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PD: 84 people arrested during protest in East Sacramento

Demonstrators are protesting DA's findings in Stephon Clark's police shooting death

PD: 84 people arrested during protest in East Sacramento

Demonstrators are protesting DA's findings in Stephon Clark's police shooting death

MARLEI: WE ARE STANDING HERE ON 51ST STREET IN EAST SACRAMENTO RIGHT ALONG THE HIGHWAY 50 OVERPASS. SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES WITH THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT ARE STANDING HERE. THERE’S A ROADBLOCK TO THE OVERPASS. JUST PAST THEM, SITTING ON THE SIDEWALK YOU CAN SEE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN DETAINED. WE DON’T HAVE THE IDENTITY OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN DETAINED AT THIS POINT, BUT YOU CAN SEE IT IS A VERY ACTIVE SITUATION, WITH DOZENS OF SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES OUT HERE RIGHT NOW. I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME VIDEO OF ONE THE PROTESTS STARTED EARLIER THIS EVENING, AROUND 6:30. THERE WERE OVER 100 PROTESTERS THAT DESCENDED ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD KNOWN AS THE FABULOUS 40’S IN EAST SACRAMENTO. THEY MARCHED FOR OVER THREE HOURS. THEY SAY THAT BRINGING THEIR ESSAGE TO THE DOORSTEPS OF ONE OF THE WEALTHIEST NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE LIVE. THEY STARTED ON FOLSOM STREET OUTSIDE THE TRADER JOE’S, WALKING WEST, CHANTING. THEY ENDED UP OUTSIDE MERCY HOSPITAL. THE SITUATION GOT HEATED AMONG DIFFERENT PROTESTERS, WITH RIOT POLICE RUNNING OUT TO CALM THE C CROWD. BIKE POLICE, RIOT POLICE, OFFICERS ON HORSEBACK ALL ENDED UP AT THE PROTEST STARTING POINT. AT TIMES, A HEATED STANDOFF BETWEEN PROTESTERS AND POLICE, WITH THOUSANDS NOW ARRESTED. WE ARE STANDING HERE AT THE OVERPASS FOR HIGHWAY 50 ALONG 51ST STREET IN EAST SACRAMENTO, AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU, WE HAVE SACRAMENT OF SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES STANDING HERE BLOCKING THE OVERPASS. ALONG THE SIDEWALK OVER HERE, A NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DETAINED. WE HEARD THAT SOME COMMUNITY LEADERS WERE AMONG THOSE ARRESTED. WE HAVE NOT CONFIRMED ANY OF THE IDENTITIES, STANDING OUT HERE RIGHT NOW. AT THE STARTING POINT FOR THE PROTEST, THE TRADER JOE’S ON FOLSOM BOULEVARD, WE SAW A NUMBER OF ARRESTS MADE THERE AS WELL, A NUMBER OF CARS ALONG THE MARCH PATH WHERE KEYED, AND AT TIMES IT GOT VERY HEATED, AS YOU SAW, BETWEEN SOME BIKE POLICE AND SOME OF THE PROTESTERS STANDING AT THE TRADER JOE’S PARKING LOT. WE ARE ON 51ST STREET. THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD. A LOT OF PEOPLE CAME OUT TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON. SOME PEOPLE SAID THEY UNDERSTOOD WHY THE PROTESTERS WERE OUT HERE, BUT SOME ALSO SAID NOT TONIGHT, NOT HERE. WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BRING YOU ALL THE LATEST HERE IN
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PD: 84 people arrested during protest in East Sacramento

Demonstrators are protesting DA's findings in Stephon Clark's police shooting death

More than 80 people were arrested Monday night during a protest in East Sacramento, police said.Of the 84 people arrested, 83 were taken in on charges related to failure to disperse and one person is also accused of resisting arrest, Sacramento police Sgt. Vance Chandler said.Demonstrators marched through East Sacramento to protest the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office findings in Stephon Clark’s police shooting death. DA Anne Marie Schubert said Saturday that no criminal charges will be filed against the two officers who shot and killed the 22-year-old last year, saying “when we look at the facts and the law, and we follow our ethical responsibilities, the answer to that question is no. And as a result, we will not charge these officers with any criminal liability related to the shooting death and use of force on Stephon Clark.”As the march circled back to its starting position, many of the protesters dispersed. However, a small group of protesters stayed behind, leading to several arrests. Another group of protesters moved to the 51st Street bridge, a Highway 50 overpass, where more arrests were made. Chandler said six people were arrested near 51st Street and Folsom Boulevard. Another 79 people were arrested at the bridge. Chandler said one person was later released after officers determined he was a journalist.Pastor Les Simmons, who is with Sacramento Area Congregations Together and a faith leader in the community, was one of the people arrested during the protest, Chandler said.Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg tweeted late Monday, saying he is disappointed in the way the protest ended. The march was organized by The Table Sacramento, a “loose collective of Black Sacramentans, who are tired of harassment and brutality from law enforcement, failed promises and divestment by elected and appointed officials, and gross manufactured poverty and high mortality rates in our community,” the group said on its website.Table Sacramento said it picked East Sacramento as the location for the march because "it is one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the City of Sacramento and home to many influential leaders in city and state government."Police said at least five vehicles were keyed during the march as protesters moved through neighborhoods near Mercy Hospital.Protesters started gathering around 6:30 p.m. at 5030 Folsom Boulevard, near the Trader Joe's in East Sacramento. Demonstrators then begin marching through East Sacramento around 6:45 p.m. More than 100 people took part in the protest throughout the night. The protest ended with the arrests by 11 p.m.“Our plan was to bring the issue to a neighborhood whose residents have proximity to decision-making power,” said J. Ama Mantey, an affiliate member of The Table Sacramento. “This is a neighborhood that would likely never experience such a tragic and violent loss of one of its residents, so we are bringing the discomfort and pain of our trauma to their doorstep in hopes of spurring their solidarity and political engagement.”Another protest is planned for Tuesday at the Sacramento Police Department headquarters. The protest is organized by Black Lives Matter-Sacramento, which said it plans to "occupy" the police station.Here's a look at how the East Sacramento protest unfolded:

More than 80 people were arrested Monday night during a protest in East Sacramento, police said.

Of the 84 people arrested, 83 were taken in on charges related to failure to disperse and one person is also accused of resisting arrest, Sacramento police Sgt. Vance Chandler said.

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Demonstrators marched through East Sacramento to protest the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office findings in Stephon Clark’s police shooting death.

DA Anne Marie Schubert said Saturday that no criminal charges will be filed against the two officers who shot and killed the 22-year-old last year, saying “when we look at the facts and the law, and we follow our ethical responsibilities, the answer to that question is no. And as a result, we will not charge these officers with any criminal liability related to the shooting death and use of force on Stephon Clark.”

As the march circled back to its starting position, many of the protesters dispersed. However, a small group of protesters stayed behind, leading to several arrests. Another group of protesters moved to the 51st Street bridge, a Highway 50 overpass, where more arrests were made.

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Chandler said six people were arrested near 51st Street and Folsom Boulevard. Another 79 people were arrested at the bridge. Chandler said one person was later released after officers determined he was a journalist.

Pastor Les Simmons, who is with Sacramento Area Congregations Together and a faith leader in the community, was one of the people arrested during the protest, Chandler said.

Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg tweeted late Monday, saying he is disappointed in the way the protest ended.

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The march was organized by The Table Sacramento, a “loose collective of Black Sacramentans, who are tired of harassment and brutality from law enforcement, failed promises and divestment by elected and appointed officials, and gross manufactured poverty and high mortality rates in our community,” the group said on its website.

Table Sacramento said it picked East Sacramento as the location for the march because "it is one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the City of Sacramento and home to many influential leaders in city and state government."

Police said at least five vehicles were keyed during the march as protesters moved through neighborhoods near Mercy Hospital.

Protesters started gathering around 6:30 p.m. at 5030 Folsom Boulevard, near the Trader Joe's in East Sacramento. Demonstrators then begin marching through East Sacramento around 6:45 p.m. More than 100 people took part in the protest throughout the night. The protest ended with the arrests by 11 p.m.

“Our plan was to bring the issue to a neighborhood whose residents have proximity to decision-making power,” said J. Ama Mantey, an affiliate member of The Table Sacramento. “This is a neighborhood that would likely never experience such a tragic and violent loss of one of its residents, so we are bringing the discomfort and pain of our trauma to their doorstep in hopes of spurring their solidarity and political engagement.”

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Another protest is planned for Tuesday at the Sacramento Police Department headquarters. The protest is organized by Black Lives Matter-Sacramento, which said it plans to "occupy" the police station.

Here's a look at how the East Sacramento protest unfolded:

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