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Protesters gather outside the entrance to the Sacramento City Council chambers yesterday to protest the shooting death of Stephon Clark by Sacramento police, in California
PROTESTS continued to swell in Sacramento today over the police killing of unarmed black man Stephon Clark last week.
California’s attorney general Xavier Becerra will join an investigation into the death of Mr Clark, who was in his grandmother’s back garden when police shot him 20 times.
A city council meeting yesterday night had to be called to a halt early after crowds filled the hall to overflowing and Mr Clark’s brother Stevante jumped on the dais in front of the mayor, chanting his brother’s name.
Trade unions and community groups are mobilising to push back against Trump’s racist raids after new revelations of spying on legal protesters. MARK GRUENBERG reports from the US state of Minnesota
The fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, a registered nurse and union member, has sparked nationwide protests and renewed calls from National Nurses United to dismantle Ice and related agencies, says MARK GRUENBERG
