Police in Sacramento waited more than five critical minutes to help Stephon Clark, opting to watch him with their guns drawn as he laid lifeless in his grandmother’s backyard.
It took another minute to handcuff the 22-year-old after he was shot repeatedly in the back during the March 18 police shooting, according to newly released trove of police video Monday.
It took another minute to handcuff the 22-year-old after he was shot repeatedly in the back during the March 18 police shooting, according to newly released trove of police video Monday.
An officer began pumping Clark’s chest at around 9:33 p.m. and urged him to “wake up” and “breathe for me.” The cop continued administering CPR for two more minutes until a Sacramento firefighter could take over.
“Yeah, he’s gone. Totally flat,” the medic can be heard saying in the video before marking Clark’s time of death at 9:42 p.m.
More than 50 videos from body and dash cameras released by the Sacramento Police Department on Monday offer new angles into the shooting that sparked weeks of unrest and heartbreak in the California capitol.
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