Advocacy work continues in remembering Steven Taylor

On April 18, 2020, in an event captured on video and circulated widely on social media, a Black man was shot and killed by a San Leandro police officer inside a local Walmart store.

Steven Taylor, 33, had been having a mental health crisis. He was holding a baseball bat and a tent, and was allegedly attempting to leave the store without paying. But there is broad agreement that the officer, Jason Fletcher, made no effort to de-escalate the situation, firing a fatal shot into Taylor’s chest fewer than 40 seconds after entering the store.