Hundreds attend Stephon Clark's funeral in Sacramento; huge crowds expected for protests

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Stevante Clark's grief was palpable at his brother's funeral Thursday.

As the service was underway, an animated Clark moved throughout the church, hugging and kissing friends and family. He embraced the coffin of his brother Stephon and approached the Rev. Al Sharpton, an activist who had flown 3,000 miles to Sacramento to attend the funeral.

Clark called for student resource centers, libraries and stadiums to be built in his brother's name.

"Stephon is going to live on for generations, generations and generations," he said.

After the funeral, more than 100 demonstrators gathered in downtown Sacramento for the latest protest in more than a week of unrest. They blocked the intersection of I and 8th streets, snarling