While our attention has been focused on the shooting death of Botham Jean at the hands of Dallas police officer Amber Guyger, another important piece of news has slipped relatively under the radar. Sacramento’s mayor said earlier this week that the investigation into the shooting death of Stephon Clark was nearing…
It has been nearly 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 SPD’s internal investigation of the shooting is still ongoing, as is the investigation being led by the California State Attorney General. Both…
Two SWAT officers with the Sacramento police department shot and killed a man they say pointed a gun at them early Thursday morning. It was later discovered that the man was holding a pellet gun.
Contrary to initial police statements, Stephon Clark was not facing the officers who shot and killed him in the backyard of his grandmother’s house on March 18, according to an independent autopsy requested by the family.
A lawyer for the family of a black man who was fleeing police called Monday for the two Sacramento, Calif., police officers who killed him to be charged with murder, Reuters reports.
