Unarmed 22-Year-Old Black Man Shot and Killed by Sacramento Police

Mar 3, 2019:

Mar 2, 2019:

District Attorney Anne-Marie Schubert announced that the two Sacramento police officers involved in the shooting of Stephon Clark (Jared Robinet and Terrence Mercadal) did not commit a crime and will not be charged.

Sep 6, 2018:

The family of Stephon Clark has filed wrongful death claims with the city of Sacramento seeking up to $35 million for his death.

Mar 31, 2018:

Immediately after 20 shots were fired at Stephon Clark the police officers involved in the shooting muted the audio on their body cameras.

Mar 30, 2018:

According to an independent autopsy, Stephon Clark was clearly shot from behind with six bullets hitting him in the back, one in his thigh, and one on his side.

Mar 29, 2018:

Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg was interviewed by Hari Sreenivasan on the PBS Newshour. Here are excerpts of the interview:

Regarding police policy, training, and laws Steinberg said the following:

But it's a whole another thing to ask whether the protocols and the trainings themselves need to be corrected. And we're going to be very, very aggressive about this, because, regardless of whether or not there was legal — will be legal culpability here, the outcome was just plain wrong. A 22-year-old young man like this shouldn't have lost his life in this way. And so we are going to be diligent.

When asked about why the body camera audio was muted Steinberg replied:

I don’t know. Certainly, there's a lot of audio that you can hear, but it was turned off at some time. And that's a question that I have, that the community has, and will be answered in the investigation. Certainly, the question we will be asking at our next public hearing is simply, is it ever appropriate to mute a body cam? If the answer to that question is no, I think we will already have the answer. But we're going to is ask that question, certainly, as one of the key troubling aspects of the case.

When asked about implicit bias training Steinberg responded:

We are already starting. And, absolutely, we are going — we must intensify our implicit bias training...Implicit bias of course is real. And to deny it is to not to do everything we have to do to prevent this from happening.

Source:

(March 29, 2018). "Sacramento intends to turn 'horrific' Stephon Clark death into real change, says mayor". PBS Newshour. Retrieved 2018-04-01.

Mar 27, 2018:

Mar 22, 2018:

Read a statement released by Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg here.

Mar 21, 2018:

Mar 19, 2018:

Last night, responding to a call about someone breaking car windows, Sacramento Police shot and killed Stephon Clark, a 22-year-old unarmed Black man.

Clark was carrying a cellphone which officers thought was a weapon when Clark was shot 20 times.

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