On Sunday March 18, the Sacramento Police received a 911 call about a break-in occurring in the backyard of a local home. It was there they encountered a 22-year-old man named Stephon Clark.
After a one-minute encounter, the officers shot Clark 20 times, seven of them in the back. Clark died shortly thereafter. In the aftermath of the shooting, the police informed the public that Clark was in possession of a gun at the time of the shooting. They later clarified and said he had a tool bar on him. Finally, we came to learn that Clark only had a cell phone on him when he was killed.