We need to bring more attention to a pressing matter. Since 2015, Officers have fatally shot and killed over 135 unarmed black people. Nearly every officer was white.
6 years ago, in 2018, 22 year old Stephon Clark was shot at more than 20 times. He was a Sacramento, California resident who grew up and lived there. He would be 28 this year.
He was in his grandmothers backyard, holding a mobile phone. Officers claimed that they believed the phone was a gun; A weak excuse.
His life was cut short on March 18, 2018, during late afternoon; before dusk. He had 2 kids. He was hit by 7 bullets. The officers shot to kill, not to disarm.
Terrence Mercadel and Jared Robinet faced no criminal charges. He was wrongfully killed by them. In 2019, Clark's family reached a settlement of $2.4m.
Say their names. Yell it. Sonya Massey and Stephon Clark, and every single wrongfully killed black person out there.
Say their fucking names.
