Jamar Clark Killing Internal Investigation.
About ten days ago, on Friday October 21st, the police department announced that they had completed their internal investigation into the police officer killing on November 15th, 2015 of Jamar Clark and that the chief has determined that there were no violations of City policy and that the officers will not receive any discipline. She wrote, “After looking at all the evidence and all the verifiable facts in this case, I can say with absolute certainty that I fully support the actions of [the] Officers….We did not find any violation of MPD policy.” While not surprising, given the long history of not disciplining officers involved in police killings and similar determinations by other investigating bodies who looked into this case, the result was a shock and disappointment to many, including me. While I have confidence and trust in the Chief and the Mayor and have not been given the same access as others to the evidence, I remain deeply concerned by a number of things about th...