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Philly ‘Vigilantes’ Beat Journalist After Standoff with Black Lives Matter Protestors

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|Date: July 02, 2020
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Philly ‘Vigilantes’ Beat Journalist After Standoff with Black Lives Matter Protestors

By Nick Domenici PHILADELPHIA – A confrontation between a bunch of so-called “vigilantes” and Black Lives ...

By Nick Domenici PHILADELPHIA – A confrontation between a bunch of so-called “vigilantes” and Black Lives Matters protestors morphed into an attack on a television journalist here. George Graf, on or ...

July 02, 2020
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Private Law Enforcement Facebook Group Plot to Kill BLM Activist Shaun King

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|Date: June 26, 2020
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Private Law Enforcement Facebook Group Plot to Kill BLM Activist Shaun King

By Julietta Bisharyan LONG BEACH - Members of a private Facebook group for California Law Enforcement Off ...

By Julietta Bisharyan LONG BEACH - Members of a private Facebook group for California Law Enforcement Officers is openly plotting to assassinate civil rights activist and writer Shaun King. King share ...

June 26, 2020
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Guest Commentary: We’re Not Satisfied – the Movement to Manifest Black Lives Matter Marches On.

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|Date: June 25, 2020
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Guest Commentary: We’re Not Satisfied – the Movement to Manifest Black Lives Matter Marches On.

By Sajid Khan Yesterday, we got word that Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen withdrew a whis ...

By Sajid Khan Yesterday, we got word that Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen withdrew a whistleblower complaint against me over my blog posts where I highlighted the role of prosecutors i ...

June 25, 2020
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Guest Commentary: 650 Public Defenders Stand Behind Sajid Khan

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|Date: June 24, 2020
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Guest Commentary: 650 Public Defenders Stand Behind Sajid Khan

Editor's note: Late Tuesday it was reported that DA Jeff Rosen was dropping the whistleblower complaint f ...

Editor's note: Late Tuesday it was reported that DA Jeff Rosen was dropping the whistleblower complaint filed against Public Defender Sajid Khan. “I am withdrawing the county complaint that addressed ...

June 24, 2020
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Guest Commentary: What We Wish Yolo District Attorney Jeff Reisig Had Written…

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|Date: June 21, 2020
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Guest Commentary: What We Wish Yolo District Attorney Jeff Reisig Had Written…

Yolo County Public Defender Tracie Olson’s recent interview raised some very challenging questions for ou ...

Yolo County Public Defender Tracie Olson’s recent interview raised some very challenging questions for our local justice system—including how police, prosecutors and even judges contribute to the over ...

June 21, 2020
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Commentary: The DA – He Doth Protest Too Much

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|Date: June 17, 2020
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Commentary: The DA – He Doth Protest Too Much

Last Monday all across the state and around the nation, public defenders took to the streets marching for ...

Last Monday all across the state and around the nation, public defenders took to the streets marching for Black lives. Following that event, ABC 10 interviewed Yolo County Public Defender Tracie Olso ...

June 17, 2020
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Yolo DA Attacks Public Defender over Claims of Disproportionate Incarcerated Black Population

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 16, 2020
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Yolo DA Attacks Public Defender over Claims of Disproportionate Incarcerated Black Population

It started as an interview by ABC10 following the public defender Black Lives Matter march last Monday. D ...

It started as an interview by ABC10 following the public defender Black Lives Matter march last Monday. During the interview, Yolo County Public Defender Tracie Olson told the news station, “Honestly ...

June 16, 2020
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Diverse Group of Over 1000 March in Davis

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|Date: June 15, 2020
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Diverse Group of Over 1000 March in Davis

Davis - A huge and diverse crowd showed up in Davis at Central Park for a rally and march on behalf of Bl ...

Davis - A huge and diverse crowd showed up in Davis at Central Park for a rally and march on behalf of Black Lives Matter, in opposition to police violence. By the time the group marched down to the ...

June 15, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Thank You Black Leadership

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|Date: June 15, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Thank You Black Leadership

By Scott Steward Ragsdale We can’t ignore the black and brown that have put their bodies at risk to save ...

By Scott Steward Ragsdale We can’t ignore the black and brown that have put their bodies at risk to save our nation. Very few who have received the use of violence against protesters were white. What ...

June 15, 2020
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Davis Mr. Pickle’s Permanently Closed after Owner Calls BLM ‘the Flip Side of the KKK’

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|Date: June 11, 2020
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Davis Mr. Pickle’s Permanently Closed after Owner Calls BLM ‘the Flip Side of the KKK’

What started with an employee wearing a “Black Lives Matter” button and the manager objecting has led to ...

What started with an employee wearing a “Black Lives Matter” button and the manager objecting has led to the decision by the corporate headquarters to permanently close Mr. Pickle’s in Davis. The comp ...

June 11, 2020
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Poem: Rise Up Defenders of Justice! Rise Up!

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|Date: June 10, 2020
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Poem: Rise Up Defenders of Justice! Rise Up!

written by Allison Williams 8:46 helplessness 8:46 hopelessness In 8:46 a man’s life was taken In 8:46 th ...

written by Allison Williams 8:46 helplessness 8:46 hopelessness In 8:46 a man’s life was taken In 8:46 the world was shaken In 8:46 a man laid dead on a pavement In 8:46 George Floyd death started a m ...

June 10, 2020
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Photos from Sacramento BLM Public Defender Event

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|Date: June 09, 2020
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Photos from Sacramento BLM Public Defender Event

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June 09, 2020
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Yolo Public Defenders Bear Witness to Local and National Victims of Police Violence in BLM March

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 09, 2020
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Yolo Public Defenders Bear Witness to Local and National Victims of Police Violence in BLM March

For eight minutes and 46 seconds Yolo County Public Defender Tracie Olson read out the names of victims o ...

For eight minutes and 46 seconds Yolo County Public Defender Tracie Olson read out the names of victims of police killings. When the time elapsed, she reminded her colleagues and community members wh ...

June 09, 2020
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Sacramento Public Defenders Rip Racist Court System in George Floyd Rally Monday

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|Date: June 09, 2020
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Sacramento Public Defenders Rip Racist Court System in George Floyd Rally Monday

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – In a dramatic and unprecedented move, ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – In a dramatic and unprecedented move, the Sacramento County Public Defender's Office Monday held a demonstration against police viol ...

June 09, 2020
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‘The Next Civil Rights Movement’ – San Francisco Public Defender Joins Offices around Nation

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|Date: June 09, 2020
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‘The Next Civil Rights Movement’ – San Francisco Public Defender Joins Offices around Nation

by Ruby Wilks and Henry Stiepleman SAN FRANCISCO - “I know this is the next Civil Rights Movement,” said ...

by Ruby Wilks and Henry Stiepleman SAN FRANCISCO - “I know this is the next Civil Rights Movement,” said San Francisco Deputy Public Defender Jacque Wilson about the George Floyd protests erupting aro ...

June 09, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Redefining Public Safety in Yolo County

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|Date: June 09, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Redefining Public Safety in Yolo County

by Linda Deos It has been two weeks since George Floyd was murdered by four police officers in Minneapoli ...

by Linda Deos It has been two weeks since George Floyd was murdered by four police officers in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the resulting protests have spread across the country and gone global. The au ...

June 09, 2020
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The Connection between Police Brutality and Wrongful Convictions

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|Date: June 03, 2020
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The Connection between Police Brutality and Wrongful Convictions

Statement from the Innocence Network: On May 25th, George Floyd, a 46-year old Black man, was killed by p ...

Statement from the Innocence Network: On May 25th, George Floyd, a 46-year old Black man, was killed by police after an officer kneeled on his neck for nearly nine minutes. Floyd’s life and future is ...

June 03, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Meet You at the DA’s Office

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|Date: June 03, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Meet You at the DA’s Office

by Sajid Khan In this moment, we appropriately unleash our anger and frustration at police departments ac ...

by Sajid Khan In this moment, we appropriately unleash our anger and frustration at police departments across the country for their continued brutality, violence and harassment imposed upon black peop ...

June 03, 2020
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Cooler Heads Prevail – Barely – in Woodland

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|Date: June 01, 2020
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Cooler Heads Prevail – Barely – in Woodland

To sign up for our new newsletter - Everyday Injustice - https://tinyurl.com/yyultcf9 A Woodland protest ...

To sign up for our new newsletter - Everyday Injustice - https://tinyurl.com/yyultcf9 A Woodland protest organized by a group of young people drew nearly 150 people at its peak across the street from ...

June 01, 2020
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Sacramento County Taxpayers on Hook for $315,000 Thursday Alone for Sheriff Jones’ Gaffs

Posted by Cres Vellucci
|Date: May 29, 2020
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Sacramento County Taxpayers on Hook for $315,000 Thursday Alone for Sheriff Jones’ Gaffs

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – It wasn’t necessarily a good day Thur ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – It wasn’t necessarily a good day Thursday for Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones. The county – rather, the taxpayers – had to han ...

May 29, 2020
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