Brother of Stephon Clark Calls for Change at State Capitol

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The Rev. Al Sharpton, second from right, accompanied by Stevante Clark, center, the brother of police shooting victim Stephon Clark, and attorney Benjamin Crump, left, talks to reporter after a news conference Monday, March 18, 2019, in Sacramento, Calif. Sharpton called for California to change how it responds to police killings of civilians as Monday marks a year since two Sacramento police officers killed Clark, 22, as they responded to vandalism reports. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

 

A family is calling for change at the state capitol on the anniversary of the shooting death of Stephon Clark. Stevante Clark, brother of Stephon, is leading the chant for change.

 

 

Stevante was joined by dozens of community members and activists on Sunday ahead of a march through the neighborhood where his brother was gunned down. The Clark family is angry over the district attorney’s decision not to charge Sacramento police officers in Stephon’s death, ruling the shooting justified. Officers were tracking a man vandalizing vehicles last March when they found 22-year-old Clark in his grandmother’s backyard. They opened fire on him thinking he was holding a gun, but it turned out to be a cell phone. The family is calling for change in communities across the nation in forms of legislation, community programs, police training and more.