Stephon Clark’s family and friends stood shoulder to shoulder with local African-American leaders on the steps of the state Capitol Thursday to say the change they seek starts at the ballot box.

The get-out-the-vote event heading into the weekend before Election Day targeted black and other minority voters with its calls to turn community pain and grief nearly three months after Clark, 22, was shot and killed by two Sacramento police officers into votes for law enforcement reforms. Police fired believing Clark had a gun. He was holding a cell phone.

“Justice looks like reform for Stephon Clark,” said Les Simmons, pastor of South Sacramento Christian Center and a member of social justice advocacy Sacramento Area Congregations. “It looks like reform in our Sheriff and in our DA, with folks who can see our pain, who can solve the crisis of our pain.”

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