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.

Protesters also blocked fans from entering the Golden 1 centre for a basketball match between the Sacramento Kings and Dallas Mavericks, the second such protest.

Kings forward JaKarr Sampson said the team would still play as professionals, but “as basketball players, [the] majority of us African-American in the league, we understand what’s going on out there.”

The attorney general’s office will now oversee the investigation and review the police department’s policies, but Mr Clark’s uncle Curtis Gordon did not express confidence that his nephew would receive justice.

“We’ll see what happens. It’s all talk at this point,” he said.
Mr Becerra’s office has the right to press charges against the officers who killed Mr Clark, but the decision on whether to prosecute is likely to be made by district attorney Anne Marie Schubert, who said the process would “take time.”

She spoke as Louisiana attorney general Jeff Landry ruled that two officers who killed Alton Sterling on July 5 2016 would not face any charges.