16, 2016|work=The Guardian|date=December 23, 2015}} Protesters marched from the mall then took Metro Transit trains to the Terminal 2 station of the Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport where they were blocked by police and Terminal 2 security checkpoints were closed. Other protesters drove to Terminal 1 and blocked incoming airport traffic on Minnesota State Highway 5. A total 13 demonstrators were arrested.{{cite news|last1=Smith|first1=Kelly|last2=Chanen|first2=David|last3=Reinan|first3=John|title=Black Lives Matter protests spill over to light rail, airport|url=http://www.startribune.com/mall-of-america-prepares-for-black-lives-matter-protest/363386781/|access-date=January 16, 2016|work=Star Tribune|date=December 24, 2015}}

Another protest was conducted on January 18, 2016 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day), with demonstrators against the deaths of Clark and Marcus Golden (a man who Saint Paul police had killed a year prior) blocking the Lake Street-Marshall Bridge for a short time. Protesters insisted that a special prosecutor should hear Clark's case, instead of a grand jury convening to decide whether Clark's shooting was justified.{{cite news|last1=DeLage|first1=Jaime|title=Black Lives Matter stages Marshall Avenue-Lake Street bridge rally on MLK Day|url=http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_29400934/black-lives-matter-protesters-rally-marshall-avenue-lake|access-date=January 22, 2016|work=St. Paul Pioneer Press|date=January 18, 2016}}

During events of the 2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Clark's name was featured in protests alongside other Black men who were killed by police.{{Cite web|last=Rupar|first=Aaron|date=June 15, 2021|title=What we know about the police killing of Winston Smith and the death of protester Deona Knajdek|url=https://www.vox.com/2021/6/15/22533202/winston-smith-deona-knajdek-uptown-minneapolis|access-date=December 30, 2021|website=Vox|language=en}} Protests in Clark's name were still being held in Minneapolis at least seven years after his death.{{Cite web |last1=Palmer |first1=Jaelynne |last2=Sundin |first2=Jess |date=2022-11-17 |title=Minneapolis: Police murder of Jamar Clark marked by family, community |url=http://www.fightbacknews.org/2022/11/17/minneapolis-police-murder-jamar-clark-marked-family-community |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=Fight Back! News |language=en}}

In February 2016, per the requests of local officials, the U.S. Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services office announced that they would be conducting a review of the way the city handled the November protests.{{cite news|last1=Jany|first1=Libor|title=As Jamar Clark decision looms, police say violence won't be tolerated|url=http://www.startribune.com/with-jamar-clark-decision-looming-police-gird-for-more-protests/373400421/|access-date=March 25, 2016|work=Star Tribune|date=March 25, 2016}} On March 16, Mike Freeman, Hennepin County Attorney, announced that his office would cease the use of grand juries in shootings involving police officers. Freeman announced this because he believed that the use of a grand jury would not provide a transparent and fair trial (Lissargue, Jennie). The announcement was met with approval from activists and described by the Star Tribune as a "rare move" with potential ramifications throughout the country.{{cite news|last1=Chanen|first1=David|last2=Jany|first2=Libor|title=Hennepin County to stop using grand juries in officer-involved shootings|url=http://www.startribune.com/hennepin-county-attorney-to-provide-update-into-jamar-clark-inquiry/372229891/|access-date=March 25, 2016|work=Star Tribune|date=March 16, 2016|archive-date=March 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318221719/http://www.startribune.com/hennepin-county-attorney-to-provide-update-into-jamar-clark-inquiry/372229891/|url-status=dead}} Later in March, in preparation for Freeman's office's announcement about whether they would be pursuing charges against Ringgenberg and Schwarze, Harteau released a video warning against "violence or disruption" based on Freeman's actions. On March 30, Freeman announced that no charges against the officers would be filed.{{cite news|last1=Walsh|first1=Paul|title=No charges against police officers in Jamar Clark shooting death|url=http://www.startribune.com/county-attorney-decision-on-jamar-clark-shooting-set-for-10-30-a-m-today/373979481/|access-date=March 30, 2016|work=Star Tribune|date=March 30, 2016}}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The officers were not charged because the county was not able to prove that beyond a reasonable doubt that the officers that were involved in the shooting, shot Jamar Clark unjustifiably, as stated in Minnesota Statutes, section 609.066.

On June 13, 2019, Schwartze was removed as a plaintiff in a civil lawsuit filed by Clark's family.{{cite news|url=https://www.fox9.com/news/minneapolis-police-officer-officially-dismissed-from-jamar-clark-civil-lawsuit|title=Minneapolis police officer officially dismissed from Jamar Clark civil lawsuit|publisher=Fox 9 News|date=June 13, 2019|access-date=May 1, 2021}} In August 2019, Attorneys for Clark's family confirmed that the family accepted a $200,000 settlement.{{cite news|url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2019/08/09/attorneys-for-jamar-clark-family-members-confirm-agreement-on-200000-settlement|title=Attorneys for Jamar Clark family members confirm agreement on $200,000 settlement|first=Brandt|last=Williams|publisher=MPR News|date=August 9, 2019|access-date=May 1, 2021}} This settlement sum was much larger than previous five-figures settlement proposal which city leaders offered in May 2019.{{cite news|url=https://kstp.com/news/minneapolis-agrees-to-200k-settlement-with-family-of-jamar-clark-pending-approval/5451456/|title=Minneapolis agrees to $200K settlement with family of Jamar Clark, pending approval|publisher=KSTP|date=August 8, 2019|access-date=May 1, 2021|archive-date=May 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501152746/https://kstp.com/news/minneapolis-agrees-to-200k-settlement-with-family-of-jamar-clark-pending-approval/5451456/|url-status=dead}} The settlement went into effect after being approved by the Minneapolis City Council on August 23, 2019.{{cite news|url=https://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-city-council-approves-200-000-settlement-in-jamar-clark-case/558007042/|title=Minneapolis City Council approves $200,000 settlement in Jamal Clark case|first=Libor|last=Jany|publisher=Star Tribune|date=August 23, 2019|access-date=May 1, 2021}}

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