Anticipating the types of protests that barred many Kings fans from two games last season, security measures were stepped up around Golden 1 Center on Monday morning.
Inside, as the Kings hosted the New York Knicks, it was business as usual, as no large-scale protesting was evident outside the arena in the hours leading to the game.
Monday night’s demonstrations — which came two days after it was announced police officers would not be charged in the shooting death of Stephon Clark, an unarmed black man holding a cellphone when he was fatally shot in his grandparents’ backyard — instead took place in the wealthy East Sacramento neighborhood.