WATCHED STATION, THIS IS WCCO
4 NEWS.
GOOD EVENING EVERYONE HERE
IS A LIVE LOOK FROM SKY FOR
MINNEAPOLIS . A VIGIL UNDER
WAY.
THE PROTESTERS, PEOPLE ARE
BEGINNING TO LEAVE IN MARCH ON
THEIR WAY TO THE SITE WHERE
POLICE SHOT JAMAR CLARK EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING.
ALSO TODAY, THE NATIONAL LEADER
OF THE NAACP ATTENDED THE
VIGIL.
POLICE ARE ON ALERT AFTER
HEARING A GROUP MAY TRY TO
DISRUPT THE GATHERING AND WE
HAVE TEAM COVERAGE OF THE DAY'S
EVENT WE WILL START WITH LIZ
COLLIN JOINING US NOW.
Reporter: HUNDREDS HAVE
GATHERED HERE OUTSIDE OF THE
FORCE -- 4th PRECINCT FOR A
VIGIL.
MINNEAPOLIS POLICE ARE AWARE OF
AN OUTSIDE GROUP PLANNING SOME
KIND OF DISTURBANCE TONIGHT BUT
SO FAR THINGS HAVE REMAINED
CALM AS THE CROWD GATHERED TO
GRIEVE AND PAY FOR JUSTICE FOR
JAMAR.
MANY PARENTS BROUGHT CHILDREN
WITH THEM TONIGHT WHAT IS GOING
ON IN INDIANAPOLIS IS UNDER THE
NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT WITHIN THE
LAST HOUR THE NATIONAL NAACP
PRESIDENT CORNELL WILLIAMS
BROOKS SPOKE TO THE GROUND
TELLING THEM THEY NEED TO BE IN
THE FIGHT FOR THE LONG RUN.
I AM NOT HERE TO BE A CIVIL
RIGHTS LEADER TELL YOU TO DO.
I'M HERE BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN
WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE IN
MINNEAPOLIS. Reporter: THE
VIGIL WRAPPED UP AND PEOPLE ARE
MARCHING, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
MARCHING THROUGH NORTH
MINNEAPOLIS 2 BLOCKS AWAY TO
BEGIN WHERE JAMAR CLARK WAS
SHOT BY POLICE EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING.
AS FAR AS THE SECURITY THREAT,
PEOPLE REMAIN VIGILANT BUT WE
HAVE NOT SEEN A LARGE POLICE
PRESENCE.
-- PRESENCE.
WE WILL BRING ANOTHER LOOK AT
10:00.
AMELIA?
NATIONAL STATE LEADERS
MEETING TO TALK ABOUT THE
SHOOTING AND TALK ABOUT THE
DEMANDS OF PROTESTERS ARE
MAKING.
THE MEETING TOOK PLACE THIS
AFTERNOON AT THE GOVERNOR'S
RESIDENCE IN ST. PAUL.
LIVE AT THE RESIDENCE THIS
EVENING.
KATE? Reporter: THE NAACP
PRESIDENT CORNELL WILLIAMS
BROOKS WAS AT THE 4th PRECINCT
LAST NIGHT PARTICIPATING IN THE
ONGOING PROCESS -- PROTEST BUT
HERE HE WAS AT THE GOVERNOR'S
MANSION TODAY DISCUSSING WITH
CITY AND STATE LEADERS IN THE
NAACP SAID THEY WOULD BE
TALKING ABOUT THE SHOOTING OF
JAMAR CLARK AS WELL AS POLICE
RELATIONS IN MINNEAPOLIS.
PROTESTS CONTINUE IN MINNESOTA
IS THE SHOOTING THAT KILLED
JAMAR CLARK.
AT ST. PAUL, THE GOVERNOR OF
MINNEAPOLIS MAYOR MET WITH
THE PRESIDENT OF THE NAACP AND
OTHER NAACP LEADERS.
IT WASN'T A CONVERSATION
ABOUT THIS IS WHAT WE DEMAND.
Reporter: MINNEAPOLIS MAYOR
BETSY HODGES DISCUSSING
SOLUTIONS FOR PEACE.
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
COMMITTEES -- POLICE COMMUNITY
RELATIONSHIPS.
Reporter: LEADERS DECLINING
TO COMMENT AS THEY LEFT THE
MANSION.
THE ORGANIZATION PRESIDENT
CORNELL BROOKS IS EXPECTED TO
JOIN IN ON PROTEST OUTSIDE THE
4th PRECINCT.
MAYOR HODGES SAYS SHE
REITERATED THE WORK THE CITY IS
DOING TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY AND
POLICE RELATIONS.
WE HAVE OUR HANDS EXTENDED
AND DOOR OPEN TO TALK ABOUT
WHOEVER WANTS TO COME AND TALK
ABOUT PEACEFUL RESOLUTION AT
THE PRECINCT AND LONG-TERM
POSITIVE PLEASE COMMUNITY
RELATIONSHIPS. Reporter: THE
GOVERNOR WAS UNAVAILABLE FOR
COMMENT FOLLOWING THE MEETING
BUT A SPOKESPERSON SAYS THE
GOVERNOR CALLED IT A
CONSTRUCTIVE MEETING.
THE SPOKESPERSON SAID IT WAS
THE NAACP THAT REQUESTED
TODAY'S MEETING, FRANK
LIVE IN ST. PAUL.
A DEBATE HEATING UP BETWEEN
POLICE CHIEF JANIE HARTEAU AND
UNION HEAD BOB KROLL ABOUT HOW
POLICE HANDLE PROTESTERS.
BOTH ON WCCO RADIO TODAY
WHEN CROWE CALLED THE SITUATION
A LOCAL VERSION OF BENGHAZI.
THERE WERE SHOTS FIRED OUTSIDE
OF THE PRECINCT AND THE LAST
THING ALL OF US WANT IS A DEAD
COP AS A RESULT OF THIS. I
DON'T WANT A DEAD ANYBODY.
THAT'S ONE OF MANY EXCHANGES
WE HEARD CONCERNING THE
SHOOTING OF JAMAR CLARK BY
MINNEAPOLIS POLICE.
THIS MORNING DEMONSTRATORS TOOK
THEIR MESSAGE BEYOND THE 4th
PRECINCT TO DOWNTOWN
MINNEAPOLIS . MEMBERS OF THE
GROUP COMMUNITIES UNITED
AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY TRY TO
ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL AFTER
THE MEETING STARTED.
SECURITY HAD TO REMOVE 3
PEOPLE.
OTHER MEMBERS PATIENTLY WAITED
UNTIL THE END OF THE MEETING TO
SHARE CONCERNS BUT THEY NEVER
GOT A CHANCE.
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETINGS DO NOT
ALLOW PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF YOU WANT TO MAKE SOME
REAL CHANGE, AND HAVE CITIZENRY
WITH CONFIDENCE IN WHAT IS
GOING ON, THERE NEEDS TO BE
POLICY CHANGES AND SOME REAL
SERIOUS CONVERSATIONS THIS
EMPTY RHETORIC, A GOES
NOWHERE. CITY COUNCIL TRY TO
SUSPEND THE RULES AND ALLOW THE
PUBLIC TO COMMENT BUT THAT
MOTION FAILED.