It has been almost six months since two Sacramento police officers shot and killed 22-year-old Stephon Clark as he stood in the backyard of his grandmother’s home. The officers fired about 20 shots and said that they thought he was holding a gun and were in fear for their lives. He was only holding a cell […]
One of the two officers who shot and killed Stephon Clark in March was confronted by Black Lives Matter protesters on his wedding day Saturday, reports CBS Sacramento. Police haven’t released the names of the two officers who killed Clark in his grandmother’s backyard, due to safety concerns. The small group of protesters had gotten word about […]
The report contradicts the private autopsy.
Dave Reiling regrets making that call.
DL was scrolling on his Facebook when he saw a post from someone who stated that they felt bad for the family of Stephon Clark but not for him because of his dating choices. DL finds it stupid that someone would even pick a fight like that in light of how Clark was killed. Don’t […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Sacramento Police Chief Daniel Hahn had his first major encounter with officers as a kid who witnessed a murder in a tough part of California’s capital city. His second: as a teenager busted on allegations of assaulting an officer. “Nobody in my neighborhood thought about being a police officer,” Hahn said […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Several state lawmakers and the family of a 22-year-old unarmed black man fatally shot by police are proposing Tuesday that California become the first state to significantly restrict when officers can open fire. The proposed legislation would change the current “reasonable force” rule to a “necessary force” standard. That means officers […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Video shown Monday that was taken by a dashboard camera inside a sheriff’s vehicle shows it hitting a protester and driving away — the latest flashpoint following the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black man in Sacramento. The law enforcement official behind the wheel likely didn’t know he hit someone, […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The family of Stephon Clark joined hundreds of people at a rally urging California’s capital city not to let his memory or calls for police reform fade nearly two weeks after the 22-year-old unarmed black man was killed by Sacramento officers. Clark’s fiancee, Salena Manni, stood on stage with his two […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Sacramento police shot Stephon Clark seven times from behind, according to autopsy results released Friday by a pathologist hired by Clark’s family, findings that call into question the department’s assertion that the 22-year-old black man was facing officers and walked toward them when he was killed. Dr. Bennet Omalu, whose study […]
At least six of the 20 bullets police shot into Stephon Clark's body hit him in the back, according to a new report.
