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Federal Judge Tosses Conviction of Alleged Lodi ‘Terrorist’

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|Date: July 31, 2019
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Federal Judge Tosses Conviction of Alleged Lodi ‘Terrorist’

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – A young Lodi cherry picker, who just happen ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – A young Lodi cherry picker, who just happened to be Muslim, was convicted in federal court in 2006 on terrorism-related charges – but Tues ...

July 31, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: What If They Violate the Rights of Someone Who Clearly Did It?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 21, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: What If They Violate the Rights of Someone Who Clearly Did It?

In this country, we are supposed to protect the rights of the accused, not only because we have the presu ...

In this country, we are supposed to protect the rights of the accused, not only because we have the presumption of innocence until proven guilty – at least in theory. And if we end up tossing the cha ...

July 21, 2019
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Opponents of $100 Million Sac County Jails Expansion Burn Ears of Supes

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|Date: July 17, 2019
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Opponents of $100 Million Sac County Jails Expansion Burn Ears of Supes

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The Sacramento Board of Supervisors heard m ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The Sacramento Board of Supervisors heard more than it expected from the community here Tuesday about the planned spending of more than $1 ...

July 17, 2019
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Commentary: Racism, Extremism, and Policing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 16, 2019
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Commentary: Racism, Extremism, and Policing

It was only a few years ago when the San Francisco Police Department was embroiled in a scandal – a numbe ...

It was only a few years ago when the San Francisco Police Department was embroiled in a scandal – a number of officers got caught up sending not only racist jokes, but making derogatory statements abo ...

July 16, 2019
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White Supremacist in Bloody 2016 Capitol Clash Released After ‘Time-Served’

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|Date: July 06, 2019
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White Supremacist in Bloody 2016 Capitol Clash Released After ‘Time-Served’

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Capitol Bureau SACRAMENTO – As reported first in the Davis Vanguard last M ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Capitol Bureau SACRAMENTO – As reported first in the Davis Vanguard last May 1, William Scott Planer – the only white supremacist accused of a violent assault in a blood ...

July 06, 2019
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Anti-Fascist Trial Again Postponed in Bloody Clash at State Capitol in 2016

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|Date: June 28, 2019
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Anti-Fascist Trial Again Postponed in Bloody Clash at State Capitol in 2016

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – It’s been more than three years since hundr ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – It’s been more than three years since hundreds of anti-fascist protestors and neo-Nazi white supremacists clashed at the State Capitol her ...

June 28, 2019
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My View: Clarence Thomas Once Again Not Going to Protect Us from Rogue Prosecutors

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|Date: June 22, 2019
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My View: Clarence Thomas Once Again Not Going to Protect Us from Rogue Prosecutors

In a rare dissent, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas ignored the concerns of his colleagues in the Mi ...

In a rare dissent, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas ignored the concerns of his colleagues in the Mississippi death penalty case against Curtis Flowers, who in 1996 allegedly murdered four people ...

June 22, 2019
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Sac County Settles Massive Jail Lawsuit – Promises Millions, and Staff Improvements

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|Date: June 21, 2019
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Sac County Settles Massive Jail Lawsuit – Promises Millions, and Staff Improvements

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The lengthy consent decree – hundreds of pa ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The lengthy consent decree – hundreds of pages, nearly dwarfing “The Mueller Report” – settling a massive federal civil rights lawsuit aga ...

June 21, 2019
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Sacramento DA Thursday Blinks, and Dodges Expected Political Trial Over Columbus Statue at Capitol

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|Date: June 14, 2019
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Sacramento DA Thursday Blinks, and Dodges Expected Political Trial Over Columbus Statue at Capitol

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The Sacramento County District Attorney Off ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The Sacramento County District Attorney Office blinked first Thursday, dismissing all charges almost literally on the day of the trial of ...

June 14, 2019
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Taxpayers, Not Cops, Shell Out $5.2 Million in Record Sacramento Excessive Force Case

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|Date: June 12, 2019
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Taxpayers, Not Cops, Shell Out $5.2 Million in Record Sacramento Excessive Force Case

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – City of Sacramento taxpayers – not the poli ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – City of Sacramento taxpayers – not the police who kill and maim – have shelled out millions of dollars in excessive force lawsuits in the ...

June 12, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Four Cases from SF to Sac Illustrate the State of the Injustice System

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 10, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Four Cases from SF to Sac Illustrate the State of the Injustice System

The Vanguard is now covering cases from San Francisco to Sacramento and we find injustice across the boar ...

The Vanguard is now covering cases from San Francisco to Sacramento and we find injustice across the board. In San Francisco, we have been covering the case of Antonio Carter Bibbs accused of molestin ...

June 10, 2019
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Public Defender Seeks Proof Dirty Cops Lied, and Traffic Stop Brutalized Black Family

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|Date: June 07, 2019
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Public Defender Seeks Proof Dirty Cops Lied, and Traffic Stop Brutalized Black Family

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – There may, or may not be, a dirty cop behin ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – There may, or may not be, a dirty cop behind a simple traffic stop of a Black driver and his family that turned into a police dragnet with ...

June 07, 2019
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Political Trials for Nazi Fighters, Poor People Advocates Slated in June in Sacramento

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|Date: June 05, 2019
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Political Trials for Nazi Fighters, Poor People Advocates Slated in June in Sacramento

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – June – and maybe part of July – is shaping ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – June – and maybe part of July – is shaping up to be a month or so of political trials in Sacramento, as anti-Nazi protestors and poor peop ...

June 05, 2019
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Sacramento Police Dept Receives ‘F’ Grade in California Police Scoreboard, Ranks 66 in State

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|Date: June 02, 2019
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Sacramento Police Dept Receives ‘F’ Grade in California Police Scoreboard, Ranks 66 in State

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – In a just-released “California Police Score ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – In a just-released “California Police Scoreboard” – said to be the first-ever evaluation police violence and accountability of the state’s ...

June 02, 2019
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Sacramento Sued for 84 Arrests at Police Brutality Protest

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|Date: May 23, 2019
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Sacramento Sued for 84 Arrests at Police Brutality Protest

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The city and county of Sacramento – already ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The city and county of Sacramento – already targeted with multiple wrongful death and excessive force lawsuits for the killing of civilian ...

May 23, 2019
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Wrongful Arrest Leads to Lawsuit As Police Arrest Innocent Man on Gun Charges

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 22, 2019
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Wrongful Arrest Leads to Lawsuit As Police Arrest Innocent Man on Gun Charges

Anthony Hernandez was arrested and spent a month in custody because of racial profiling and presumptions ...

Anthony Hernandez was arrested and spent a month in custody because of racial profiling and presumptions by the arresting officer. It might have been far worse had it not been for the persistence of ...

May 22, 2019
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Lawsuit Filed against Sacramento Sheriff for Hitting Protestor and Fleeing Scene

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|Date: May 07, 2019
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Lawsuit Filed against Sacramento Sheriff for Hitting Protestor and Fleeing Scene

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Fallout from the hugely controversial shoot ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Fallout from the hugely controversial shooting death of unarmed Stephon Clark a little more than a year ago by city of Sacramento police h ...

May 07, 2019
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White Supremacist Surprises Courtroom – Pleads to Assaulting Anti-Fascist

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|Date: May 01, 2019
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White Supremacist Surprises Courtroom – Pleads to Assaulting Anti-Fascist

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Capitol Bureau SACRAMENTO – In a completely unexpected turn – only a few w ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Capitol Bureau SACRAMENTO – In a completely unexpected turn – only a few weeks from a second trial on felony assault with a deadly weapon at a bloody 2016 clash between ...

May 01, 2019
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Anti-Fascist Trial to Start in July, More than 3 Years after Bloody Clash with White Supremacists at State Capitol

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 24, 2019
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Anti-Fascist Trial to Start in July, More than 3 Years after Bloody Clash with White Supremacists at State Capitol

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The long-awaited trial of three anti-fascis ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The long-awaited trial of three anti-fascist demonstrators was set for July 15 here in Superior Court Tuesday – more than three years afte ...

April 24, 2019
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Sacramento DA Called ‘Tyrant’ of Year as Personal Protests Ramp Up in Wake of Stephon Clark Decision

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|Date: March 31, 2019
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Sacramento DA Called ‘Tyrant’ of Year as Personal Protests Ramp Up in Wake of Stephon Clark Decision

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – When Sacramento County District Attorney An ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – When Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert announced about a month ago that she was not going to prosecute two Sacrament ...

March 31, 2019
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