SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Crowds gathered for the first annual Meadowview Community Block Party, a free community gathering meant to uplift the underserved South Sacramento area and keep the memory of Stephon Clark alive.
In 2018, Clark was shot and killed by police in his grandmother's backyard. Police thought he had a gun, but it turned out to be a cellphone.
"I just feel loved today. I got chills. People came from all over," said Clark's grandmother Sequita Thompson. "They even came from out of town."
Thompson was there as a memorial street sign was unveiled in Clark's honor.
It now sits in the Clark family's front yard as they work with the city to have the street renamed after the father of two. The family feels it's the least the City can do after Clark's death.
"It's devastating," said Thompson. "It's like it just happened yesterday."
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The family hopes the annual Meadowview Community Block Party will become one of several positive developments born out the tragic death of Stephon Clark.
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