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Emotions run high at a sacramento city council meeting after the police shooting of stephon clark. he was shot to death as he stood in his grandmothers back yard. police thought the cell phone he was holding was a gun. that was not lost on demonstrators at the council meeting. >> does this look as you point this toward council, does this look like a gun? >> stephon clark! steppon clark! >> that young man is stephon clarks brother. sacramentos mayor forced to gavel the meeting to a close early to...

>> stephon clark! >> the chief of police got my brother killed. he didnt care. he shows no emotion at all. >> thats the brother of stephon clark along with hundreds of frustrated protesters eventually shutting down sacramentos city counsel meeting. clark was fatally shot after a foot chase and entering his grandmothers back yard. he was shot 20 times. police say they thought he had a gun. he did not. just a cell phone which prompted this from protesters. >> does this look, as you point this to o...

The time. these protesters are outside the coliseum blocking thousands of people from getting into a sacramento king basketball game. images to show you in the slide show this afternoon. clarks brother shouting in the mayors face. he got up there in the lectern and stood on a desk, this is part of the protest at the kings game. you can see the gathering outside, blocking the entrances. this photo from inside the kings arena as the players are warming up. its almost empty in there. the place neve...

>> shepard: tell us more about the night of the shooting. >> the original 911 call was about somebody breaking into cars. so cops were dispatched there. also a helicopter. the helicopter caught video of stephon clark hopping a fence there. it turns out, he was hopping a fence into his grandparents back yard. two officers on foot patrol showed up. they said they believed that stephon clark was waving a gun at them. all they found on him was a cell phone. either way, they fired some 20 shots. then...

It was josé. and she says, why is jose following me? and i said, i dont know, pam. what the hell is going on? you need to call the cops and tell the cops. >> tina hollands last visit with pam was a week and a half before she was killed. >> and i just walked in, and she was out in the back yard, and she was smoking like a train. and she honestly looked like she had lost 15 pounds since two weeks prior. she was in her pajamas. it was 3:00 or 4:00 in the afternoon. her hair was all crumpled up. sh...

Not one more. the one that really caught your eye was, arms are for hugs. >> arms are for hugging. >> they are indeed. what is it like to be here to see all of these young people who are galvanized, energized and feeling very empowered. >> its extraordinary. this is how change has always happened in our country where a few people excite the many, where people feel that its in their vested interest to get involved and to end gun violence now. were the only developed country in the world that has ...

Stephon clark. 22 years old, unarmed black man who was shot and killed by police in his grandmothers back yard. that was last weekend. hundreds of people you see in downtown sacramento yesterday in this protest. >> police released video this week. according to officials, the two officers involved -- its hard to watch, i know -- they said they thought clark was pointing a gun. the only thing recovered was a cell phone. our assistant fbi contributor and "washington post" national reporter wes lowe...

Robberies. protesters began at city hall and blocked both lanes of the interstate and confronted fans at the game, knocking one man unconscious. >> the violence kind of muddles the message. i dont think it has a place here. >> im a little indifferent. i understand what theyre protesting, but at the same time, you know, i pay money to go in this venue so -- >> theres people that respect what theyre doing, but they have less respect for when theyre doing it against someones will. this is against o...

Just your regular consumer of news to take a look at this and not feel overwhelmed and also not feel as though they understand the scope of what is happening. there are so many investigations. everything is so partisanly divided. everyone has an opinion about it. people stand back and say just tell me when it is all over and we know what happened. were overwhelmed right now. you think the white house understands that. i think they have an instinct for that. they play off of that. >> sometimes it...

These were basic questions about schools. sometimes basic questions about schools in her home state where she was so active on education. it want just this question that was awkward and cringe-inducing, it was the entire interview that made you want to look away because you just cant believe that the education system in this country, which is important to every single american, is in the hands of this woman who cant answer the simplest of questions. i have not seen such a horrible interview sinc...