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Why ‘He Should Have Just Complied’ Does Not Apply to Stephon Clark
Since reporting Tuesday night on the shooting death of Stephon Clark at the hands of the Sacramento Police Department, I have gotten many of the same responses from people both on Twitter and in the comments section on The Root. Why didn’t he just comply? Why was he running from the police? Why was he…
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Watch: Police Released Footage of Stephon Clark’s Killing, but Will It Help Bring Justice?
There are a lot of questions running through my mind after I reluctantly watched the execution of yet another unarmed black man by police. How can a white iPhone be mistaken for a gun? Why were 20 shots fired at an unarmed man in a matter of seven seconds? Why did officers continue to yell,…
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Stephon Clark Shooting Video Released by Police
The two police officers responsible for Stephon Clark’s death in Sacramento, Calif., on Sunday night shot him within three seconds of encountering him, according to video footage released by the Sacramento Police Department. Bodycam footage from one of the two officers, footage from the sheriff’s helicopter overhead, and the 911 call and dispatch audio were…
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GoFundMe for Stephon ‘Zoe’ Clark, Black Man Shot in His Own Backyard, Raises Nearly $10,000 in 1 Day
The online community and beyond is rallying behind the family of Stephon “Zoe” Clark, the black man who was gunned down by Sacramento, Calif., police in his own backyard. In about a day, a GoFundMe campaign launched to help Clark’s family pay for his funeral services has raised $9,962 of a $10,000 goal … a…
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California Police Shoot and Kill Unarmed Black Man in His Own Backyard
Police in Sacramento, Calif., shot and killed an unarmed black man in his own backyard Sunday night after mistaking his cellphone for a weapon. In their initial press release regarding the incident, police said that officers were responding to a report of someone breaking car windows near the home where a man, later identified as…