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Poor People’s Campaign Bus Tour in Capitol – Calls Stephon Clark Killing ‘Lynching’

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|Date: April 05, 2019
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Poor People’s Campaign Bus Tour in Capitol – Calls Stephon Clark Killing ‘Lynching’

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The Poor People’s Campaign – a national org ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The Poor People’s Campaign – a national organization dedicated to continuing the work of Martin Luther King Jr. and that last summer stage ...

April 05, 2019
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Sacramento Sheriff Reluctantly Agrees to Give Up Internal Documents After Court Decision – Activists Have Doubts

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|Date: April 05, 2019
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Sacramento Sheriff Reluctantly Agrees to Give Up Internal Documents After Court Decision – Activists Have Doubts

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones – who ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones – who has a deserved reputation of refusing to provide information to the public and news media – wa ...

April 05, 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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Protestors Rally, ‘Blue Lives Matter’ Flags Torched after Decision to Not Charge Officers Who Killed Unarmed Sacramento Man

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|Date: March 03, 2019
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Protestors Rally, ‘Blue Lives Matter’ Flags Torched after Decision to Not Charge Officers Who Killed Unarmed Sacramento Man

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Several “Blue Lives Matter” flags were torc ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Several “Blue Lives Matter” flags were torched here in front of City of Sacramento police headquarters late Saturday after the Sacramento ...

March 03, 2019
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Another Apparent High-Profile DWB Traffic Stop Ends with No Citation, but Children Put at Risk

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|Date: February 26, 2019
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Another Apparent High-Profile DWB Traffic Stop Ends with No Citation, but Children Put at Risk

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Another apparent “Driving While Black” inci ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Another apparent “Driving While Black” incident here – the second high-profile one in recent months – is making the news because the longt ...

February 26, 2019
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Sacramento Police Mislead with Claim of No Arrests at Stephon Clark Protests

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|Date: February 20, 2019
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Sacramento Police Mislead with Claim of No Arrests at Stephon Clark Protests

Court Files Show At Least 14 Arrested By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – City ...

Court Files Show At Least 14 Arrested By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – City police officials here – girding for what is expected to be massive street protests if Sacrament ...

February 20, 2019
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Charges against Sacramento Black Lives Matter Allies Dropped on Eve of Trial

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|Date: January 16, 2019
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Charges against Sacramento Black Lives Matter Allies Dropped on Eve of Trial

By Crescenzo VellucciVanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – A trial set for Wednesday of Black Lives Mat ...

By Crescenzo VellucciVanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – A trial set for Wednesday of Black Lives Matter allies for allegedly trespassing at Sacramento City Hall last June in a demonstration prote ...

January 16, 2019
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Video Available: Black Lives Matter Demands ‘Systemic Change’ in Police Tactics After Traffic Stop Morphs Into Jury Trial

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|Date: December 21, 2018
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Video Available: Black Lives Matter Demands ‘Systemic Change’ in Police Tactics After Traffic Stop Morphs Into Jury Trial

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Caleb Macon is headed to jury trial here in ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Caleb Macon is headed to jury trial here in mid-January, and faces years in jail after a simple traffic stop morphed into something much b ...

December 21, 2018
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Tuesday Big Win for Criminal Justice Reform Ballot Initiatives

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|Date: November 08, 2018
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Tuesday Big Win for Criminal Justice Reform Ballot Initiatives

By Udi Ofer Wednesday morning I woke up in a better America when it comes to criminal justice reform. On ...

By Udi Ofer Wednesday morning I woke up in a better America when it comes to criminal justice reform. On Election Day, voters in states across the country said enough is enough to America’s horrific c ...

November 08, 2018
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Community Files Complaint against Sac City Council Alleging Violations of California Open Meeting Law

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|Date: July 26, 2018
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Community Files Complaint against Sac City Council Alleging Violations of California Open Meeting Law

By Crescenzo Vellucci Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The Sacramento City Council – its weekly meetings un ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The Sacramento City Council – its weekly meetings under fire and under siege for more than a year by frustrated community members because of civili ...

July 26, 2018
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How Black Lives Matter Changed the Way Americans Fight for Freedom

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|Date: July 16, 2018
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How Black Lives Matter Changed the Way Americans Fight for Freedom

By Frank Leon Roberts Freedom fighters around the globe commemorate July 13 as the day that three Black w ...

By Frank Leon Roberts Freedom fighters around the globe commemorate July 13 as the day that three Black women gave birth to a movement. In the five short years since #Black LivesMatter arrived on the ...

July 16, 2018
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A Supreme Court Ruling Could Embolden Police Retaliation against Political Speech

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|Date: December 31, 2017
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A Supreme Court Ruling Could Embolden Police Retaliation against Political Speech

By Jacob J. Hutt Earlier this year, a photojournalist headed to a Black Lives Matter protest in Times Squ ...

By Jacob J. Hutt Earlier this year, a photojournalist headed to a Black Lives Matter protest in Times Square against the New York Police Department, and took out his camera to film it. As he approache ...

December 31, 2017
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ACLU Calls on Alameda School District to Lift Black Lives Matter Ban

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|Date: November 04, 2017
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ACLU Calls on Alameda School District to Lift Black Lives Matter Ban

Censorship Violates First Amendment and California Constitution (From Press Release) - The ACLU of Northe ...

Censorship Violates First Amendment and California Constitution (From Press Release) - The ACLU of Northern California today sent a letter to the superintendent of the Alameda Unified School District ...

November 04, 2017
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Recognizing the Value of Black Lives is not Controversial

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|Date: November 02, 2017
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Recognizing the Value of Black Lives is not Controversial

By Dede Lewis In early September, a noose was found hanging on a fence at Alameda High School, then came ...

By Dede Lewis In early September, a noose was found hanging on a fence at Alameda High School, then came the news about plans to end DACA. And on Sept. 6 at Back to School Night, my kids’ school joine ...

November 02, 2017
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Attempted Murder Suspect Shot in Back While Fleeing?

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|Date: October 21, 2017
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Attempted Murder Suspect Shot in Back While Fleeing?

Sac PD Says Cameras Not Working; Black Lives Matter Sacramento Questions Treatment of Black Defendant By ...

Sac PD Says Cameras Not Working; Black Lives Matter Sacramento Questions Treatment of Black Defendant By Cres Vellucci City of Sacramento police officers – at the preliminary hearing Friday of a man a ...

October 21, 2017
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Shaun King Talks about Police Violence and Modern Politics in His Visit to UC Davis

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|Date: October 19, 2017
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Shaun King Talks about Police Violence and Modern Politics in His Visit to UC Davis

At Wright Hall last night, over 400 people, most of them UC Davis students, attended a talk by Shaun King ...

At Wright Hall last night, over 400 people, most of them UC Davis students, attended a talk by Shaun King, a columnist and writer for a number of publications including previously the New York Daily N ...

October 19, 2017
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Commentary: When Did We Become a Nation of Snowflakes?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 17, 2017
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Commentary: When Did We Become a Nation of Snowflakes?

Last winter, the right complained, and I think largely rightly so, when events such as Milo Yiannopoulos ...

Last winter, the right complained, and I think largely rightly so, when events such as Milo Yiannopoulos were shut down by leftist protests on college campuses. The complaint was that college campuse ...

October 17, 2017
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Woodland High’s Response to Teacher Kneeling at Rally

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 16, 2017
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Woodland High’s Response to Teacher Kneeling at Rally

A reader sent the Vanguard a copy of the audio message Woodland High School’s principal sent to parents f ...

A reader sent the Vanguard a copy of the audio message Woodland High School’s principal sent to parents following the protest of the national anthem by chemistry teacher Windy Pappas. In the message t ...

October 16, 2017
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Teacher Reportedly Suspended for Kneeling during National Anthem at Woodland High

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 15, 2017
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Teacher Reportedly Suspended for Kneeling during National Anthem at Woodland High

Details are still coming in but Windy Pappas, a teacher at Woodland High, was suspended for kneeling duri ...

Details are still coming in but Windy Pappas, a teacher at Woodland High, was suspended for kneeling during the national anthem at a rally. As one parent posted on Facebook: “The community went nuts, ...

October 15, 2017
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Sunday Commentary: Calls for Police Accountability Are Not Akin to Cop-Hatred

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 03, 2017
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Sunday Commentary: Calls for Police Accountability Are Not Akin to Cop-Hatred

I recall clearly one day, I was using the men’s room at Davis City Hall when a firefighter walked into th ...

I recall clearly one day, I was using the men’s room at Davis City Hall when a firefighter walked into the restroom, saw me at the stall, and proceeded to ask, “Why do you hate us?” I went into a len ...

September 03, 2017
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