By Robert J. Hansen | OBSERVER Staff Writer - The first annual Stephon Clark Minority Mental Health Expo brought together advocates, leaders and professionals to raise awareness of the importance of mental health in minority communities, with mothers who lost their sons or grandsons to police violence sharing their stories and discussing how African Americans’ mental health is impacted by police brutality, homelessness and its connection to reparations.
Wednesday night, the Sacramento community gathered for the fifth annual Stephon Clark Legacy Dinner and Fundraiser, just days before the fifth anniversary of his death.
A suspect was charged Tuesday in a series of murders in the California city, which has faced municipal bankruptcy, crippling crime waves and decades of setbacks.
Friday marked two years since Antwaune Burrise was shot and killed by Stockton Police Department Officers during an attempted arrest in north Stockton.