On Sunday night, Sacramento resident Stephon Clark was fatally shot by police in his grandparent’s backyard after authorities responded to a call of a person breaking car windows nearby, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Although officers believed the 22-year-old was pointing a gun, “the only item found near the suspect was a cellphone,” according a statement from the Sacramento Police Dept.
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Officials have released footage of the incident, from the body cameras worn by the two officers who approached Clark, and from a sheriff’s helicopter up above.
More audio and video footage will be released “in the near future.”
In one clip, a cop shouts, “Show me your hands! Gun, gun, gun!” before the two fire a total of 20 rounds at Clark during the encounter.
On Thursday, hundreds of protesters marched through the streets of Sacramento and, at one point, blocked off a freeway.
See pictures and video of the demonstrators (below):
Protestors circled City Hall and are now making their way down the streets of Sacramento. This is the Turn Up for #StephonClark rally. @ABC10 pic.twitter.com/qvT1aQclIK
— Frances Wang (@FrancesWangTV) March 22, 2018
Protestors making their way into City Hall & confronting police officers. #StephonClark pic.twitter.com/1UIDAnl3vr
— Frances Wang (@FrancesWangTV) March 22, 2018
Protestors shutting down the streets of downtown #Sacramento for #StephonClark. We are live at 5&6 on @ABC10 with the latest. pic.twitter.com/E9rLNrFyJh
— Frances Wang (@FrancesWangTV) March 22, 2018
#Sacramento protestors have successfully shut down the freeway for #StephonClark. A truck driver just honked to shot his/her support. pic.twitter.com/BQb50TuN75
— Frances Wang (@FrancesWangTV) March 23, 2018
Protestors are making their way on the freeway, holding their phones up because they say #StephonClark was not found with a gun… but a cellphone. pic.twitter.com/xRvywxlaD5
— Frances Wang (@FrancesWangTV) March 23, 2018
[Image via ABC10/Twitter.]
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