Steinberg Pledges To Review City's Use-Of-Force Policies In Wake Of Office-Involved Shootings

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GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US TONIGHT.
WE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THE
DEMONSTRATIONS ALL DAY LONG AND
IT STARTED WITH A RALLY OUTSIDE
CITY HALL.
PROTESTERS THEN MARCHED DOWN
"J" STREET AND ON TO THE
INTERSTATE.
POLICE TRIED TO STOP THEM BUT
THEY BLOCKED BOTH LANES OF
INTERSTATE 5. THEY CHANNELED
CALLING FOR SACRAMENTO POLICE
CHIEF TO -- CHANTED CALLING FOR
SACRAMENTO CHIEF TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS.
CBS 13'S LEMOR ABRAMS IS LIVE
DOWNTOWN WITH MORE ON HOW THIS
UNFOLDEDED AND WHERE THIS
STANDS RIGHT NOW.
Reporter: THERE ARE A FEW
PROTESTERS LEFT HERE AT SALE
HAUL.
THEY -- CITY HALL.
THEY WAITED AS THEY HEADED
WESTBOUND TOWARDS THE FREEWAY
AND WE ARE HEARING THEY ARE
HEADED TO THE KING'S GAME.
LET ME TELL YOU THESE
PROTESTERS PLAN TO BE
PASSIONATE AND PLAN TO MAKE A
POINT.
I BET YOU IF IT WAS US
KILLING YOUR KIDS LIKE THAT --
Reporter: THE ANGER
INTENSIFIED, BLACK LIVES MATTER
PROTESTERS STORMING CITY HALL
BY THE HUNDREDS.
LESS THAN 24 HOURS AFTER THE
RELEASE OF DASHCAM VIDEO
SHOWING THE MOMENTS TWO
OFFICERS UNLOAD GUNFIRE AT
STEPHON CLARK.
AT LEAST 20 ROUNDS IN ALL
KILLING THE 22-YEAR-OLD.
CITY LEADERS REFUSED TO ADDRESS
THE CROWD BUT SACRAMENTO MAYOR
MADE HIS FIRST PUBLIC STATEMENT
SINCE THE DEADLY SHOOTING.
I WAS HORRIFIED BY WHAT I
SAW.
Reporter: PROMISING A FULL
REVIEW OF THE USE OF FORCE
POLICIES FOR OFFICER INVOLVED
SHOOTING, INCLUDING THIS MOMENT
WHEN OFFICERS AT THE SCENE
APPEARED TO MUTE THEIR CAMERAS
AFTER THE SHOOTING.
WE INTEND TO ASK THE
QUESTION, WHAT IS THE POLICY
AROUND MUTING YOUR BODY CAMERA
VIDEO.
Reporter: BACK OUTSIDE A
LOUDER CALL FOR JUSTICE.
PROTESTERS BRINGING THEIR
CHILDREN STANDING IN THE MIDDLE
OF I-STREET IN THE PEAK OF RUSH
HOUR.
HE HELD HIS SIGN ON THE
SIDEWALK.
HE WANTS HIS FRIEND STEPHON
CLARK TO BE REMEMBERED AS A
FAMILY MAN.
HE HAD TWO KIDS.
DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
Reporter: POLICE MAINTAIN
STEPHON CLARK WAS SMASHING CAR
WINDOWS IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD
WHEN THEY CHASED HIM TO THE
BACKYARD.
OFFICERS THOUGHT HE WAS
POINTING A GUN AT THEM.
THAT THE WHEN THEY FIRED.
SUBJECT DOWN IN THE
BACKYARD.
Reporter: POLICE NEVER FOUND
A FIREARM ONLY A CELL PHONE.
Reporter: BACK LIVE HERE ON
"I" STREET YOU CAN SEE TRAFFIC
IS CRAWLING AS PROTESTERS ARE
MAKING THEIR WAY TO THE KINGS
GAME AND WE SPOKE TO STEPHON
CLARK'S FATHER, HE WAS HERE AT
THE PROTEST BUT STAYED OFF TO
THE SIDE IN TEARS TRYING TO
AVOID THE CAMERAS.
HE SAYS HIS FAMILY ATTORNEYS
ARE WORKING VERY HARD.
MEANWHILE THE MAYOR TELLS US HE
IS PLANNING FOR A PUBLIC CITY
MEETING APRIL 10 TO DISCUSS AND
REVIEW ALL CITY SHOOTING
PROTOCOLS.
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Steinberg Pledges To Review City's Use-Of-Force Policies In Wake Of Office-Involved Shootings

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