Two Sacramento, Calif., police officers whose fatal shooting of an unarmed black man last year prompted nationwide protests will not face criminal charges, prosecutor announces.
FILE - In this Tuesday, March 27, 2018 file photo, Stevante Clark stands on a desk as he shouts the name of his brother Stephon Clark, who was fatally shot by police a week earlier, during a meeting of the Sacramento City Council in Sacramento, Calif. Prosecutors are expected to announce Saturday, March 1 whether two police officers will face charges in last year's fatal shooting in Sacramento of an unarmed black man that generated nationwide protests.
“We must recognize that they are often forced to make split-second decisions and we must recognize that they are under tense, uncertain and rapidly evolving circumstances,” Schubert said. Clark’s family, including his two sons, his parents and his grandparents, filed a wrongful death lawsuit in January seeking more than $20 million from the city, Mercadal and Robinet, alleging that the officers used excessive force and that he was a victim of racial profiling.Passions were more inflamed by conflicting autopsy results.
It shows him initially moving toward the officers, who are peeking out from behind a corner of the house, but it’s not clear whether he was facing them or that he knew the officers were there when they opened fire after shouting “gun, gun, gun.” The video shows Clark staggering sideways and falling on his stomach as the officers continue shooting.
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