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No charges for Sacramento police officers who shot and killed Stephon Clark

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Calls for changes to California's use of force policies echoed throughout the state capital Saturday after the Sacramento district attorney announced that two local police officers who fatally shot a black man after mistaking his cellphone for a gun will not face criminal charges.

Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert said Officers Terrence Mercadal and Jared Robinet acted legally when they fired 20 rounds at Stephon Clark, 22, last March after chasing him into his grandmother's backyard and apparently confusing his iPhone

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