5 shot in US rally over death of black man

Chicago, November 24 

Racial tensions soared in two US cities Tuesday after three white men opened fire on a Black Lives Matter protest in Minneapolis and a Chicago police officer was charged with murder for shooting a black teen.

Five people were wounded, though none gravely, when the gunmen opened fire Monday night at the Minneapolis protest, police said.

Black Lives Matter Minneapolis vowed to continue its daily demonstrations protesting the fatal police shooting of Jamar Clark, 24, whom they said was handcuffed when he was shot in the head on November 15.

"White supremacists attacked the  #4thPrecinctShutDown in an act of domestic terrorism," the group wrote on its Facebook page. "We won't be intimidated." Meanwhile, the mayor of Chicago called for calm ahead of the release of a "hideous" video showing officer Jason Van Dyke fire 16 bullets into Laquan McDonald, 17. A judge ordered the Chicago police dashcam video released to the public no later than Wednesday.

Van Dyke was charged with first degree murder Tuesday It will be the first time a Chicago police officer has been charged with first-degree murder for an on-duty fatality in more than 30 years. — AFP