Black Lives Matter Protest In North Sacramento for Joseph Mann

Black Lives Matter protestors stood amongst other community members in solidarity, asking for justice for Jospeh Mann and others killed by police.

Pastor Les Simmons, ACT leader and Board Member, works with the Police Commissions Advisory Board. Simmons was at the protest and said he is not against police just wants change. 

"We nee to meet each other where we are at, understand each other and have some empathy for what each other is feeling right now," Simmons said. 

He wants a conversation to start and non-lethal alternatives to be available to every officer, like bean bag guns and rubber bullets. 

"Let's take it to a whole other level, this is what our community is asking for, let’s go get it, lets be a city that compliments each other," Simmons added. 

Protesters Call For More Police Transparency After Joseph Mann Shooting Videos Released

Black Lives Matter protesters took to the streets to call for more police transparency Wednesday night. This just one day after Sacramento police released graphic video of officers shooting and killing an armed black man.

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"Pain for our culture," said Les Simmons, assistant pastor at the South Sacramento Christian Center. Simmons said there was pain "from our faith community as well -- that our young African-American males and females are getting gunned down by those that are paid to protect and serve us.”

The cellphone camera has changed the rules of engagement between civilians and police.

"Things like this have been happening for years," said Danielle Williams, a community organizer from Sacramento Area Congregations Together. "There just wasn't a camera. Now, we have cellphones. Now, we have Facebook feeds-- where we can cover it."

Sacramento call to action issued after shootings in Louisiana, Minnesota

Sacramento call to action issued after shootings in Louisiana, Minnesota

Members of Sacramento’s faith community gathered Thursday evening outside the Sacramento County Jail to mourn the deaths of African American men in Louisiana and Minnesota at the hands of law enforcement officers.

The fatal shootings of Alton Sterling, 37, in Baton Rouge on Tuesday and Philando Castile in the St. Paul suburb of Falcon Heights on Wednesday were reminiscent of deaths of African American men in Ferguson, Mo., Baltimore and other cities across the country, said members of Sacramento Area Congregations Together, which organized the local rally.


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