Sacramento sheriffs cruiser hits woman during Stephon Clark protest and speeds away, video shows
Source: Washington Post
SACRAMENTO — A 61-year-old woman was struck by a police vehicle as it peeled away from protesters demonstrating against the police killing of Stephon Clark in what was described by the victim and protesters as a hit and run.
Wanda Cleveland, a local activist, was hit in her right leg and taken to a hospital, where she was treated for injuries to her arm and back of the head and released.
Marchers had taken to the street on Saturday night, part of days-long protests in the wake of the killing of Clark, 22, an unarmed black man fatally shot by police on March 18 in Sacramento. Demonstrations have been particularly tense since Thursday, when an independent autopsy report concluded that Clark was struck eight times, mostly in the back. The incident was recorded on police body cameras.
In a video published by ABC10, a throng of protesters took to busy Florin Road south of downtown Sacramento chanting slogans, including “Say his name! Stephon Clark!” among moving traffic. A group of what appears to be around two dozen people approach a Sacramento County sheriff police cruiser and surround it. “When people are occupied, resistance is justified” the crowd chants.
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