SACRAMENTO: About 200 demonstrators squared off with police in riot tools in a single day in California's capital and more protests are planned for Saturday, after a post-mortem on Stephon Clark contradicted the police account of the shooting of the unarmed black guy.
Waving indicators and chanting the 22-year-old's name in unison, the protesters collected at city hall before marching into the Old Sacramento part of town, filled with bars, restaurants and tourists.
Protesters, some with megaphones and black masks covering their faces, shouted "Shoot us down, we shut you down", at the side of expletives directed at the police.
More than 80 police and California Highway Patrol officials in riot tools blocked protesters from marching onto a highway.
Clark's demise was once the latest in a string of deadly shootings of black men via police that have prompted protests around the United States and fueled a national debate about bias within the American legal justice system.
The father of 2, was once gunned down within the backyard of his grandparents' space via police responding to a report that any person was once breaking windows. Police mentioned the officials who shot at Clark 20 occasions feared he was once retaining a firearm, but that he was once later discovered to were retaining a cell phone.
Police have mentioned he was once moving against officials in a menacing approach after they fired. The incident was once captured on a body cam video launched via police on Wednesday.
The newest round of demonstrations have been touched off via a brand new personal post-mortem on Clark that showed that not one of the 8 bullets hit him within the front, contradicting the police model of occasions, a attorney for the deceased's family mentioned on Friday.
Clark was once hit six occasions within the back, as soon as within the aspect and as soon as within the leg, the post-mortem discovered.
Benjamin Crump, an legal professional for the family of Clark mentioned: "This independent autopsy affirms that Stephon was not a threat to police and was slain in another senseless police killing under increasingly questionable circumstances."
The Sacramento Police Department mentioned in a observation that it might haven't any further remark at the case until after the discharge of the findings of an authentic post-mortem via the county coroner, and a evaluation via state and native prosecutors.
Dr. Bennet Omalu, the forensic pathologist who performed the independent post-mortem, mentioned at a briefing that any one of 7 bullets that entered the higher part of Clark's body may have killed him.
Clark's shooting has sparked in large part peaceful demonstrations in Sacramento. On several events over the last two weeks, protesters have marched, held demonstrations and two times blocked enthusiasts from attaining video games played via the Sacramento Kings NBA basketball staff at the Golden 1 Center.
At the funeral service for Clark on Thursday, veteran civil rights leader the Reverend Al Sharpton mentioned: "We're going to make Donald Trump and the whole world deal with the issue of police misconduct."
The service at a church in Sacramento came an afternoon after White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders mentioned the shooting was once a "local matter".
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has mentioned state investigators will oversee the investigation and evaluation the police department's procedures and practices.
Another protest is planned for noon on Saturday and is to be led via retired Sacramento Kings' basketball star Matt Barnes, a observation from the organizers of the Unity and Action rally mentioned.
Waving indicators and chanting the 22-year-old's name in unison, the protesters collected at city hall before marching into the Old Sacramento part of town, filled with bars, restaurants and tourists.
Protesters, some with megaphones and black masks covering their faces, shouted "Shoot us down, we shut you down", at the side of expletives directed at the police.
More than 80 police and California Highway Patrol officials in riot tools blocked protesters from marching onto a highway.
Clark's demise was once the latest in a string of deadly shootings of black men via police that have prompted protests around the United States and fueled a national debate about bias within the American legal justice system.
The father of 2, was once gunned down within the backyard of his grandparents' space via police responding to a report that any person was once breaking windows. Police mentioned the officials who shot at Clark 20 occasions feared he was once retaining a firearm, but that he was once later discovered to were retaining a cell phone.
Police have mentioned he was once moving against officials in a menacing approach after they fired. The incident was once captured on a body cam video launched via police on Wednesday.
The newest round of demonstrations have been touched off via a brand new personal post-mortem on Clark that showed that not one of the 8 bullets hit him within the front, contradicting the police model of occasions, a attorney for the deceased's family mentioned on Friday.
Clark was once hit six occasions within the back, as soon as within the aspect and as soon as within the leg, the post-mortem discovered.
Benjamin Crump, an legal professional for the family of Clark mentioned: "This independent autopsy affirms that Stephon was not a threat to police and was slain in another senseless police killing under increasingly questionable circumstances."
The Sacramento Police Department mentioned in a observation that it might haven't any further remark at the case until after the discharge of the findings of an authentic post-mortem via the county coroner, and a evaluation via state and native prosecutors.
Dr. Bennet Omalu, the forensic pathologist who performed the independent post-mortem, mentioned at a briefing that any one of 7 bullets that entered the higher part of Clark's body may have killed him.
Clark's shooting has sparked in large part peaceful demonstrations in Sacramento. On several events over the last two weeks, protesters have marched, held demonstrations and two times blocked enthusiasts from attaining video games played via the Sacramento Kings NBA basketball staff at the Golden 1 Center.
At the funeral service for Clark on Thursday, veteran civil rights leader the Reverend Al Sharpton mentioned: "We're going to make Donald Trump and the whole world deal with the issue of police misconduct."
The service at a church in Sacramento came an afternoon after White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders mentioned the shooting was once a "local matter".
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has mentioned state investigators will oversee the investigation and evaluation the police department's procedures and practices.
Another protest is planned for noon on Saturday and is to be led via retired Sacramento Kings' basketball star Matt Barnes, a observation from the organizers of the Unity and Action rally mentioned.
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