Force Of Law

After Sacramento police shot and killed Stephon Clark, an unarmed black man who was in his grandparents’ backyard, activists set out to change California law. They want to make it harder to legally justify police shootings. That’s sparked a heated debate in the state Capitol between the powerful police lobby and families whose loved ones […]

Negotiations have broken down between law enforcement and civil rights advocates on legislation to curb police shootings in California. The result? Competing bills.