The president of the Minneapolis Police union says the officers involved in the fatal shooting of Jamar Clark are vindicated after a federal investigation cleared them of wrongdoing.
WCCO reported on the press conference from Lt. Bob Kroll Wednesday afternoon, where he blasted Mayor Betsy Hodges and Minneapolis City Council members Alondra Cano, Cam Gordon and Lisa Bender for creating what he called a “dangerous and unproductive atmosphere.”
He also said they were “contributing to the disruption and takeover of the 4th Precinct” in the aftermath of the November shooting.
He called the shooting “unfortunate and tragic,” but put the blame squarely on Clark.
“Jamar Clark dictated the circumstances that night,” he said.
Kroll described Black Lives Matter as a “terrorist organization.”
“I don’t see Black Lives Matter as a voice for the black community in Minneapolis,” he said. “The disruption, the, you know, they firebombed the precinct. There were shootings outside the precinct, hundreds of thousands of dollars [of damage] to the precinct and squad cars.”
Law Officer agrees with Kroll and we appreciate that he has the courage to call them exactly what they are. We said it ourselves and built a case for it back in February. It’s odd because BLM has been accepted as an activist group and even invited to the White House but we should not be fooled. There are many decent, law abiding organizations for anyone to get involved with that truly want to see reform. BLM is not one of them.
Kroll said Officers Mark Ringgenberg and Dustin Schwarze, and their families, were all victims of the “obtrusive” investigation — all for “going to a 911 call and doing their job.”
“It’s a happy day for them. The truth came out and they prevailed,” he said.
Kroll ended the conference by criticizing the fact that the officers are now in the midst of a third investigation, at the hands of Minneapolis Police.
“What other career do you get investigated three times for the same incident?” Kroll said.
Ringgenberg and Schwarze have been cleared by two investigations: one by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, and one by the FBI.