Stevante Clark
Stevante Clark
Stevante Clark facing a member of the Sacramento City Council.
Stevante Clark is a resident of Sacramento known for being the brother of Stephon Clark, a man in his early 20s who was mistakenly killed by police officers after they shot him 20 times. [undefined] [undefined] [undefined] Stevante has been a central figure in mobilizing people in the Neighborhood who have also been affected by police brutality and the dire conditions throughout different sectors in the town of Del Paso Heights. [undefined] [undefined]
Personal Life and Activities
Interview with Stevante Clark with CNN about the death of his brother, Stephon Clark.
Clark was born and raised in the state of California for most of his life. [undefined] He grew up in the city of Sacramento and lives in the neighborhood of Del Paso Heights, where he has resided for many years. [undefined] [undefined] He is the eldest brother of Stephon Clark, a man in his early 20s who was shot to death multiple times by Sacramento Police Officers while in the backyard of his grandmother. [undefined]
Stevante is a graduate of William Daylor high school.
Death of Stephon Clark
Footage of Stevante Clark at the City Council meeting.
On Sunday March 18, 2018, Clark was fatally shot by Sacramento Police in his own backyard. Officers were responding to a call of a person breaking car windows nearby. [undefined] [undefined]
Stephon matched the description, and helicopters monitoring the area were used to follow Stephon onto his own property, where he was shot and killed.
Stephon approached the officers and they fired 20 shots at him in his own backyard.
Police stated they believed Clark was armed with a handgun, though no firearm was found at the scene. Police also stated instead Clark had a object that he extended in front of him while advancing towards two officers. [undefined]
Stephon Clark was simply holding a smartphone. [undefined] [undefined]
Reactions
Stevante Clark rallying up protestors at the City Council hearing regarding the death of his brother, Stephon Clark.
A few days after the killing of Clark and that news broke out about the way he died, people organized a march against police brutality that took place on March 22nd, 2018 on the I-5 in Sacramento.
The following day, another march took place during the afternoon.
On Social Media, people began to question the validity of the information that was being shared by law enforcement. The facts about whether Clark was indeed holding a weapon or not when the police confronted him led many to believe that the police are covering up some truths. [undefined]
Officers Terrence Mercadal and Jared Robinet were identified as the officers who fatally shot Clark. [undefined]
City Council Meeting
On Tuesday, March 27th, 2018, while at a City Council meeting in Sacramento regarding the death of Stephon Clark that lasted hours, Stevante spoke out and rallied against the city for their inefficiency in handling the dire conditions of the part of town where his brother and the rest of the people present at the meeting are from.
Stevante was given the opportunity to speak.
He said the following:
“The mayor and the city of Sacramento has failed all of you...
Now the mayor wants to talk to me.
The chief of police got my brother killed.
He doesn't care.
He shows no emotion at all...
Calvary Christian Center looks like a castle, but look where it’s in -- Sodom and Gomorrah.
If you live in the (Del Paso) Heights, your car insurance is higher than anybody in Sacramento.
Trust me; I’ve got AAA baby, I know.”
He went to address other concerns about the city of Sacramento, including poverty and "gangbanging", saying that it had to stop and things had to change.