Former Kings star DeMarcus Cousins has offered to pay for the funeral of the 22-year-old unarmed man who was shot and killed by city police on Sunday in his grandmother's backyard, the Sacramento Bee has reported, citing a source.
According to the Bee's report, Cousins has made similar efforts on several occasions before in Sacramento, where he played from 2010 as a rookie until last season, when he was traded to the New Orleans Pelicans.
Cousins paid for the funeral of a local football player, Jaulon "JJ" Clavo, who died in a shooting in 2015, has hosted free basketball camps and funded the purchase of a new scoreboard for the Sacramento High School's basketball gym.
The reported gesture of Cousins to the family of Stephon Clark came a day after protesters delayed a Kings game against the visiting Hawks for about 20 minutes amid other protests throughout the city.
Police say they feared that Clark had a handgun when they confronted him after reports that a man had been breaking windows. But police found only a cellphone.
Protesters holding signs with messages such as "Shut it down" converged arm-in-arm outside the Kings' home arena before Thursday's game. An estimated crowd of fewer than 2,000 made it into the 17,600-seat Golden1 Center before police decided to not allow anyone else to enter.
Owner Vivek Ranadive addressed a small crowd inside Golden1 Center after the game, surrounded by Kings players on the court, expressing sympathies to Clark's family and recognizing the franchise's role as a community leader.
The protesters earlier marched from Sacramento City Hall and onto a nearby freeway, disrupting rush-hour traffic and holding signs with messages such as "Sac PD: Stop killing us!''
According to the Bee's report, Cousins has made similar efforts on several occasions before in Sacramento, where he played from 2010 as a rookie until last season, when he was traded to the New Orleans Pelicans.
Cousins paid for the funeral of a local football player, Jaulon "JJ" Clavo, who died in a shooting in 2015, has hosted free basketball camps and funded the purchase of a new scoreboard for the Sacramento High School's basketball gym.
The reported gesture of Cousins to the family of Stephon Clark came a day after protesters delayed a Kings game against the visiting Hawks for about 20 minutes amid other protests throughout the city.
Police say they feared that Clark had a handgun when they confronted him after reports that a man had been breaking windows. But police found only a cellphone.
Protesters holding signs with messages such as "Shut it down" converged arm-in-arm outside the Kings' home arena before Thursday's game. An estimated crowd of fewer than 2,000 made it into the 17,600-seat Golden1 Center before police decided to not allow anyone else to enter.
Owner Vivek Ranadive addressed a small crowd inside Golden1 Center after the game, surrounded by Kings players on the court, expressing sympathies to Clark's family and recognizing the franchise's role as a community leader.
The protesters earlier marched from Sacramento City Hall and onto a nearby freeway, disrupting rush-hour traffic and holding signs with messages such as "Sac PD: Stop killing us!''