Hundreds rally in Sacramento after Stephon Clark autopsy raises new questions in police shooting
SACRAMENTO, Calif._Former Sacramento Kings player Matt Barnes led hundreds of demonstrators in a peaceful rally in downtown Sacramento on Saturday to protest the police killing of Stephon Clark, one day after an independent autopsy concluded that the unarmed black man was shot six times in the back.
"It's more than color. It's about wrong and right," Barnes told the crowd gathered in Cesar E. Chavez Plaza in what was a largely motivational rally. He called for police to get out of their cars and walk the neighborhoods they patrol, to reduce their fears and the likelihood of using excessive force.
"Learn the community that you're out here patrolling," said Barnes, a Sacramento native who retired from the NBA this season. The Rev. Shane Harris of the National Action Network and members of the Clark family also attended.
Holding Clark's two sons, ages 3 and 1, aloft, Harris and Barnes announced a college scholarship fund.
It is intended "to make sure these boys go to college," Barnes said,
