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The brother of Stephon Clark, an unarmed Black man who was shot by Sacramento, California police in March, has decided he wants to run for mayor in the 2020 election. Stevante Clark, 25, filed paperwork Monday with California Secretary of State opening two campaign finance committees, one noting a mayoral bid in the next election according to The Sacramento Bee.

“I don’t have the most experience, I’m not the smartest guy,” Stevante Clark told the newspaper. “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.”

Clark has spoken out several times since the death of his brother about his desire to get involved with politics. The 25-year-old said if elected he would work to improve life in the city’s “underdeveloped communities.”

Clark told the newspaper he wants to open resource centers in his brother’s name in South Sacramento, Del Paso Heights and other neighborhoods with high poverty rates. The centers would offer job training, computer labs, recreational opportunities, childcare, mentoring programs, and mental health therapists.

“Mental health is one of the biggest things I want to combat,” Clark said.

Clark was placed on a few different mental health holds by authorities after his brother death at the hands of the police. In a highly-publicized incident, Clark jumped on the dais at City Hall during a meeting.

He later apologized and stated the trauma of his brother’s death caused mental health issues, for which he received treatment in April.

Clark also plans to propose a set of police reforms called the Clark Family Act to city leader in the next couple of weeks. As apart of this plan he proposes the city hire more police officers of color who’re from more diverse communities.

”They don’t necessarily have to be from South Sacramento, but officers of color from Oakland’s urban areas or LA’s urban areas,” Clark said. “Officers who know the struggle, who know where the people of those neighborhoods come from.”

Clark also believes the city should use more money toward building new affordable housing, including some of the revenue from the new Measure U sales tax.

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