ZUMA Press Launches exclusive photo covarage by © Renee C. Byer and Jose Luis Villegas from The Sacramento Bee. “Sacramento Man Fatally Shot By The Police In His Backyard”.

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Mar 19, 2018 – Sacramento, California, U.S. – Sequitta Thompson, grandmother of Stephan Clark, is surrounded by family as they pray in the parking lot of the Meadowview Light Rail Station on Monday afternoon, March 19, 2018. Clark was killed by police last night, in the backyard of his grandmothers home. ©Jose Luis Villegas/Sacramento Bee via ZUMA Wire

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Mar 19, 2018 – Sacramento, California, U.S. – Pastor Les Simmons, center, and youth activist Barry Accius, left, pray with Sequitta Thompson, grandmother of Stephan Clark, and her family and friends in the parking lot of the Meadowview Light Rail Station on Monday afternoon, March 19, 2018. Clark was killed by police last night, in the backyard of his grandmothers home. Known as both Stephon Clark and Stephan Clark. ©Jose Luis Villegas/Sacramento Bee via ZUMA Wire.

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Mar 19, 2018 – Sacramento, California, U.S. – Crystal McCray, 22 years in the Meadowview neighborhood is frustrated and exhausted of the violence. McCray holds a sign with other protesters outside the Meadowview Light Rail Station on Monday afternoon, March 19, 2018 at a vigil for Stephan Clark, killed by police last night. Known as both Stephon Clark and Stephan Clark. ©Jose Luis Villegas/Sacramento Bee via ZUMA Wire.

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Mar 20, 2018 – Sacramento, California, U.S.- Pictures showing Stephon Clark and his wife Salena Manni, and sons Aiden Clark, 3, and Cairo Clark, 1, rested on a table inside his grandmother Sequita Thompson’s home in Sacramento.Known as both Stephon Clark and Stephan Clark. ©Renee C. Byer/The Sacramento Bee via ZUMA Press.

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Mar 20, 2018 – Sacramento, California, U.S. – SEQUITA THOMPSON, recounts the horror of seeing her grandson Stephon Clark dead in her backyard after he was shot by police in Sacramento. Stephan Clark was holding only his cellphone when he was fatally shot Sunday night by two Sacramento police officers who fired at him 20 times. Clark, 22, encountered the officers in the backyard of the south Sacramento home where he was staying with his grandparents. ©Renee C. Byer/The Sacramento Bee via ZUMA Wire.

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Mar 20, 2018 – Sacramento, California, U.S. – Lashunda Britt, a cousin of Stephon Clark said he was probably knocking on the window through the bars to alert his grandfather who suffered from a stroke to use his remote to open the garage door when he was fatally shot by police in Sacramento. To the right on the patio is where her cousin died. Known as both Stephon Clark and Stephan Clark. ©Renee C. Byer/The Sacramento Bee via ZUMA Wire.

ZUMA Press Launches this week: “Fighting For Her Religion”. Photography by © Aaron Lavinsky/Minneapolis Star Tribune.

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Fighting For Her Religion

Amaiya Zafar stepped into a boxing ring in Iowa amid little fanfare in late May, 2017. She felt relaxed, confident. A teenager happy to be competing in a sport she loves. She won a three-round fight by decision, improving her career record to 1-1. “The second fight I could showcase my skills better,” she said. “That’s how I’ll actually look when I fight.” Her debut fight was a blur of emotions, an event that attracted national headlines, a horde of news media and raucous supporters that screamed so loudly that Zafar could not hear instructions from her corner. Zafar, a 17-year-old Muslim from Oakdale, finally prevailed in a two-year dispute with USA Boxing and made history by becoming the first fighter to wear a hijab, long sleeves and leggings in a sanctioned bout. She lost her fight but scored a larger victory by opening doors for other Muslims in the United States to compete in sanctioned matches by receiving a religious exemption waiver.