Saturday marks 10 years since the fatal shooting of Jamar Clark by Minneapolis police.

Sixty-one seconds after two police officers first encountered the 24-year-old Clark outside of a house party on the North Side, an officer shot Clark in the head. He died the next day.

Clark was unarmed, and the officers were never charged.

Even though it’s been 10 years since the shooting, Clark’s mother feels as though no time has passed at all.

“It still feels like yesterday,” Burns said. “It don’t never click in that this thing is real and so you have to be jerked, in a sense, back to reality that is real.”

Burns has since focused on honoring Clark’s life and legacy by starting a foundation in his name. It’s called Project Jamar Saving Me.

“He always wanted to help people,” Burns said. “So, Pro

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