STEPHON CLARK, AS YOU
MAY REMEMBER, WAS FATALLY SHOT AND KILLED BY SACRAMENTO POLICE
OFFICERS AND EVEN THOUGH HE WAS NOT ARMED, THERE ARE SOME
CONFLICTING VIDEOS AND EVIDENCE THAT SUGGESTS THAT THIS MAY HAVE
BEEN UNNECESSARY FOR OTHER REASONS AS WELL.
THERE ARE
CONTRADICTING REPORTS ON HOW MANY SHOTS STEPHON CLARK WAS HIT
WITH, AS WELL AS WHERE THE SHOTS ENTERED HIS BODY.
THE
SACRAMENTO CORONERS REPORT SAYS THAT HE WAS HIT THREE TIMES IN
THE BACK AND SEVEN TIMES TOTAL BUT THE CLARK FAMILY HIRED AN
INVESTIGATOR WHO SAID THERE WERE ACTUALLY EIGHT SHOTS AND SIX
WERE ACTUALLY ON HIS BACK.
THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE
DIFFERENCE IN OPINION HERE HAS A LOT TO BEAR ON ANY FUTURE CASE
AND THE CLARK FAMILY IS EXPECTED TO FILE A CIVIL SUIT.
I WANT
YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE GRAPHICS HERE THAT
ILLUSTRATE
WHERE THE SHOTS MAY HAVE BEEN.
IT IS HARD TO TELL FROM THIS,
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS HAPPENED MORE RECENTLY IS THAT
THE PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR RELEASED A PHOTOGRAPH.
WE WILL
NOT RELEASE IT, DUE TO ITS GRAPHIC NATURE, BUT HE STATED
THIS OF THE PHOTO.
THEY ARE SAYING ESSENTIALLY, LOOK, I DO NOT
CARE WHAT THESE
BOUGHT AND PAID FOR CORONERS ARE SAYING, WHO ARE TRYING TO
SUPPORT A CERTAIN NARRATIVE, IN THIS CASE A LAW ENFORCEMENT
NARRATIVE SO THAT WOULD MEAN THAT MOST OF THE SHOTS ARE IN
THE FRONT.
THE MORE SHOTS ARE IN THE BACK, THE MORE LAW-ENFORCEMENT IS
ON THIN ICE.
WHY DID YOU SHOOT A GUY WHO WAS RUNNING AWAY FROM YOU?
IN OTHER WORDS, THERE IS NO THREAT TO YOU IF HE IS RUNNING
AWAY FROM YOU IS THE THINKING SO IN ESSENCE, THAT IS WHERE THE
PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR RELEASED THOSE PHOTOS.
THEY ARE DAMNING.
THE COPS KEEP THE NARRATIVE GOING ABOUT HOW THERE IS A
THREAT TO THEIR LIVES AND REALLY, THAT IS WHAT IS
UNDERPINNING THE WHOLE LAW-ENFORCEMENT STORY.
WHAT SHOULD TELL YOU A LOT IS THE WAY THAT THE POLICE
STORY CONTINUES TO CHANGE CONSISTENTLY.
THAT IS ALWAYS THE QUESTION WHICH IS WHOSE STORY IS
REMAINING CONSISTENT AND WHOSE STORY CHANGES?
WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN THIS MULTIPLE TIMES, THE FACT THAT
THE POLICE
HAVE, IN DIFFERENT CITIES LIKE MOST RECENTLY IN BROOKLYN HAVE
BEEN CHARGED WITH LYING ABOUT FINDING A GUN IN AN APARTMENT
AND LAST YEAR, THERE IS A WHOLE SERIES OF INVESTIGATIONS AROUND
COPS SPEAKING PLACING FAKE EVIDENCE AND PLOT TRAFFIC SHOPS
THAT WERE CAUGHT ON TAPE, SO THIS IS NOT TOO INCONSISTENT
WITH HOW LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS TREATED MOSTLY BLACK FOLKS AND
IT SHOULD BE SAID THAT THE DOCTOR, AND WE HAVE TALKED
ABOUT THIS BEFORE CONCERNING THE STEPHON CLARK CASE, COMES FROM
VERY REPUTABLE BACKGROUND.
HE WAS THE PATHOLOGIST HE WAS ABLE
TO IDENTIFY THE BRAIN INJURIES THAT LED TO THE BRAIN INJURIES
AND NFL PLAYERS THAT LED TO A HUGE INVESTIGATION AND EVEN A
BIG HOLLYWOOD FILM AROUND THIS TOPIC SO HIS STORY HAS STAYED
THE SAME AND I HOPE THAT THE PRESS ISN'T ONE OVER WITH THE
CONSISTENTLY MORPHING STORY OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND YOU
KNOW, HE SAID SOME REALLY INTERESTING THINGS WHICH WAS
THAT THE CORONERS DID NOT TAKE THE SPINAL CORD OUT WHICH
WOULD'VE BEEN NECESSARY, IT WOULD'VE BEEN TRICKY BUT
NECESSARY TO REALLY ASSESS THE DAMAGES TO THE BODY AND THE FACT
THAT WHEN HE FLIPS OVER THE BODY, HE ALSO SAW THE SHOTS TO
THE BACK WHICH AGAIN, THEY COULD HAVE MISSED IN THEIR FIRST
ACCOUNT AS WELL, SO I KIND OF TRUST THE GUY WHO HAS A LONG
BACKGROUND AND HISTORY IN THIS WORK AND ALSO, YES, HE WAS HIRED
AS A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR, AS A PRIVATE AUTOPSY, PATHOLOGIST,
BUT HE REALLY HAS A LOT MORE CREDIBILITY THAN THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
I THINK IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE TOO, AND IN MANY CASES,
WHAT IS UNFORTUNATE IS THAT THE CORNERS OFFICE WILL PERFORM AN
AUTOPSY AND IN PERFORMING THAT AUTOPSY AND GETTING EVIDENCE
BODY PARTS ARE REMOVED, HOLZER PRODUCT IN THE BODY, IT BECOMES
SOMETHING THAT IT WASN'T IN ITS ORIGINAL FORM AFTER THE INCIDENT
AND WHEN WE HAVE PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS AND PATHOLOGIST,
SCIENTISTS TAKING A LOOK AT BODIES DURING THE SECOND ROUND,
IT CAN LEAD TO A LOT OF DISCREPANCIES AND PERHAPS
ERRORS, SO THAT MAKES IT A BIT COMPLICATED.
I THINK THAT'S
SOMETHING THAT WILL DEFINITELY BE DISCUSSED MORE, BUT I THINK
YOU ARE RIGHT, THE NARRATIVE HERE IS WHAT IS IMPORTANT AND
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT WAS THREE SHOTS OR SIX SHOTS IN THE
BACK, I THINK WHEN WE LOOK AT THE FOOTAGE, IT IS CLEAR THAT
SOME OF THIS VIOLENCE MAY HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY.
THE DA THERE HAS A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT HER RELUCTANCE
TO BRING FORTH A PROSECUTION.
SHE HAS A LOT OF LAW-ENFORCEMENT
MONEY FLOWING INTO HER CAMPAIGN, AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT,
SHE IS A FRIEND OF
LAW-ENFORCEMENT SO RELUCTANT TO BRING ANY CHARGES IS THE
ARGUMENT AGAINST THESE LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND IT
IS BACKED UP WITH A LOT OF EVIDENCE OF LAW-ENFORCEMENT
MONTHLY MONEY LOWING INTO HER CAMPAIGN, SO THERE IS MORE
THAN JUST SOME CONFUSION ABOUT THIS.
IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THERE IS MONEY AFFECTING THIS ENTIRE
NARRATIVE AS WELL.