Consolidated posts about Stephon Clark, protests, et al

[Associated Press]

A protest over the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man briefly shut down a major California freeway and disrupted the start of an NBA game Thursday. The game between the Sacramento Kings and Atlanta Hawks got underway about 20 minutes late as thousands of frustrated fans waited outside. Protesters shouting "Shut it down" formed a human chain blocking fans from entering Golden 1 Center while dozens of police initially attempted to clear entrances before fans were told to go home.

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[Deadline]

The 19-minute delay was caused by protestors who locked arms and surrounded entrances to the Golden1 Center in Sacramento. The protest was regarding the police shooting of Stephon Clark, who was unarmed and in the backyard of his grandparents’ house Sunday night. Fans who did not arrive early were turned away and asked to leave the arena grounds.

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[Reuters]

Newly released video footage of police killing an unarmed black man in a barrage of gunfire in Sacramento, California, left the mayor "horrified" and sparked street protests on Thursday that gridlocked traffic in the state capital for hours. Police said the video, captured by body cameras worn by officers involved in Sunday night's confrontation, showed the victim, Stephon Clark, 22, holding an object that later turned out to be a cell phone as he was shot 20 times. The video was released by police late on Wednesday and it soon went viral on the internet.

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[The Associated Press]

The game between the Sacramento Kings and Atlanta Hawks started after a 19-minute delay Thursday because of protesters who were locked arm-in-arm surrounding entrances to Golden1 Center. A massive crowd shut down nearby freeways and gathered in the surrounding streets to protest the police shooting of Stephon Clark, an unarmed black man who was in the backyard of his grandparents' house Sunday night. The Kings later issued a statement regarding potential refunds for those fans who were unable to get inside.

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[The Associated Press]

Protesters decrying this week's fatal shooting of an unarmed black man formed a human chain blocking fans trying to attend a professional basketball game between the Sacramento Kings and Atlanta Hawks.

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[HuffPost]

The daylong demonstration was held in response to Sacramento police officers killing 22-year-old Stephon Clark in his grandparents’ backyard on Sunday night while responding to reports of car break-ins. The Sacramento Police Department said officers believed Clark had advanced toward them while holding a gun, though police only found a cellphone on him after an exhaustive search. Demonstrators on Thursday first stormed the buildings of Sacramento City Hall before moving out to the streets and marching down Interstate 5, the Sacramento Bee reported.

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[Sports Illustrated]

Kings owner Vivek Ranadive addressed the crowd after the Sacramento–Atlanta game on Thursday, where protesters caused a delay of game after blocking and closing Golden 1 Center to more fans. Protestors, locked arm-in-arm, were demonstrating against the fatal police shooting of Stephon Clark. The Kings also issued a second statement after their first one earlier in the evening, giving more details to fans on refunds.

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[NBC Sports BayArea]

Basketball took a backseat Thursday evening at Golden 1 Center. Protesters surrounded the Sacramento Kings' facility, locking arms and blocking the entrance to an estimated 15,000 fans. This issue at hand was the officer involved shooting death of Stephon Clark, a local South Sacramento man that was killed Sunday evening.

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[Newsweek]

Protests have erupted in Sacramento days after two police officers shot and killed Stephon Clark, an unarmed black 22-year-old man, in his grandmother's backyard. Demonstrators blocked the entrance to a local arena where an NBA game between the Sacramento

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[Newsweek]

Protests have erupted in Sacramento days after two police officers shot and killed Stephon Clark, an unarmed black 22-year-old man, in his grandmother's backyard. Demonstrators blocked the entrance to a local arena where an NBA game between the Sacramento

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[Yahoo Sports]

Days after police shot and killed an unarmed man in his own backyard in Sacramento, protesters blocked streets and forced fans away from Thursday’s Kings-Hawks game. The protests forced a 20-minute delay in the game, and the Kings sent most fans home. The protests were in response to the death of Stephon Clark, an unarmed African-American man who was shot and killed in his grandparents’ backyard.

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[Time]

The game between the Kings and Atlanta Hawks started about 20 minutes late and was played before about 2,000 fans in the 17,000-seat arena. After the game, Kings owner Vivek Ranadive addressed the small crowd from center court, surrounded by Sacramento’s players and coaches. “We at the Kings recognize people’s abilities to protest peacefully and we respect that.

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[Fortune]

Just days after an unarmed black man identified as Stephon Clark was shot and killed by Sacramento police officers, protesters took to the streets of California’s state capital Thursday night, storming City Hall and blocking ticket holders from entering the Golden 1 Center ahead of a Sacramento Kings NBA game. The disruption prompted Sacramento Kings owner Vivek Ranadivé to address the crowd with seemingly off-the-cuff remarks that are drawing praise. Ranadivé—an Indian-American businessman, engineer, author, philanthropist, and co-owner of the Kings since 2010—expressed sympathy to the deceased man’s family and vowed that the team would take a leadership role in the community.

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[NBC Sports BayArea]

One, helping convince David Stern to lay in the tracks that were leading the team to Seattle, and two, getting a new arena built. In the wake of the police shooting of Stephon Adams while he sat in his grandfather's backyard and Sacramento's ensuing outrage, Ranadive was presented with a difficult situation. A protest had led to the doors of the Golden 1 Center, essentially blocking the entrances for that night's Kings-Atlanta Hawks game, and rather than insist that the police clear the entrances so an essentially meaningless game could be played without inconvenience, Ranadive decided to err on the side of the community rather than his own perquisites.

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[Yahoo Sports]

Former Sacramento Kings center DeMarcus Cousins has reached out to the family of Stephon Clark, offering to cover funeral costs, according to The Sacramento Bee. Clark was shot and killed on Sunday by Sacramento police, who mistook his iPhone for a gun, while standing in his grandparents’ backyard. Clark’s family set up a GoFundMe page earlier this week to rase money to cover funeral costs with a $50,000 goal, which it had already surpassed by Friday afternoon.

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[NBC Sports BayArea]

Sacramento police shot and killed Clark, a 22-year-old African-American father of two, on Sunday while he was holding a cellphone in the backyard of his grandmother's home. During his six-and-a-half year tenure in Sacramento, Cousins was not only the face of the Kings on the court, but the face of outreach efforts off of it. He paid for the funeral of Sacramento-area high school football player Jaulon "JJ" Clavo, who was shot in 2015, and ran free children's basketball camps for the city's children during the summer.

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[Newsweek]

Did police tell an unarmed black man who they were before shooting him to death in a dark backyard in Sacramento, California? Two Sacramento police officers, responding to a report of someone shattering car windows, killed Stephon Alonzo Clark, 22, on Sunday in a hail of bullets. Stephon Clark was in his own backyard armed with nothing more than a cellphone when Sacramento police officers shot and killed the 22-year-old on Sunday.

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[ABC News]

Protests rocked Sacramento for a second time in 24 hours in the wake of the police killing of an unarmed black man. Hundreds of demonstrators calling for justice in the fatal shooting last weekend of 22-year-old Stephon Clark marched for hours and blocked traffic near the California state capitol building on Friday afternoon, according to ABC station KGO. Protesters at one point came face to face with officers clad in riot gear and began chanting "Stephon Clark." "It is indoctrinated into their bloodstream to fear us," said Rev. Brian Levingston, who was among the unofficial organizers of the protest. "But today we stand right now to tell you we are human beings and the United States of America

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[Newsweek]

Did police tell an unarmed black man who they were before shooting him to death in a dark backyard in Sacramento, California? That question is forcing an examination of policies dictating when and how police identify themselves while encountering suspects. Two Sacramento police officers, responding to a report of someone shattering car windows, killed Stephon Alonzo Clark, 22, on Sunday in a hail of bullets. Police video has shown the officers chasing Clark around the side of his grandparents’ house, yelling “Show me your hands” and “Gun” before firing. Police said they believed Clark held a gun, but it turned out to be a mobile phone. The release of the video late on Wednesday sparked street

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[NBC Sports BayArea]

The Kings weren't prepared for the chaos of Thursday evening. As protesters engulfed the perimeter of Golden 1 Center, locking arms and blocking the entrances to the building, the reaction inside was to close the doors and regroup. By the final whistle, the Kings were ready to respond.

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[NBC Sports BayArea]

When the Sacramento Kings and Boston Celtics came out of the tunnel to take the floor Sunday afternoon, they did so wearing matching warm up shirts honoring a local Sacramento man who lost his life in an officer involved shooting last Sunday. Stephon Clark, a 22-year-old African American, was unarmed when he was shot and killed by Sac PD officers. The Kings game versus the Atlanta Hawks was delayed 13 minutes and only 2500 fans were allowed in the building before protesters made a human chain around the arena and blocked the entrances.

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[Yahoo Sports]

Kings and Celtics players wore shirts honoring Stephon Clark on Sunday. (AP Photo/Steve Yeater) The Boston Celtics and Sacramento Kings were opponents on the court Sunday, but the two teams came together for something more important prior to the contest

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[NBC Sports]

On Sunday, as the Boston Celtics got ready to take on the Sacramento Kings, the two teams decided to band together to make a statement of their own. Each team took to the floor wearing shirts with “Accountability. Stephon Clark was a Sacramento man who was shot and killed by Sacramento PD last week.

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[Sports Illustrated]

The Kings wore warmups Sunday honoring Stephon Clark, a 22-year-old African-American man who was shot and killed by Sacramento police officers Sunday, March 18. Clark was unarmed at the time of the shooting, which happened in his grandparent's backyard. On Thursday, protestors blocked the entrance to the Golden 1 Center prior to the Kings' game against the Hawks, and tip-off was delayed about 20 minutes because fans could not get into the arena.

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[HuffPost]

The Boston Celtics played the hometown Kings in Sacramento, California, on Sunday, but before the game they were on the same team. Members of both NBA squads wore black T-shirts calling attention to the police shooting death of Stephon Clark on March 18, Sacramento’s CBS affiliate reported. Two Sacramento police officers shot 20 rounds at Clark, a 22-year-old unarmed black man and father of two, in his backyard after a foot chase with cops who were investigating break-ins in the neighborhood.

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[Associated Press]

The grandmother of an unarmed black man killed by Sacramento police called Monday for changes in the way police confront suspects, such as sending in a police dog, using a Taser, or aiming for an arm or leg when shots are fired. Sequita Thompson said at an emotional news conference that police didn't need to shoot at 22-year-old Stephon Clark 20 times, killing him in her darkened backyard March 18.

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[Associated Press]

The California attorney general's office on Tuesday joined an investigation into the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black man in Sacramento, a move the police chief said he hopes will bring "faith and transparency" to a case that has sparked angry protests. City officials and community leaders called for calm as they announced the attorney general's involvement while Sacramento prepares for events memorializing 22-year-old Stephon Clark, where large crowds are expected. "Due to the nature of this investigation, the extremely high emotions, anger and hurt in our city, I felt it was the best interest of our entire community, including the members of our police department, to ask the attorney general to be an independent part of this investigation," Police Chief Daniel Hahn said.

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[NBC Sports]

Protesters blockading the Golden 1 Center to raise awareness of the death of Stephon Clark made their voices heard last week. As the Kings were getting set to take on the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday night, a group again protested outside Sacramento’s home arena. Protesters turned away guests and only some fans made it inside before tip-off.

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[CBS News Videos]

Anger over the deadly police shooting of Stephon Clark, an unarmed black man in Sacramento, is intensifying. Hundreds of protesters blocked fans from entering a Sacramento Kings basketball game on Tuesday. They also temporarily shut down a public meeting with city leaders. John Blackstone reports.

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[Yahoo Sports]

Protesters calling for justice in the name of Stephon Clark block the entrance to the Golden 1 Center on Tuesday, March 27, 2018. On Thursday, for the second time in a week, protesters blocked the entrances to Golden 1 Center and prevented thousands of fans from entering a Sacramento Kings game in an effort to continue calling for action by local officials following the police killing of Stephon Clark.

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