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Video: https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/how-the-stephon-clark-shooting-unfolded/2018/03/22/7165a116-2e0e-11e8-8dc9-3b51e028b845_video.html?utm_term=.ae7d53754398 Nearly a year after police fatally shot Stephon Clark in his grandmother's backyard, the district attorney announced Saturday that the two officers who killed him will not face criminal charges. DAVID GREENE, HOST: Let's listen to the voice of a mother who lost her son about a year ago. His name was Stephon Clark. He was a 22-year-old unarmed black man who police shot and killed in Sacramento, Calif. His name is back in the news because the district attorney announced over the weekend the officers will not be charged in his death. Our colleague Michel Martin spoke to Stephon's mom, Se'Quette, yesterday. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED BROADCAST) SE'QUETTE CLARK: Every day when I wake up, my son was murdered yesterday. Every day when I wake up, I'm running to a yellow tape for half a block from my mother's house, being told across the tape that my son is not alive. I'm being told that my 8-year-old daughter and my mother witnessed my son being murdered. Every day when I wake up, that's what I wake up with. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: As for the decision not to charge the officers, Se'Quette Clark says the district attorney focused too much on what her son was doing and not enough on decisions by the police. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED BROADCAST) CLARK: She never once addressed their actions. She presented and painted a picture of my son that was her opinion. INSKEEP: Here's the sound of the community reacting to the district attorney. (SOUNDBITE OF PROTEST) UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTERS: (Chanting) Stephon Clark. UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTER: Say his name. UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTERS: (Chanting) Stephon Clark. UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTER: Say his name. INSKEEP: Say his name - Stephon Clark. That was the chant from the streets of Sacramento. GREENE: