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Put into him as years that he had on earth. >> people outraged over what they have now seen just come out on a body police bodycam video. i want to warn you this is hard to watch. this is what we know. police officers fired 20 shots. >> police say they shout clark had a gun but only a cell phone was found. dan simon is live in sacramento tonight. and dan, that emotional funeral fueling protests tonight. >> reporter: well, hi, erin, that funeral today drove home whats at stake in terms of the nat...

>> certainly a terrible incident. this is something that is a local matter, and its something we feel should be left up to the local authorities. >> what does he say about weeding out bad policing when you continue to see these kinds of situations occur over and over again? >> certainly we want to make sure that all law enforcement is carrying out the letter of the law. the presidents very supportive of law enforcement, but at the same time in these specific cases, in these specific instances, t...

It is a public service. >> dan simon, thanks. you saw benjamin crump there in dans piece. well talk to mr. crump in the next hour. coming up, new questions tonight about whether the presidents lawyer floated the idea of pard enning michael flynn and paul manafort. well have what the white house is saying next, which seems carefully worded. yielded to no one. when i found you in my dna, i learned where my strength comes from. my name is courtney mckinney, and this is my ancestrydna story. now wit...

>> what does he say about weeding out bad policing when you continue to see these kinds of situations occur over and over again? >> certainly we want to make sure that all law enforcement is carrying out the letter of the law. the presidents very supportive of law enforcement, but at the same time in these specific cases, in these specific instance, those will be left up to local authorities to make that determination and not something for the federal government to weigh into. >> the protests in...

>> stephon clark! stephon clark! >> this was the scene in sacramento city hall overnight as protesters they walked into the city council meeting. stephon clark, 22-year-old father of two shot and killed by sacramento police after they say police say they thought he had a gun during a police chase. all he had was a cell phone. our dan simon is in sacramento. whats the latest? >> reporter: well, hi, john, that was really the most lively and chaotic city council meeting youll ever see. i dont think...

Specific case is if we should allow people to mute their mikes at all or under those circumstances. it didnt help with the suspicion of our community of what they were talking about. so it might be and probably is a time to not allow that anymore. >> reporter: well, this is a chief that has been on the job really just for seven months. he inherited a department where there was already deep mistrust within the black community. people feel like they are aggressively targeted by police. he is hopin...

Actually had to end things erlgly when had a couple of pro tef testers pounding on windows and for public safety reasons, he actually ended the meeting early. john? >> dan, i understand the california attorney general is now calling for a launching an independent investigation? >> reporter: he is and this was based on the recommendation actually from the police chief daniel hahn. the first african-american police chief for sacramento. he grew up in this community, a police officer here for many ...

Imagine what -- what the family is going through for this to happen in the way it happened. but its also a tragedy for our community as weve seen through the protest, this is a very emotional highly charged thing for our entire community. and in addition to that, its a tragedy for our department. >> hahn said part of the investigation will include a thorough investigation of all of the policies and procedures that were used that night, including the muting of the audio. that has become a real is...

Family will. john? >> and, dan simon, i understand that nba teams last night playing in sacramento released some psas on this subject. >> reporter: this is a very powerful staptement, john. this is the boston celtics versus the sacramento kings. in the pregame warmup, you saw players from both sides wearing special t-shirts that said accountability, we are one, and the name stephon clark in the back. they did create this video. i want you to take a look. >> black, white, brown, we are one. >> we...

Were seeing sports trying to bring the community together and it seems like the community is definitely, you know, wrapping their arms around that message. >> dan simon, thank you very much. we did get breaking news just in to cnn. moments ago, we learned the federal trade commission has opened an investigation into facebook for its privacy practices. this stems, of course from the revelation last week that cambridge an lit alytica, that , harvested information from peoples facebook accounts w...