SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Four years after his brother was killed by Sacramento police in a case that received national attention, Stevante Clark is co-organizing a march to the California State Capitol to raise national awareness around racial justice.
"It's a movement not a movement. I believe passion without direction is chaos and passion with direction is purpose," Stevante Clark told ABC on the steps of the State Capitol. "I'm my brother's keeper."
In 2018, Sacramento police shot and killed Stephon Clark in his grandmother's backyard after officers mistook his cellphone for a gun.
The officers were not charged.
The Justice and Accountability March in Sacramento on March 18, 2022
"If we don't get it together with law enforcement, then these types of tragedies will continue to happen. We've got to bridge the gap," Stevante Clark said.
The Justice and Accountability March was created to bridge the gap between law enforcement and at-risk communities, with a goal to take a greater role in informing and educating policy and legislative change.
Influential Black leaders like Al Sharpton, attorney Benjamin Crump, activist Shaun King and more are set to speak at the Sacramento State Capitol until 3 p.m. on Friday.
Stephon Clark's mother said on Friday she doesn't view every year passing over the day of her son's killing as anniversaries, but rather as a measure of her son's legacy.
"I don't call it the anniversary of his death, I call it the beginning of his legacy," she said.
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Also helping to organize the march is Sacramento-based filmmaker Deon Taylor.
"It's a moment where we need everyone to stand up, celebrate these people who are continuing to fight and continue to burn the torch of fighting for justice," Taylor told ABC10.
The march will bring together the voices of their family members affected by social injustices. Speakers include civil rights activist Al Sharpton, civil rights attorney Ben Crump and former NBA player Matt Barnes, who is from Sacramento.
"We're trying to make sure this doesn't happen again," Taylor said.
