Horrifying video shows Sacramento cops shoot unarmed black man 20 times and kill him in his own backyard after they mistake his cellphone for a gun
I'm still trying to find out what he was arrested for. 10-to-1 it was for using a crowbar instead of a key to gain access to a car.
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The caller who summoned police said a male subject had broken car windows with a crowbar and was now hiding in a backyard. The suspect was described as a thin 6-foot-1 man wearing a black hoodie and dark pants.
(Take a look at the photos... the one with a thin 6-foot-1 man wearing a black hoodie and dark pants)
Police have released shocking video that shows the moment cops shot dead an unarmed father-of-two in his own backyard.
Officers fired 20 times at Stephon Alonzo 'Zoe' Clark, after chasing him through the streets at night, into the backyard of his grandparents' house, where he'd been staying. Clark, 23, died at the scene.
Police bodycam footage captured the moment that officers turned around the corner of a house, where they came across Clark.
Police have released shocking video that shows the moment cops shot dead an unarmed father-of-two in his own backyard
Officers fired 20 times at Stephon Alonzo 'Zoe' Clark, after chasing him through the streets at night, into the backyard of his grandparents' house (pictured after being shot)
Backing up, behind the corner, one of the cops was heard shouting 'Gun! Gun! Gun!' and shouted once 'Show me your hands', before his partner yelled: 'Get 'em, get 'em get 'em.'
Almost immediately, they both opened fire, reigning down a hail of 20 bullets in a matter of seconds.
As Clark lay dying on the ground, the officers yelled at him to 'show me your hands!'
At no time in the clip were they heard to identify themselves as police officers.
As backup arrived, one of the officers says he thought that Clark had a weapon.
'He came up, and then he kind of approached us hands out, and then he fell down,' one of the officers said as fellow cops called out to Clark, to ask if he could move.
Another clip, taken from the police helicopter and shot in infrared, shows Clark jumping a neighbor's fence to get into his family's backyard
Two officers are then seen moving up the side of the house and confront him
Moments later, they opened fire and Clark collapsed to the ground
As Clark lay dying on the ground, the officers yelled at him to 'show me your hands!'
One of the responding officers said he saw 'something in his hands - it looked like a gun from our perspective.'
'He was still pointing when I saw him again.'
When back up officers later rolled Clark over to handcuff him, no gun was found. Only a cellphone could be seen lying nearby.
Neither of the officers involved in the shooting have been identified.
Another clip, taken from the police helicopter and shot in infrared, shows Clark jumping a neighbor's fence to get into his family's backyard.
Two officers are then seen moving up the side of the house and confront him.
Moments later, they opened fire and Clark collapsed to the ground.
Police said they shot and killed him because he was walking towards them holding an object, which they believed was a gun, and feared for their safety.
Investigators only found a cell phone near his body after he was gunned down.
Dozens of people carrying signs and calling for police accountability took to the streets on Monday night to protest Clark's shooting.
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