Don Thompson, Author at Valley News

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra pauses as he discusses the decision that his office will not file criminal charges against the two Sacramento Police officers in last year's fatal shooting of Stephon Clark, during a news conference, Tuesday, March 5, 2019, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Sacramento police who killed unarmed black man won’t be charged

by Don Thompson Associated PressMarch 5, 2019

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s attorney general announced on Tuesday that he won’t charge two Sacramento police officers who fatally shot an unarmed black man last year, joining a local prosecutor in finding that the officers reasonably believed…

This undated law enforcement photo provided by the Sacramento County, Calif., Sheriff's Office shows Joseph James DeAngelo. DeAngelo, a suspected California serial killer who committed at least 12 homicides and 45 rapes throughout the state in the 1970s and '80s was identified Wednesday, April 25, 2018, as a former police officer, an official said. (Sacramento County Sheriff's Office via AP)

DNA Leads to Arrest In Serial Crime Spree

by Don Thompson Associated Press, and Brian Melley Associated PressApril 26, 2018

Rev. Al Sharpton, center left, hugs Stevante Clark while speaking during the funeral services for police shooting victim Stephon Clark at Bayside Of South Sacramento Church in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, March 29, 2018. Clark, who was unarmed, was shot and killed by Sacramento Police Officers, Sunday, March 18. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, Pool)

Protests Block Streets After Funeral for Young Man Shot by Police

by Don Thompson Associated PressMarch 30, 2018

People gather outside the home, Wednesday March 21, 2018, where Stephon Alonzo Clark, 22, was shot and killed by a pair of Sacramento Police officers in Sacramento, Calif. The police said the two officers were responding to a call of a man breaking at least three vehicle windows Sunday night. Clark, who was unarmed, was shot in the backyard of his grandmother's home, where he was staying. Video footage released Wednesday shows the officers yelling that Clark had a gun before firing. No gun was found at the scene. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

BLM Organizes Protest After Shooting

by Don Thompson Associated Press, and Kathleen Ronayne Associated PressMarch 23, 2018

FILE -- In this Tuesday Feb. 27, 2018 file photo is Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaking at the National Association of Attorneys General Winter Meeting in Washington. Sessions will speak before the California Peace Officers Association, Wednesday, March 7, to make what's being billed as a major announcement about sanctuary policy. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, file)

Trump Administration Suing California Over Sanctuary Laws

by Sadie Gurman Associated Press, and Don Thompson Associated PressMarch 7, 2018

FILE - In this May 24, 2014 file photo, Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown, right, walks past a board displaying photos of gunman Elliot Rodger and the weapons he used in a mass shooting in Isla Vista, Calif., after a news conference in Santa Barbara, Calif. A growing number of states have passed laws or are considering bills allowing courts to temporarily remove guns from individuals deemed a danger to themselves or others, an intervention that advocates say stops shootings and suicides by disturbed individuals. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Five States Have Power to Take Guns

by Ryan J. Foley Associated Press, and Don Thompson Associated PressFebruary 18, 2018

Two women embrace outside Rancho Tehama Elementary School, where a gunman opened fire Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017, in Corning, Calif. Authorities said, a gunman choosing targets at random, opened fire in a rural Northern California town Tuesday, killing four people at several sites and wounding others at the elementary school before police shot him dead. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Gunman Terrorizes Town, Kills 4

by Don Thompson Associated Press, and Paul Elias Associated PressNovember 15, 2017