On Sunday, March 18, around 9:18 p.m., Sacramento police responded to a call “that a thin, 6-foot-1 Black man wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and dark pants was hiding in a residential backyard after breaking car windows,” according to The Sacramento Bee. Just eight minutes later, officers fired over 20 times at 22-year-old Stephon Clark — in his own backyard. Reportedly, they “feared” for their lives because they saw a gun in his hand. It turned out he was only carrying a cellphone.
There has been an outpouring of support. A GoFundMe campaign page, which set a goal of $80,000, was created for Clark’s funeral expenses. Over the past eight days, 2,349 people contributed more than $79,080. In addition, the Reverend Al Sharpton announced Sunday that he would attend Clark’s funeral.
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