At 24-year-old Jamar Clark's funeral on Nov. 25 at Shiloh Temple International Ministries, Clark's family and members of the Minneapolis Urban League called for a cessation of protests. Since Clark's death on Nov. 15 at the hands of police officers Mark Riggenberg and Dustin Schwarze, Black Lives Matter protesters have been rallying outside the police precinct closest to Clark's place of death.
Tuesday's violent attack on the protesters, carried out by three white men in their 20's who have since been arrested, have increased the tension in Minneapolis. "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 protests instead of taking the threat seriously. We reiterate that we have zero faith in this police department's desire to keep our community safe," said Miski Noor, a Black Lives Matter Minneapolis organizer, according to The New York Times.
