Posted on 03/28/2018 8:57:22 AM PDT by Ennis85
The brother of US shooting victim Stephon Clark has stormed a public meeting of the Sacramento city council, amid continuing anger over his killing by police earlier this month.
Leading protesters into the chamber on Tuesday, Stevonte Clarke sat on a table and said the mayor and the city had "failed all of you".
The incident happened as the council was debating the death.
Stephon Clark, 22, was unarmed when he was shot dead by Sacramento police.
Hundreds of people attended Tuesday's meeting, which was called after California's attorney general joined the investigation into the killing.
Sacramento police chief Daniel Hahn asked for the attorney general's involvement, citing the "extremely high emotions, anger and hurt in our city".
Before the interruption, Mayor Darrell Steinberg said the meetings would discuss police protocol and training.
"This is not just about the death of Stephon Clark," he said. "We recognise that there have been other lives lost, who also drive your grief and passion for change."
Two police officers shot 20 times at Mr Clark in his own backyard on 18 March, while investigating nearby break-ins. Mr Clark was believed to be armed but only a mobile phone was found on his body.
The officers have not been named by authorities, who say they are concerned for their safety. They have been put on leave.
Benjamin Crump, lawyer for the Clark family, said in a statement: "We fully expect that the California Attorney General's Office will do a complete and thorough investigation."
Mr Crump has previously represented the families of shooting victims such as Trayvon Martin, a Florida teenager killed in 2012.
After protesters stormed the council chamber, they gathered around the Golden 1 Centre, the scene of an earlier protest .
They prevented people from entering the venue to watch the basketball
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This stuff convinces me more and more that the smartest thing to do is get as far away from these liberal urban cesspools as possible. It’s going to explode. The Dems created this massive violent feral predator class over the years and now they can’t control it.
I wonder what would happen if a bunch of old white guys tried this?
And all through this, no mention of what the guy was doing at the time. His “loving family” didn’t seem to notice or correct his behavior, which I’ll bet had been off the rails for years. But they love him now, because dead, he’s probably going to be worth 6 or 7 figures to them.
No doubt, from Chicago to LA, these gangs of thugs have changed America and forced thousands to protect themselves with firearms.
I saw the video of this meeting. Civilization has been abandoned. The city council has abdicated. They might as well have put their own city to the torch themselves.
There’s something about your image that reminds me of the beginning scenes of the film 2001: A Space Odyssey. Can’t place it.
Sad to lose a brother but to demonstrate the way these thugs do causes me to wish that they would all go back to Africa.
All lives matter especially the innocents killed in the womb.
When the police are looking for an armed criminal in your backyard, don’t confront them holding anything that could be mistaken for a weapon
Read “When the music stops” by Matt Kraken.
twerking atop the ruins of western civ.
If America’s early farmers had only picked their own crops...
I saw the video and watched it without audio. It looked like several agitated gorillas who escaped from their cages were posturing in a big room filled with humans. It would not have been out of place to see uniformed handlers shoot the disrupters with tranquilizer darts. Like “Wild Kingdom” with Marlin Perkins.
What was up with ooga-booga dance? That’s some act of mourning.
Not that it matters, but did this presumed to be innocent fellow have any previous run-ins with the Law?
And just wow....do these idiots really think acting this way will draw more sympathy to their cause?
I couldn’t find the work you referred me to and then I realized you meant to say Matt “Bracken” (FR’s own Travis McGee). I found the article and I will check it out. I’ve always liked Matt’s books and articles.
Becerra couldn’t autopsy a latrine. He belongs in one.
It evokes this song:
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