Stevante Clark, brother of Stephon Clark, wants to be the mayor of Sacramento, California.
Stevante filed paperwork with California's secretary of state for two financial committees, one of them for a mayoral campaign during the 2020 general election, according to The Sacramento Bee.
The 25-year-old became known throughout the U.S. for a very public grieving process after Stephon was shot and killed by Sacramento police officers in their grandmother’s backyard in March. He famously told current Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg to “shut the f**k up” during a city council meeting. Steinberg has not commented on Stevante’s challenge.
"Everybody love everybody. Hopefully, I'm not judged off my human reaction," Clark told WSFA.
He doesn’t believe he should be judged for the way he reacted to his brother's death.
"I was never arrested until my brother died,” Clark said. “So if people see me jumping on the mayor's desk, I've apologized for that. So if people see me jumping on the mayor's desk, and they don't acknowledge my apology, then I think that's pretty one-sided."
Mental health is one of the issues Clark wants to address if elected. His platform will also address poverty, sex trafficking, homelessness, housing and police training. He admits he isn’t the most polished person, but he cares deeply for his city.
“I don’t have the most experience, I’m not the smartest guy,” Clark said. “At the same time, I’m from the city of Sacramento, and if there’s anybody who’s going to listen to the people of Sacramento and who knows the problems of Sacramento, it’s me. Even though I did decide to run for mayor after the death of my brother, I’m not making this about me in retribution and revenge.”
Policing will be a big part of Clark's campaign, and he said he wants the city to reform its force by hiring more police officers from underprivileged areas.
“They don’t necessarily have to be from South Sacramento, but officers of color from Oakland’s urban areas or LA’s urban areas,” Stevante explained. “Officers who know the struggle, who know where the people of those neighborhoods come from.”
Another goal is the construction of community centers that will give residents access to job training, computer labs, child care, mental healthcare and mentorship.
Stevante claims he will move out of California if he loses the election.
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