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Peaceful. now they believe they have the proof that what happened here was wrong. overnight, a growing call for justice. protesters flooded the streets of downtown sacramento once again, following the death of stephon clark. >> they shot him in cold blood. they need to be brought to justice. until then, we'll be out here every day. >> reporter: police were responding to reports that a vandal was breaking into car windows when they encountered clark. officers said he had a gun. after firing 20 shots, they discovered it was actually a cellphone. >> he approached, hands out, then fell down. >> re...

The thigh. >> the findings of this autopsy contradict many of the narratives that the sacramento police put forward. >> reporter: the autopsy was performed by a doctor who is credited with discovering the brain disease cte. >> here we see seven gunshot wounds from his back. >> reporter: he says clark, who did not immediately receive medical treatment, died three to ten minutes later. >> it was not an instantaneous death. >> reporter: now questions about clark's death continue to swirl as the outrage around it grows. the sacramento police department released a statement saying that they will co...

No justice, no peace! [ crowd chanting ] >> now outrage in sacramento today after an independent autopsy showed that 22-year-old stephon clark was shot eight times, and at least seven of those shots were in the back and thigh. police opened fire on clark thinking he was holding a gun but it was just his cellphone. in sacramento with the latest is nbc's steve patterson. steve, thanks for joining us. people are none too pleased in that community, right? >> reporter: you said it, alex, anger, outrage, and a sense of activism. there are more than 200 strong protesting on the streets of sacramento ...

Have lived as long as ten minutes afterwards. this is the police helicopter footage from that night. >> shots fired. shots fired. >> again, this is the night that sacramento police aofficers say they opened fire on clark in the backyard of his grandmother's home believing that he had a gun. he didn't. he was unarmed. cnn's ryan young joining us from sacramento to where people are making their voices and their outrage heard today. ryan, what do the people behind you want their police officials to know? >> well, a a shg, ana, they hav making the voices heard throughout the community and several ...

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