A police vehicle struck a woman as it peeled away from people protesting the police killing of Stephon Clark, 22, in March.
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Before the accident, Cleveland recounted how she felt she was unjustly arrested three years ago, accused of touching a police officer during a tense meeting.
At the protests, which were peaceful, a protester was struck by a sheriff’s vehicle at low speed.
Speaking at a press conference on Monday, Jones alleged that “professionals” had come to the vigil and protest for Stephon Clark, the unarmed Black man fatally shot by police in his grandmother’s backyard last month.
Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones is suggesting that “paid protesters” inflamed Saturday’s demonstration and vigil for Stephon Clark and antagonized his deputies – and that the deputy whose vehicle struck an activist was unaware he’d hit someone. The propulsion of the bullet would have been enough to spin his body around so his back was facing the officers, Omalu said, before being hit by subsequent bullets that dropped him to the ground.
The incident is still under investigation by the California Highway Patrol officials.
The woman, whose name is Wanda Cleveland, according to The Sacramento Bee, suffered minor injuries.
“I had to pause for a second because the emotion of me wanted to say yes, but at the same time cops aren’t bad, one cop doesn’t make every one bad”, Barnes said. “So remember that – while we mourn, while we shout, while we cry – because it ain’t just our pain, it’s their pain”.
The officers burst into the yard with weapons drawn and confronted the father-of-two before opening fire.
Police said they thought Clark had a gun but only a cellphone was found nearby after the shooting.
“It was a fast acceleration, not the way you would move with people around”, said Guy Danilowitz.
Clark was shot on the night of 18 March by police responding to a report that someone was breaking windows.
According to Cleveland, she started walking toward the curb after the first sheriff’s vehicle left the scene. “We will continue to demand justice for not just Stephon, but for all lives that have been unjustly taken at the hands of law enforcement”. The Rev. Al Sharpton delivered the eulogy and praised demonstrators for their restraint and urged them to follow the lead of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and his advocacy of nonviolent protest.
Tensions mounted over the fatal police shooting of an unarmed Sacramento, California, black man when a protester sustained minor injuries when struck by a sheriff’s patrol vehicle that was under attack by demonstrators, authorities said on Sunday.
Meanwhile, police dramatically increased security outside the downtown National Basketball Association arena where protesters have twice blocked thousands of fans from entering for Sacramento Kings’ games.
Protesters shut down access to the home of the NBA’s Sacramento Kings, Golden 1 Center, on March 22 and March 27.
On Friday, forensic researcher Bennet Omalu, known for his study of football-related concussions, announced the result of his independent examination, which the Clark family had requested.
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“I do not know at this time”, Crump said. The officers have said that they shot at Clark after he reached toward them holding an object they believed to be a gun. The medical examiner who performed the autopsy also said his findings contradict the officers’ assertion that Clark was facing them when they shot him.
