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Commentary: What Is at Stake in the Apple – Government Fight

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 01, 2016
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Commentary: What Is at Stake in the Apple – Government Fight

Yesterday, a federal judge in Brooklyn said that the U.S. government cannot force Apple to unlock an iPho ...

Yesterday, a federal judge in Brooklyn said that the U.S. government cannot force Apple to unlock an iPhone in a New York drug case. U.S. Magistrate Judge James Orenstein in Brooklyn ruled that he did ...

March 01, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Snowden Attorney Speaks at UCD Law School about Democracy in an Era of Mass Surveillance

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 26, 2016
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Snowden Attorney Speaks at UCD Law School about Democracy in an Era of Mass Surveillance

On Tuesday, Ben Wizner, an ACLU attorney best known for representing Edward Snowden, was a speaker at the ...

On Tuesday, Ben Wizner, an ACLU attorney best known for representing Edward Snowden, was a speaker at the UC Davis Law School’s speaker series on surveillance, talking about the Edward Snowden case – ...

February 26, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Legislation Would Allow Access to Police Misconduct Records

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 21, 2016
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Legislation Would Allow Access to Police Misconduct Records

In an effort to improve transparency, accountability and trust between law enforcement and the public, Se ...

In an effort to improve transparency, accountability and trust between law enforcement and the public, Senator Mark Leno has introduced SB 1286, a bill allowing greater public access to peace officer ...

February 21, 2016
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Qualified Immunity Defense For Police Officers in Jeopardy with New Ruling

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|Date: February 15, 2016
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Qualified Immunity Defense For Police Officers in Jeopardy with New Ruling

By Kade Crockford A police officer is not immune from accountability after he points a gun at a non-threa ...

By Kade Crockford A police officer is not immune from accountability after he points a gun at a non-threatening person, with his finger on the trigger and the safety off, and accidentally fires. So ru ...

February 15, 2016
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New Evidence of Racial Profiling Looks at Seat Belt Stops

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 28, 2016
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New Evidence of Racial Profiling Looks at Seat Belt Stops

By Nusrat Choudhury Sam Dubose. Walter Scott. Sandra Bland. 2015 showed in terrible and vivid detail how ...

By Nusrat Choudhury Sam Dubose. Walter Scott. Sandra Bland. 2015 showed in terrible and vivid detail how even routine police traffic stops carry the risk of escalating to arrest or the use of force — ...

January 28, 2016
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ACLU response to Governor Brown’s State of the State

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 23, 2016
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ACLU response to Governor Brown’s State of the State

By Natasha Minsker In his State of the State speech yesterday, Gov. Jerry Brown failed to mention a criti ...

By Natasha Minsker In his State of the State speech yesterday, Gov. Jerry Brown failed to mention a critical dimension to economic inequality in California: racial inequality. People of color are uniq ...

January 23, 2016
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MLK Day Celebration Today: Features Director for ACLU Center for Advocacy and Policy

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 18, 2016
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MLK Day Celebration Today: Features Director for ACLU Center for Advocacy and Policy

The 22nd annual City of Davis Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Celebration will take place on Monday, January ...

The 22nd annual City of Davis Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Celebration will take place on Monday, January 18, 2016, at 10:30 a.m. in the Varsity Theatre, 616 Second Street. The event is free and commu ...

January 18, 2016
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Governor’s Budget Keeps Prop 47 Savings from Communities

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 13, 2016
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Governor’s Budget Keeps Prop 47 Savings from Communities

by Margaret Dooley-Sammuli The governor’s proposed state budget released today includes the current Depar ...

by Margaret Dooley-Sammuli The governor’s proposed state budget released today includes the current Department of Finance estimate of savings resulting from Proposition 47. This first estimate puts FY ...

January 13, 2016
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Analysis: Even Under Crime Rate Increases, Reason For Hope

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 01, 2016
| (31) Comments

Analysis: Even Under Crime Rate Increases, Reason For Hope

For the first time in over a decade, crime rose across the board in Los Angeles, including a 19.9 percent ...

For the first time in over a decade, crime rose across the board in Los Angeles, including a 19.9 percent increase in violent crime along with a 10.3 percent increase in property crime, the LA Times r ...

January 01, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Calls For SF Chief to Resign In Wake of Fatal Shooting

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 11, 2015
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Calls For SF Chief to Resign In Wake of Fatal Shooting

Last week, Mario Woods, 26, was shot 15 times by police officers. This week, protesters, outraged over th ...

Last week, Mario Woods, 26, was shot 15 times by police officers. This week, protesters, outraged over the shooting, spilled out of a packed hearing room in San Francisco’s City Hall on Wednesday, cha ...

December 11, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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ACLU Calls For Investigation of Orange County Prosecutorial Misconduct

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 29, 2015
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ACLU Calls For Investigation of Orange County Prosecutorial Misconduct

By Ana Zamora and Brendan Hamme “You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be us ...

By Ana Zamora and Brendan Hamme “You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to speak to an attorney, and to have an at ...

November 29, 2015
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Lethal Injection Déjà Vu?

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 15, 2015
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Lethal Injection Déjà Vu?

by Ana Zamora Last Friday, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) made public ...

by Ana Zamora Last Friday, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) made public proposed regulations on a new lethal injection protocol. This triggered the public comment per ...

November 15, 2015
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Racial Justice and Free Speech Are Not Mutually Exclusive

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 14, 2015
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Racial Justice and Free Speech Are Not Mutually Exclusive

By Dennis Parker The recent wave of college demonstrations starting at the University of Missouri and Yal ...

By Dennis Parker The recent wave of college demonstrations starting at the University of Missouri and Yale and spreading to Ithaca and other campuses across the nation have sparked outraged commentary ...

November 14, 2015
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Report Finds Wild Divergences in Law Enforcement Practices One Year after Prop 47

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 12, 2015
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Report Finds Wild Divergences in Law Enforcement Practices One Year after Prop 47

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of California today released a report, Changing Gears: Californ ...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of California today released a report, Changing Gears: California’s Shift to Smart Justice, which finds both successes and challenges in Proposition 47 implem ...

November 12, 2015
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Documents Show DOJ Admitting that StingRays Spy on Innocent Bystanders

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 08, 2015
| (12) Comments

Documents Show DOJ Admitting that StingRays Spy on Innocent Bystanders

by Linda Lye Documents recently obtained by the ACLU of Northern California from the Department of Justic ...

by Linda Lye Documents recently obtained by the ACLU of Northern California from the Department of Justice confirm concerns about the federal government’s use of StingRays – a highly intrusive cell ph ...

November 08, 2015
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Gang Injunctions Are Ineffective and Criminalize Youth of Color

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 24, 2015
| (15) Comments

Gang Injunctions Are Ineffective and Criminalize Youth of Color

by Caitlin Sanderson With all we now know about unrelenting bias and systemic racism in our criminal just ...

by Caitlin Sanderson With all we now know about unrelenting bias and systemic racism in our criminal justice system, do we really want to let gang cops and prosecutors decide whose rights will be perm ...

October 24, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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ACLU Celebrates String of Legislative Victories in California

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 14, 2015
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ACLU Celebrates String of Legislative Victories in California

By Natasha Minsker Last fall, the three ACLU affiliates in California launched our newly expanded Sacrame ...

By Natasha Minsker Last fall, the three ACLU affiliates in California launched our newly expanded Sacramento office: the ACLU of California Center for Advocacy & Policy. One year ago, we had a sta ...

October 14, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Governor Vetoes Border Crossing Identification License Bill

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 10, 2015
| (3) Comments

Governor Vetoes Border Crossing Identification License Bill

On Friday, Governor Brown vetoed SB 249, sponsored by Democratic Senator Ben Hueso, a measure to create “ ...

On Friday, Governor Brown vetoed SB 249, sponsored by Democratic Senator Ben Hueso, a measure to create “enhanced” driver's licenses (EDLs) to be used as an additional border-crossing identification d ...

October 10, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Senate Unveils Bipartisan Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 05, 2015
| (6) Comments

Senate Unveils Bipartisan Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act

This past week, a bipartisan group of Senators unveiled a plan that could represent a major reform the na ...

This past week, a bipartisan group of Senators unveiled a plan that could represent a major reform the nation’s criminal justice system. It would give judges and courts more discretion in doling ou ...

October 05, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Governor Signs Groundbreaking Bill to Combat Racial Profiling

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 04, 2015
| (3) Comments

Governor Signs Groundbreaking Bill to Combat Racial Profiling

On Saturday, Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 953, The Racial and Identity Profiling Act of 2015 ...

On Saturday, Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 953, The Racial and Identity Profiling Act of 2015, into California law. The law, AB 953, written by Assemblymember Shirley Weber, requires law e ...

October 04, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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