sacramento police department
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Cops: Don’t Worry ‘Bout That Weird Voicemail Threatening to Kill Black Children
Parents in a California city want answers about a terrifying message left for a local institution.
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That’s How You Feel? Sacramento Officers Called Group of Black Boys a “Pack of Animals”
Three years later, they're still on the street with badges.
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Sacramento, Calif., Cops Who Shot and Killed an Unarmed #StephonClark Are Headed Back to the Streets
The two Sacramento, Calif., cops who shot and killed an unarmed Stephon Clark as he stood in his grandparents’ backyard last year not only will face no charges—but they have been cleared to return to duty. Minutes after the Justice Department decided not to pursue civil rights charges against Officers Terrence Mercadal and Jared Robinet…
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To Protect and Serve or to Terrorize Children? Sacramento Police Department Under Fire Again
In the 14 months that have passed since Officers Terrence Mercadal and Jared Robinet gunned down 22-year-old Stephon Clark in the backyard of his grandparents’ home, the Sacramento Police Department has not managed to stay out of the headlines with negative news stories. Chief Daniel Hahn was purported to be ushering in a new day…
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#StephonClark: One Year Later, There Is Still No Justice and No Peace
One year ago today, 22-year-old Stephon Clark was shot and killed by two police officers as he stood in the backyard of his grandparents’ home in the Meadowview neighborhood of Sacramento, Calif. Officers Terrence Mercadal and Jared Robinet said they feared for their lives—a common refrain that often leads to law enforcement officers being exonerated…
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#StephonClark: U.S. Department of Justice Launches Civil Rights Investigation Into Shooting
After both the Sacramento district attorney and the California state attorney general both declined to press criminal charges against the officers who shot and killed 22-year-old Stephon Clark in the backyard of his grandparents’ home nearly a year ago, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday that it would be launching a civil rights investigation…
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#StephonClark: No Criminal Charges For Officers Who Killed Unarmed Black Man
“I want to start by saying a few things, the most important of which is an apology to the Clark family.” Those were the words of Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert as she took the podium just after 3 p.m. EST Saturday to begin the press conference in which she ultimately revealed that…
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How Does a California Department of Justice Review of the Sacramento Police Department Impact the Stephon Clark Case?
Last week, the California Department of Justice released a report and recommendations for improvements within the Sacramento Police Department specifically pertaining to its use-of-force policy. The 97-page “Sacramento Police Department Report & Recommendations 2019” (pdf) was released just days after the state DOJ turned over the findings from its independent investigation of the shooting and…
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#StephonClark: Sacramento DA Says It Will Take Longer to Decide Whether Officers Will be Charged for Killing Unarmed Black Man
On the day attorneys representing the parents, grandparents and children of Stephon Clark filed a lawsuit against the city of Sacramento and the two police officers who killed the 22-year-old man in the backyard of his grandparents’ house, the district attorney’s office announced there would be a delay in its review of the case. In…
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#StephonClark: Family of Man Killed by Police Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Officers, City of Sacramento
Lawyers representing the children, parents and grandparents of Stephon Clark—the 22-year-old man killed by two Sacramento police officers in March 2018—have filed a lawsuit against the City of Sacramento as well as the two officers involved, Terrence Mercadal and Jared Robinet. The suit (pdf), which was filed Monday in the U.S. District Court Eastern District…