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Woman At Stephon Clark Vigil Is Struck By Sheriff's Vehicle

The activist, Wanda Cleveland, 61, was there to protest the death of an unarmed black man who was killed by police officers in March.
Black Lives Matter activists in Sacramento gathered on Friday to protest the death of Stephon Clark, an unarmed black man who was fatally wounded by police. At a vigil for Clark the next day, a woman was hit by a vehicle.

She was there to remember the death of an unarmed black man at the hands of Sacramento police officers. But during the vigil for Stephon Clark, she was struck by a Sacramento County Sheriff Department vehicle.

The incident occurred on Saturday night. on Twitter shows people carrying signs of protest around sheriff vehicles. A voice on a megaphone says, "Back away from my vehicle" four times. Another voice can be heard saying, "Back away from my car" before the activist is knocked down to the curb.

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