Stephon Clark Shooting
On March 18, Stephon Clark, an unarmed 22-year-old black man and father of two young children, was shot and killed by two Sacramento police officers. Since then, the city has experienced nearly two weeks of continuous unrest and volatile protests. State Attorney General Xavier Becerra said his office would investigate the incident, at the request of the Sacramento Police Department. And today, the results of an independent autopsy ordered by Clark’s family were released: It found that Clark had been hit by eight bullets, six of which entered his body from the back and side.
Guests:
- John Burris, civil rights attorney
- Jack Glaser, UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy professor and associate dean
- Katie Orr, KQED Sacramento politics and government reporter
Tech News: Trump Attacks Amazon, Turmoil for Facebook and Tesla
President Trump attacked Amazon again yesterday, saying in a tweet that the company doesn’t pay enough taxes and is harming the U.S. economy. Facebook faces continuing fallout over data privacy, and Tesla issued a major recall. We talk with MarketWatch Tech Editor and San Francisco Bureau Chief Jeremy Owens about the tech news of the week.
2018 SFFILM Festival and Sorry to Bother You
This year’s centerpiece film at the 2018 SFFilm Festival comes from Boots Riley, an Oakland native who studied film at San Francisco State University and co-founded the hip-hop group The Coup. Riley’s directorial debut, Sorry to Bother You, is set in Oakland and takes on race, humor and capitalism through the eyes of an African-American telemarketer. SFFilm Executive Director Noah Cowan also stops by to give a preview of other festival offerings, including a documentary including a documentary about U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg