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    Wednesday, May 15, 2024

    Labor union members to rally in support of Minneapolis protesters

    NAACP Youth Director Stephen Green sings "We Shall Overcome" at a makeshift memorial for Jamar Clark near Plymouth Avenue, Friday, Nov. 20, 2015, in Minneapolis. Clark was fatally shot by police on Sunday. (Aaron Lavinsky/Star Tribune via AP Photo)

    Minneapolis — Union members are planning to rally in Minneapolis in support of activists protesting the shooting death of a black man by a city police officer.

    Labor groups plan to show solidarity with protesters who have been camped out all week since 24-year-old Jamar Clark was fatally shot in north Minneapolis last Sunday.

    Clark was shot by a police officer in what authorities say was a scuffle. Some community members allege Clark was handcuffed, but police dispute that.

    Hundreds attended a peaceful vigil Friday evening to remember Clark.

    The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is investigating the shooting and a federal criminal civil rights investigation is also underway.

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