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After Stephon Clark Shooting, Calif. Legislature May Change When Police Can Use Deadly Force

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California lawmakers are proposing to change when police can use deadly force.  That's after the shooting last month in Sacramento of Stephon Clark, an unarmed black man, was the latest to cause widespread protests.  Capital Public Radio's Ben Bradford reports.

Ben Bradford is a city kid, who came to Charlotte from San Francisco by way of New York, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. Prior to his career in journalism, Ben spent time as an actor, stuntman, viral marketer, and press secretary for a Member of Congress. He graduated from UCLA in 2005 with a degree in theater and from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism in 2012. As a reporter, his work has been featured on NPR, WNYC, the BBC, and Public Radio International.
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