California attorney general earlier announced he would not file criminal charges after Clark was shot at least seven times in his grandmother’s backyard
Federal prosecutors are opening a civil rights investigation into the shooting death of Stephon Clark, the unarmed 22-year-old who was gunned down in his grandmother’s backyard by police last March.
The announcement by the US attorney’s office and the FBI came hours after the California attorney general, Xavier Becerra, he wouldnot file criminal charges against the two California police officers identified in the shooting.
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