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Sacramento DA Candidates Clash on Key Issues Saturday at Candidates Forum

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 23, 2022
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Sacramento DA Candidates Clash on Key Issues Saturday at Candidates Forum

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA - There is an open seat for the Sacramento DA in 20 ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA - There is an open seat for the Sacramento DA in 2022 as incumbent Anne Marie Schubert is running for attorney general and that opens the field fo ...

January 23, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Our Afghan Neighbors Urgently Need Our Help

Posted by Jeremy Rud
|Date: January 21, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Our Afghan Neighbors Urgently Need Our Help

by Jeremy Rud It’s been four months since the US military withdrew from Afghanistan. Yet just four months ...

by Jeremy Rud It’s been four months since the US military withdrew from Afghanistan. Yet just four months after a twenty-year war, it seems that whatever concern the US government expressed for vulner ...

January 21, 2022
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Auburn Police Officer Allegedly Threatens Advocate of Dalton Dyer Jr., on Administrative Leave

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|Date: January 18, 2022
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Auburn Police Officer Allegedly Threatens Advocate of Dalton Dyer Jr., on Administrative Leave

By Robert J. Hansen Sacramento, CA - An Auburn police officer threatened the founder of Police Crime Surv ...

By Robert J. Hansen Sacramento, CA - An Auburn police officer threatened the founder of Police Crime Survivors (PCS), Christopher Kershner, on December 27. Auburn police officer Joshua Eagan drove his ...

January 18, 2022
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BREAKING: COVID-19 Spike Hits Sacramento Jails Hard; Ever-Reluctant Sheriff Admits Releasing Hundreds Early

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|Date: January 14, 2022
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BREAKING: COVID-19 Spike Hits Sacramento Jails Hard; Ever-Reluctant Sheriff Admits Releasing Hundreds Early

By Cres Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – Never willing to release incarcerated ...

By Cres Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – Never willing to release incarcerated from the Sacramento County Jails, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Dept. Thursday admitted in a ...

January 14, 2022
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Protesters Sue Sacramento Police Department for Allegedly Repressing Racial Justice Protesters with Violence, Surveillance, and Home Raids

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 05, 2022
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Protesters Sue Sacramento Police Department for Allegedly Repressing Racial Justice Protesters with Violence, Surveillance, and Home Raids

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – Protesters claim that the Sacramento Police Depar ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – Protesters claim that the Sacramento Police Department in 2020 brutalized demonstrators in an effort to disrupt and end protests by Black Lives ...

January 05, 2022
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REPORT: Nothing Much Changed in 2020 – People of Color Targeted, Abused by Law Enforcement More in Vehicle Stops Across California

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|Date: January 03, 2022
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REPORT: Nothing Much Changed in 2020 – People of Color Targeted, Abused by Law Enforcement More in Vehicle Stops Across California

By Cres Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – People of color – particularly Black i ...

By Cres Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – People of color – particularly Black individuals – were searched, detained, handcuffed and removed from their vehicles in 2020 more t ...

January 03, 2022
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Demonstration for Harvest Davidson, Trial Held Up Years Due to El Dorado DA’s Failure to provide discovery

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|Date: December 22, 2021
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Demonstration for Harvest Davidson, Trial Held Up Years Due to El Dorado DA’s Failure to provide discovery

By Robert J. Hansen A small demonstration was held at the El Dorado County District Attorney’s office in ...

By Robert J. Hansen A small demonstration was held at the El Dorado County District Attorney’s office in Placerville for Harvest Davidson, who has been awaiting trial for a 2016 incident, on Monday. D ...

December 22, 2021
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Land Acknowledgement In The State Capital for Indigenous People – a Step Towards Widespread Change

Posted by Jordan
|Date: December 21, 2021
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Land Acknowledgement In The State Capital for Indigenous People – a Step Towards Widespread Change

By Emily Andrews SACRAMENTO – With hopes of being an example to other cities in California, the S ...

By Emily Andrews SACRAMENTO – With hopes of being an example to other cities in California, the Sacramento City Council has unanimously passed a resolution to read a land acknowledgement prior ...

December 21, 2021
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New Lawsuit Filed against Sacramento for Withholding Records on Police Conduct during Black Lives Matter Protests

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 09, 2021
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New Lawsuit Filed against Sacramento for Withholding Records on Police Conduct during Black Lives Matter Protests

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – Just what took place in Sacramento between the po ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – Just what took place in Sacramento between the police and protesters following George Floyd’s murder in May 2020? Civil rights groups are tryin ...

December 09, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Climate and the US Military – Why It Is Both So Simple and So Hard to Change Our Ways

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|Date: December 04, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Climate and the US Military – Why It Is Both So Simple and So Hard to Change Our Ways

By Mark Dempsey Congress just approved a bigger military budget than the administration requested. Polit ...

By Mark Dempsey Congress just approved a bigger military budget than the administration requested. Politico reports "Lawmakers approved the National Defense Authorization Act in a 316-113 [64 percent ...

December 04, 2021
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Sacramento County Jail Gets Sacramento Bee Coverage…Almost. An Open Letter to Sacramento Bee’s Marcos Breton

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|Date: November 27, 2021
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Sacramento County Jail Gets Sacramento Bee Coverage…Almost. An Open Letter to Sacramento Bee’s Marcos Breton

By Mark Dempsey Dear Mr. Breton, Thanks for covering the Sacramento County Jail November 10. Based on you ...

By Mark Dempsey Dear Mr. Breton, Thanks for covering the Sacramento County Jail November 10. Based on your coverage, and the overall philosophy of American incarceration, I'd suggested this motto for ...

November 27, 2021
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Reno Police Shoot Sacramento Native, Former Youth Mentee In Critical Condition

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|Date: November 18, 2021
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Reno Police Shoot Sacramento Native, Former Youth Mentee In Critical Condition

By Robert J. Hansen Sacramento, CA - Family, friends and activists are demanding answers from the Reno Po ...

By Robert J. Hansen Sacramento, CA - Family, friends and activists are demanding answers from the Reno Police Department after officers shot Isaiah Herndon three times on November 5th, 2021. The forme ...

November 18, 2021
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Senator Dodd’s Townhall Takes on Racial Inequities and Systemic Racism

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 17, 2021
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Senator Dodd’s Townhall Takes on Racial Inequities and Systemic Racism

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Santa Rosa, CA – The problem of systemic racism in the criminal ju ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Santa Rosa, CA – The problem of systemic racism in the criminal justice system gained widespread attention last summer after the death of George Floyd. Senator B ...

November 17, 2021
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Sacramento Sheriff Sued by ACLU for Colluding with ICE to Illegally Transfer Immigrants from County Jail to ICE Custody

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|Date: November 17, 2021
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Sacramento Sheriff Sued by ACLU for Colluding with ICE to Illegally Transfer Immigrants from County Jail to ICE Custody

By The Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO - The ACLU Tuesday said it has sued Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jone ...

By The Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO - The ACLU Tuesday said it has sued Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones for unlawfully turning over immigrants to ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), in viola ...

November 17, 2021
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COVID-19 Outbreaks in Sacramento Jails Reaching Deadly Levels, Charge Family and Advocates

Posted by Lorelei Olivas
|Date: November 17, 2021
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COVID-19 Outbreaks in Sacramento Jails Reaching Deadly Levels, Charge Family and Advocates

By Lorelei Olivas SACRAMENTO, CA - COVID-19 outbreaks in Sacramento county jails are endangering incarcer ...

By Lorelei Olivas SACRAMENTO, CA - COVID-19 outbreaks in Sacramento county jails are endangering incarcerated lives, with both vaccinated and unvaccinated contracting the virus, according to families ...

November 17, 2021
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Sacramento NAACP Calls for Resignations and Investigation after Vice-Principal Subjected to Racial Hatred by Students

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|Date: November 13, 2021
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Sacramento NAACP Calls for Resignations and Investigation after Vice-Principal Subjected to Racial Hatred by Students

By Robert J. Hansen Sacramento CA - The Sacramento NAACP and other supporters of Dr. Elysse Versher, the ...

By Robert J. Hansen Sacramento CA - The Sacramento NAACP and other supporters of Dr. Elysse Versher, the West Campus High School vice principal targeted by acts of racism and hatred by students, calle ...

November 13, 2021
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Your Freedom’s My Guillotine

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 08, 2021
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Your Freedom’s My Guillotine

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The forces of repression have done a masterful job of flipping the ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The forces of repression have done a masterful job of flipping the concept of freedom on its head. But there is really nothing new with that. The history of th ...

November 08, 2021
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Family of Edward Johnson, 76-Year-Old Who Died of COVID-19 while in Sacramento Jail, Speaks Out

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|Date: November 08, 2021
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Family of Edward Johnson, 76-Year-Old Who Died of COVID-19 while in Sacramento Jail, Speaks Out

By Robert J. Hansen Edward Johnson was the 76-year-old who died last Monday of COVID-19 while incarcerate ...

By Robert J. Hansen Edward Johnson was the 76-year-old who died last Monday of COVID-19 while incarcerated at Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center (RCCC), according to his family. KCRA 3 reported Tuesday ...

November 08, 2021
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Sacramento Superior Court Announces New Assistant Presiding Judge, Joining New Presiding Judge

Posted by Anna Kristina
|Date: November 01, 2021
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Sacramento Superior Court Announces New Assistant Presiding Judge, Joining New Presiding Judge

By Anna Kristina Moseidjord and Jake Wylie SACRAMENTO, CA — The Sacramento County Superior Court has anno ...

By Anna Kristina Moseidjord and Jake Wylie SACRAMENTO, CA — The Sacramento County Superior Court has announced the appointment of Judge Bunmi O. Awoniyi as the new Assistant Presiding Judge, joining J ...

November 01, 2021
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Legislation in Congress Calls for Preservation, Education, Expansion of Native American Languages

Posted by Eric Rodriguez
|Date: October 12, 2021
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Legislation in Congress Calls for Preservation, Education, Expansion of Native American Languages

By Eric Rodriguez WASHINGTON D.C. – Indigenous Peoples Day was Monday, and U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-H ...

By Eric Rodriguez WASHINGTON D.C. – Indigenous Peoples Day was Monday, and U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) said he is cosponsoring the Durbin Feeling Native American Act of 2021 as part of his missio ...

October 12, 2021
| by Eric Rodriguez

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