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March 29, 2018

White House Says Police Killing of Stephon Clark Is "Local Matter"
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In Sacramento, California, the family of Stephon Clark is holding his
funeral today, as massive protests continue against the police shooting
that killed the unarmed African-American man in his grandmother's
backyard. He was shot by Sacramento police 20 times on March 18. Police
first claimed he was holding a gun. But they later admitted they found
only his cellphone near his body. On Wednesday, White House Press
Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders called his killing "a local matter."

Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders: "Certainly a terrible incident,
this is something that is a local matter, and it's something that we
feel should be left up to the local authorities at this point."

We'll have more on Stephon Clark's killing, and the protests demanding
justice, later in the broadcast.


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