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Minnesota: 5 Black Lives Matter Protesters Shot by White Suspects

HeadlineNov 24, 2015

In Minneapolis, Minnesota, five Black Lives Matter protesters have been shot and wounded. They say the shooters were white supremacists, at least one of whom was wearing a mask. The protesters were gathered at an encampment outside a police precinct where they have been protesting the police killing of unarmed African American Jamar Clark. Activists say the white supremacists opened fire after a group of protesters attempted to herd them away from the encampment. Jie Wronski-Riley described the shooting to the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

Jie Wronski-Riley: “Then it was like they turned around, and then they just like started shooting. And at first, I wasn’t sure—like, I was like, 'Are they shooting firecrackers?' because it was so loud, and it was like all this, like, sulfur, whatever. And then it was like—then it was like the person like right next to me on my left went down, the person on my right went down, and I was like, '[expletive], they're actually shooting at us. They’re shooting bullets at us.’”

Activists said police took a long time to respond to the shooting and then used mace on bystanders.

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