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Analysis: Is the Crosswalk on F St Fundamentally Unsafe?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 02, 2017
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Analysis: Is the Crosswalk on F St Fundamentally Unsafe?

On Monday, the Vanguard published the comments of Deb and Rob Westergaard relating to the their treatment ...

On Monday, the Vanguard published the comments of Deb and Rob Westergaard relating to the their treatment by the police following an April 2016 collision where Ms. Westergaard was hit by a vehicle and ...

August 02, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Davis Woman Relates Experience with Davis Police Following Getting Hit by a Vehicle

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 31, 2017
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Davis Woman Relates Experience with Davis Police Following Getting Hit by a Vehicle

A couple of weeks ago Deb Westergaard and her husband Rob came before city council to explain what had ha ...

A couple of weeks ago Deb Westergaard and her husband Rob came before city council to explain what had happened when she was hit by a car in April of 2016 and seriously injured. Her treatment by Davi ...

July 31, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Why Did DA Cut a Deal with the Picnic Day Bottle Thrower?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 25, 2017
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Commentary: Why Did DA Cut a Deal with the Picnic Day Bottle Thrower?

In an earlier column I noted an encounter at Farmer’s Market with a man who pushed back on our coverage o ...

In an earlier column I noted an encounter at Farmer’s Market with a man who pushed back on our coverage of Picnic Day and accused me of anarchism for reporting on people calling for the DA to drop the ...

July 25, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Should the DA Drop the Charges against the Picnic Day 5?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 23, 2017
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Sunday Commentary: Should the DA Drop the Charges against the Picnic Day 5?

Yesterday, as we had a booth at Farmer’s Market for the Vanguard, it was mostly a pleasant experience, bu ...

Yesterday, as we had a booth at Farmer’s Market for the Vanguard, it was mostly a pleasant experience, but one man walked up to me and asked if we were a bunch of anarchists. I asked him why he would ...

July 23, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Protesters Want DA to Drop Charges against Picnic Day 5

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 20, 2017
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Protesters Want DA to Drop Charges against Picnic Day 5

A small number of protesters gathered on Wednesday to demand that Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig drop crimina ...

A small number of protesters gathered on Wednesday to demand that Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig drop criminal charges against the five defendants in the Picnic Day incident. The group says they gathered ...

July 20, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Council Presents a Vastly Different Approach on Police Oversight than in 2006

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 13, 2017
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Commentary: Council Presents a Vastly Different Approach on Police Oversight than in 2006

The process of police oversight is marked not by quick decisions but by a slow and deliberative process, ...

The process of police oversight is marked not by quick decisions but by a slow and deliberative process, much to the frustration of probably everyone involved. At times on Tuesday night you saw that ...

July 13, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Council Moves Forward with Public Process for Police Oversight Changes

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 12, 2017
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Council Moves Forward with Public Process for Police Oversight Changes

The night began with a small contingent of protesters in front of City Hall at the corner of B Street and ...

The night began with a small contingent of protesters in front of City Hall at the corner of B Street and Russell Boulevard, holding signs and demanding the charges against the five defendants in the ...

July 12, 2017
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Commentary: City Comes Full Circle as Council Once Again Considers Stronger Police Oversight Policies

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 11, 2017
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Commentary: City Comes Full Circle as Council Once Again Considers Stronger Police Oversight Policies

In August of 2005, a bumper bender in the South Davis Safeway parking lot changed the course of Davis cit ...

In August of 2005, a bumper bender in the South Davis Safeway parking lot changed the course of Davis city history. The case of Halema Buzayan, a 16-year-old Muslim honors student at Davis High Schoo ...

July 11, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Council to Take Their First Look at Police Oversight in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 07, 2017
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Council to Take Their First Look at Police Oversight in Davis

This year has seen the confluence of two events – the announced departure of the long-time police auditor ...

This year has seen the confluence of two events – the announced departure of the long-time police auditor, who informed staff back in February or March that he would not renew his contract. Bob Aaron ...

July 07, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Was It a Conflict of Interest?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 04, 2017
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Commentary: Was It a Conflict of Interest?

When the city of Davis hired McGregor Scott of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe to be its investigator, ...

When the city of Davis hired McGregor Scott of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe to be its investigator, the Vanguard soon learned that David Spencer, an attorney at Orrick, is working with the Yolo ...

July 04, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Demanding Accountability Is Not Hating

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 03, 2017
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Demanding Accountability Is Not Hating

It seems like every time criticism is leveled at the police over an officer-involved shooting, the police ...

It seems like every time criticism is leveled at the police over an officer-involved shooting, the police, on the defensive, resort to dismissing their detractors as haters. Don’t get me wrong – there ...

July 03, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: What to Make of McGregor Scott’s Hire as Investigator

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 27, 2017
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Commentary: What to Make of McGregor Scott’s Hire as Investigator

After getting burned with the hiring of John McGinness, the city of Davis went big to try to get an inves ...

After getting burned with the hiring of John McGinness, the city of Davis went big to try to get an investigator who would be seen as fair and impartial. They went to the large firm of Orrick, Herrin ...

June 27, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Restorative Justice: Let’s Keep the Conversation Going

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 27, 2017
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Restorative Justice: Let’s Keep the Conversation Going

By Deborah Brusco, Diane Clarke, Elvia Garcia, Kara Hunter, Jeannette Lejardi, and Manuel Medeiros Over t ...

By Deborah Brusco, Diane Clarke, Elvia Garcia, Kara Hunter, Jeannette Lejardi, and Manuel Medeiros Over the past several years, restorative justice has been showing up as a thread in our community’s c ...

June 27, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

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City Expected to Name Independent Investigator Today

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 26, 2017
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City Expected to Name Independent Investigator Today

Unless something changes, the city of Davis is expected to finalize an agreement on Monday that would nam ...

Unless something changes, the city of Davis is expected to finalize an agreement on Monday that would name McGregor Scott as the Independent Investigator charged with investigating the Picnic Day inci ...

June 26, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Flash From the Past: Twice Wrongly Accused, Twice Exonerated

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 25, 2017
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Flash From the Past: Twice Wrongly Accused, Twice Exonerated

This week on our video panel, we featured, among others, Bernita Toney. She related the story of how she ...

This week on our video panel, we featured, among others, Bernita Toney. She related the story of how she was wrongly accused of child endangerment by the Davis Police, who falsified police reports. ...

June 25, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Vanguard Weekly Video Series, Episode 1: Police Oversight

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 23, 2017
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Vanguard Weekly Video Series, Episode 1: Police Oversight

On Wednesday the Vanguard hosted its first in a weekly series of videos with a discussion of police overs ...

On Wednesday the Vanguard hosted its first in a weekly series of videos with a discussion of police oversight and the Picnic Day incident. The video segment featured: Reverend Tim Malone, Gloria Parti ...

June 23, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Public Commenters Continue to Press Council on Picnic Day

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 21, 2017
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Public Commenters Continue to Press Council on Picnic Day

Earlier this week, William Kelly submitted a piece to the Vanguard calling on the city to retract what he ...

Earlier this week, William Kelly submitted a piece to the Vanguard calling on the city to retract what he saw as several false statements by the Davis Police Department on April 24, 2017, following th ...

June 21, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Body Cameras Don’t Work if They Aren’t Turned On

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 20, 2017
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Commentary: Body Cameras Don’t Work if They Aren’t Turned On

In the wake of a series of high profile police incidents, Davis, like many cities across the nation, has ...

In the wake of a series of high profile police incidents, Davis, like many cities across the nation, has purchased and implemented a body worn camera policy for the police. But what we are seeing is ...

June 20, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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The Police Should Be on Trial

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 20, 2017
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The Police Should Be on Trial

by Steve Hampton The Yolo County district attorney is charging five people, including three black men, wi ...

by Steve Hampton The Yolo County district attorney is charging five people, including three black men, with assaulting police officers in connection with the Picnic Day “brawl.” Prosecuting attorney R ...

June 20, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

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City of Davis: Retract False Statements about Picnic Day Fight

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 17, 2017
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City of Davis: Retract False Statements about Picnic Day Fight

by William Kelly As Alexander Craver, Antwoine Perry, Iszir Price, Angelica Reyes, and Elijah Williams pr ...

by William Kelly As Alexander Craver, Antwoine Perry, Iszir Price, Angelica Reyes, and Elijah Williams prepare to defend themselves in court, our city government has a moral and legal obligation not t ...

June 17, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

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