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Kings announce partnership with Black Lives Matter after protests shut down arena | The Sacramento Bee

The Sacramento Kings will set up an education fund for the children of Stephon Clark and begin working with local groups leading protests around Golden 1 Center, the team announced Thursday morning.

Activists have blocked off the Kings' arena for the team's past two home games in protest of the Sacramento Police Department's March 18 shooting of Clark, who was armed with what police thought was a gun but was later determined to be a cellphone.

The protests thrust Sacramento's Black Lives Matter group back into the spotlight and prompted the formation of the Build.