Footage Show Police Muted Body Cameras After Shooting Stephon Clark

Police have said that officers fired 20 bullets at him, but it remains unclear how many times he was struck.

Outside the arena, protesters linked arms and chanted at fans, “Join us or go home!”

Black Lives Matter Sacramento called it a police murder and demanded answers.

Daniel Hahn, who is the first black police chief in Sacramento, told CNN affiliate KCRA that the shooting is “a tragic event for our entire community, so yes, there’s a lot of anger”. “We are exhausted of talking and meeting and sitting trying to convince our elected officials that there needs to be change!”

Attorney Ben Crump, who is representing the Clark family, condemned the officers’ response to the complaint.

After the game, Kings owner Vivek Ranadivé addressed the small crowd from center court, surrounded by Sacramento’s players and coaches, and expressed sympathy for Clark’s family. City Councilman Larry Carr decried the loss of life and said police must provide timely information. It’s a privilege, but it’s also a responsibility. We recognize it’s not just business as usual.

A Sacramento Police Department spokeswoman told Business Insider that it’s standard procedure for officers, when someone suspected of breaking auto windows runs away from them, to have their guns drawn.

Independent experts say video and audio recordings of Sacramento police officers fatally shooting a black man who turned out to be unarmed raise more questions than they answer. And, almost four years after the death of Michael Brown sparked the rise of Black Lives Matter and brought more attention to racial disparities in police shootings, the Clark case serves as a stark reminder that even as national attention has waned, unarmed black men and women continue to experience deadly encounters with police.

City Council policy on Police Use of Force mandates that the SPD release video and audio associated with police involved shootings to the public within 30 days.

Sacramento police officers were searching for someone who was breaking into cars Sunday night in south Sacramento when they confronted Clark in the backyard of his grandparents’ home.

Hahn says Clark’s death is a tragedy that shows there is much work to be done to improve police relations.

Protesters took to the street on Monday night, gathering near the scene of the shooting on 29th Street.

Officers held their position for about five minutes, according to the press release, until more officers arrived before approaching Clark, handcuffing him and beginning lifesaving efforts. Steinberg noted that it is critically important to give the black community a voice to air their pain in the face of this tragic incident.

“Hey mute?” an officer says to another about seven minutes after the shooting.

Sacramento police said the two officers fired at Stephon Clark, killing the 22-year-old, who was in his grandmother’s backyard after a chase. As the officers run into a backyard, they turn a corner and spot Clark in the glare of their flashlights.

“You alright, you hit?” one officer asks.

Later, a group of protesters surrounded a woman walking near the Central Library at 9th and J streets and screamed at her, “Shoot her in the back 20 times” and then doused her with drinks from bottles they were carrying.

Former Sacramento Kings star DeMarcus Cousins offered Friday to pay for funeral arrangements for Clark, a 22-year-old unarmed black man.