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Judge approves $550k settlement over 2019 Stephon Clark protest in East Sacramento

Sacramento officials agreed in March 2020 to pay more than $500,000 in a settlement with 84 people who were arrested during a March 2019 protest.
Credit: Michael Anthony Adams
A protestor at a Stephon Clark demonstration holds up a sign at the Golden One Center

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A judge has approved a settlement between the City of Sacramento and demonstrators who took part in a protest in East Sacramento in March of 2019. 

Sacramento officials agreed in March 2020 to pay more than $500,000 in a settlement with 84 people who were arrested during a March 2019 protest in East Sacramento over the district attorney's decision not to prosecute the officers who shot and killed Stephon Clark.

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According to court documents, The City of Sacramento has 20 days to deliver a check in the amount of $496,800.00 to the Law Office of Mark E. Merin, who represented the members of the class-action lawsuit. The County of Sacramento must deliver a $50,000 check in the same timeframe. 

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