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Posted: 2019-03-04T22:03:52Z | Updated: 2019-03-05T21:09:30Z

Activists are calling on California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to file charges against the officers who shot Stephon Clark last year after the Sacramento district attorney said her office would not.

On Saturday, Sacramento District Attorney Anne-Marie Schubert said at a press conference the two police officers who in March 2018 shot 22-year-old Clark, who was black and unarmed would not face criminal charges . She said the evidence supported the officers account that Clark was moving toward them when they fired, and they thought Clark was pointing a gun.

Officers shot Clark multiple times after responding to a call about car window breakings and chasing him into his grandparents yard. When he was shot, Clark was holding a cell phone .

On Monday, civil rights activist Rev. Shane Harris, president of the Peoples Alliance for Justice, delivered a letter to the California Justice Department office in Sacramento addressed to Becerra, urging the state attorney general to charge the officers involved in Clarks shooting death.

Alongside other faith leaders, Harris is asking Becerra to prosecute officers before the one year anniversary of Clarks death, on March 18.

This is Michael Brown. This is Trayvon Martin. This is Eric Garner all over again, Rev. Harris told HuffPost by phone Monday, listing off other unarmed black men and boys killed in recent years. This is why were outraged.

Harris added that he and others are hoping Becerra will have the courage to prosecute the officers.

The attorney generals office told HuffPost Monday that it could not comment on ongoing investigations.