Lt. Bob Kroll (Photo: Minneapolis Police Federation)
The president of the Minneapolis Police union says the officers involved in the fatal shooting of Jamar Clark last November are vindicated after a federal investigation cleared them of any wrongdoing.
Lt. Bob Kroll spoke at a press conference 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.”
Kroll’s harshest words were pointed at Black Lives Matter, which he described as a “terrorist organization,” WCCO TV reports.
“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.”
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.”
