Hundreds rallied in Sacramento after an autopsy revealed that police shot Stephon Clark from behind

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• Hundreds rallied in Sacramento, California, on Saturday following the release of an autopsy that showed police gunned down 22-year-old Stephon Clark from behind.
• The independent autopsy, commissioned by Clark’s family, found that police shot Clark seven times in the back and neck, and once in the leg.
• Clark was killed March 18 by two police officers who apparently mistook his cellphone for a gun. Clark was unarmed.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The family of Stephon Clark joined hundreds at a rally Saturday, urging California’s capital city not to let his memory or calls for police reform fade nearly two weeks after the 22-year-old unarmed black man was killed by Sacramento officers.

Clark’s fiance, Salena Manni, stood on stage with his two young sons, grandmother and uncle for the gathering organized by Sacramento native and former NBA player Matt Barnes, who pledged to create a scholarship fund for the children of black men killed by police.

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