A Sacramento Bee reporter was arrested and handcuffed during protests over the police shooting of Stephon Clark. Police later released the journalist but also arrested 84 protesters.
By Tim Elfrink Tim Elfrink Editor of the Morning Mix Email Bio Follow March 5 at 5:28 AM Dozens of police officers in riot gear surrounded a group of protesters on a highway overpass in East Sacramento on Monday night, encircling a sign-waving crowd that included students, clergy and at least one reporter documenting the scene. The demonstrators had gathered to march against the recent decision not to prosecute two cops who fatally shot Stephon Clark, an unarmed black man, last year.
But critics accused the force of overreacting after days of protests against the ruling that there won’t be charges for the two officers who killed Clark in his grandmother’s backyard after mistaking an iPhone in his hands for a gun. “No matter the reason an order to disperse was given, no member of the press should be detained for doing their job,” Steinberg said.
By 9:30 p.m., police had arrested several demonstrators after they said they’d found cars vandalized nearby. As police began demanding that the crowd disperse, marchers instead moved onto a nearby Highway 50 overpass. Some activists complained that the police had boxed them in, making it impossible to obey their orders to leave.
Here is a picture of Sacramento Bee reporter @dakasler being detained by Sacramento police right now. He was put in twist-ties while covering tonight’s Stephon Clark protest. Several pastors have been detained as well, and reportedly other journalists. No update from PD. pic.twitter.com/W8HTxJOs61
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