He loves to sit on it and pretend to ride it.”But for the past week, Manni’s young family has been shattered. Her boys’ father, Stephon Clark, 22, was fatally shot by two Sacramento police officers on March 18 — a shooting captured on body-camera and helicopter video that has prompted protests. Police say that two officers encountered Clark after responding to a call about someone breaking windows. While Clark’s family members declined to discuss the case, their attorney said they want a transparent investigation that leads to the officers being held accountable. [How the Stephon Clark shooting unfolded ]Clark is one of at least 244 people who have been fatally shot by police this year, according to The Washington Post’s fatal police shooting database, and one of six people shot and killed by police in Sacramento since the database began tracking such killings in January 2015.

Source: Washington Post March 25, 2018 02:03 UTC