Guest Commentary: Thank You Black Leadership
By Scott Steward Ragsdale We can’t ignore the black and brown that have put their bodies at…
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…
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…
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…
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, the Sacramento…
‘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…
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…
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…
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 across…
Cooler Heads Prevail – Barely – in Woodland
To sign up for our new newsletter – Everyday Injustice – https://tinyurl.com/yyultcf9 A Woodland protest organized by…
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 Thursday for…
Sacramento County Taxpayers Hit Again with $1.7 Million Tab for Sheriff Dept. Wrongdoings
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The tab for Sacramento County taxpayers for the actions…
Is ‘Target’ Letter to Mother of Sacramento Black Lives Matter Founder an Effort to Silence BLM Leader?
By Crescenzo Vellucci Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – The Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office has given notice…
Man to Spend Holidays in Coma – Black Lives Matter Sacramento Wonders if Jail Foul Play is Cause
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – A Sacramento Black man will be spending the holidays…
39 California Sheriff’s Departments Score an F on Violence Alternatives, Accountability, and Approaching Policing
By Danielle Silva Thirty-nine California Sheriff’s Departments scored an 60% or less overall on the California Police…
Sacramento Judge’s 2nd Look at Cop File Yields Possible Fodder for Defense, Which Argued City Withheld Information
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – In a suspected “driving while Black” case here, Sacramento…
Letter: Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum – Support
By Melina Abdullah On behalf of the Black Lives Matter Global Network’s California Chapters, we write to…
City Attorney, Sac Police Misled Judge about Officer’s Misdeeds? SPD Charged with Brutalizing Black Family
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The City Attorney and the Sacramento City Police Dept…
ACLU Sues Overall Removal of Polling Place in First Amendment Dispute over Black Lives Matter Banner
Registrar Violated Unitarian Universalist Church of Fresno’s First Amendment Rights (From Press Release) — The ACLU Foundation of…