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DeMarcus Cousins offers to pay for Stephon Clark's funeral: report

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Clark was shot and killed by Sacramento police Sunday.
New Orleans Pelicans star center DeMarcus Cousins reached out to cover the costs of the funeral for Stephon Clark, who was shot and killed by Sacramento police Sunday, according to the Sacramento Bee.
Clark, 22, was killed while standing in his grandmother’s backyard, and his death has sparked outrage among those that view it as another example of an unarmed African American being slain by police.
Clark’s family set up a GoFundMe page on Monday with a goal of raising $50,000 to pay for funeral expenses and burial costs. It had raised nearly $62,000 by 4 p.m. Friday (March 23).
As a result, protestors blocked the doors for Thursday’s game between the Sacramento Kings and the Atlanta Hawks, leading to the team blocking the entrances to keep fans safe and discourage potential altercations.
Cousins, who suffered a season-ending Achilles rupture on Jan. 26, was drafted by the Kings with the No. 5 overall pick in the 2010 NBA Draft. He spent the first seven years of his career there before getting traded to the Pelicans last season.
The All-Star has always taken pride in the work he does with the community and he remains an enormous figure in Sacramento, even after moving on to a different team.
In October, Cousins became the first player to receive the O ffseason NBA Cares Community Assist Award, which recognized the work he did over the summer in Sacramento, New Orleans, South Africa and his hometown of Mobile, Ala.
Will Guillory can be reached at wguillory@nola.com or 504.258.5344. Follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/WillGuillory. You can subscribe to our Pelicans Youtube channel here.

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