Stephon Clark protester hit by police SUV in Sacramento

A sheriff's SUV struck a demonstrator attending a vigil held Saturday night for a 22-year-old black man shot dead by police in Sacramento, Calif.

Two police vehicles were capturedon video being slowly driven through the crowd. A man's voice is heard on loud speaker saying, "Stand back from the cars," and, "Back away from my vehicle." Shortly after that, one of the police vehicles then appears to briefly accelerate, striking a woman, who was holding a sign.

Local media identified the woman as 61-year-old Wanda Cleveland. They reported she wastaken to a hospital with minor injuries and released early Sunday.

It was the latest in a series of demonstrations that have been held in the two weeks since StephonClark was shot dead by Sacramento police.Clark had been unarmed, and an autopsy privately performed by his familyhas shown that at least six of the shots fired by police struck him in the back.

The sheriff's office said in a statement early on Sundaythat protesters were yelling and kicking the patrol car.

"A collision occurred involving the sheriff's patrol vehicleand a protester who was walking in the roadway," the statementsaid. "The patrol car was travelling at slow speeds."

The statement also said that the patrol car was damaged withdents and a shattered rear window from the protesters. TheCalifornia Highway Patrol and the sheriff's office areinvestigating the incident.

Saturday's demonstration brought together a multi-racialcrowd, many holding signs such as "Stop Police Rage" and "Powerto the People."It was led by retired National BasketballAssociation player Matt Barnes, who grew up in the area and hadtwo stints with the Sacramento Kings franchise.

The death of Clark, a youngfather of two, was thelatest in a string of killings of black men by police that havetriggered street protests and fuelled a renewed national debate about bias in the U.S. criminal justice system.

"We're here today to raise awareness, to come togetherpeacefully and to have some accountability for the officers, notonly in Sacramento but across the country, who have been doingthis," Barnes told the Sacramento Bee.

Some of Clark's relatives attended the gathering in a cityplaza. It followed a more heated protest overnight, during whichdemonstrators yelled expletives at police clad in riot gear.

Clark was shot on the night of March 18 by police respondingto a report that someone was breaking windows. Police said theofficers feared he had a gun, but that he was later found tohave been holding a cellphone.

Police have said he was moving towardofficers in amenacing way. The shooting was captured on a body cam videoreleased by police.

On Friday, a lawyerfor Clark's family released a privateautopsy report showing most of the eight bullets that hit Clark struckhim in the back, contradicting the police version of events.

Clark was shot six times in the back, once in the side andonce in the leg, said the lawyer, Benjamin Crump.

"This independent autopsy affirms that Stephon was not athreat to police and was slain in another senseless policekilling under increasingly questionable circumstances," Crump
said.

The Sacramento Police Department said it would have no further comment until after the release of the findings of an official autopsy by the county coroner, and a review by state and local prosecutors.

In several days of sporadic protests, protesters haveblocked traffic and twice delayed fans from reaching gamesplayed by the Kings at the Golden 1 Center.