‘I’m just tired.’ Stevante Clark resigns from I Am Sac Foundation

Stevante Clark, the brother of Stephon Clark, announced Thursday he was resigning his position as CEO of the foundation in his brother’s name, telling followers on social media “I’m just tired.”

Clark’s mother, Sequette Clark, will replace him, he said in a social media post.

“I am effectively stepping down as CEO of I Am Sac Foundation, and I am only going to be running my business ... and being communications director for my brother Stephon Alonzo Clark,” Clark said in a livestream on Facebook.

“Me being the CEO of this foundation has caused me hell because you guys think I’m supposed to fight and represent you. You think I’m in this for you. No, I’m not. Through Stephon, I fight for you,” he added.

Clark spoke at length about how tired he was from his work with the foundation. While he spoke, he took several breaks where he smoked a hand-rolled cigarette, poured himself an alcoholic beverage and danced to music while sitting in his chair.

“This work is not fun,” he said. “You don’t get no thank you out of it. This work is tiring.”

Clark’s public resignation comes more than a month after his foundation’s Instagram was hacked by someone claiming to know him, and alleging misconduct within the foundation.

He denied the allegations, which included harassment of volunteers, and created new social media accounts for the foundation in response.

In May, he was arrested on suspicion of felony battery and assault in connection to a domestic violence incident. His case is scheduled for a settlement conference Oct. 7.

Clark came to national attention after his younger brother was shot to death in their grandmother’s Meadowview backyard, after he fled from Sacramento police officers who mistook his cellphone for a gun.

In the days after the shooting, Clark became an advocate for his brother and gained notoriety for his unconventional behavior, including jumping on the dais during a Sacramento City Council meeting.

Since then, Clark has become a vocal advocate for police reform, helping propel AB 392 into law. The bill signed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom last year is believed to be one of the toughest laws in the country regulating when police officers can use use deadly force.

He has made appearances across the state, and even spoke on a panel in Washington, D.C., with Sacramento Police Chief Daniel Hahn at the Congressional Black Caucus’ Legislative Conference. He was featured in The Sacramento Bee’s documentary “S.A.C.” on the Stephon Clark shooting.

Clark is also a member of the city’s Measure U Community Advisory Committee, which makes recommendations for how the city should spend revenue from the Measure U sales tax increase voters approved in 2018.

This story was originally published October 1, 2020 at 5:46 PM.