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The Fight for Justice and Police Reform from Louisiana to California

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|Date: July 16, 2016
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The Fight for Justice and Police Reform from Louisiana to California

By Irene Rojas-Carroll This week, Fresno police released the body camera footage of the shooting of Dylan ...

By Irene Rojas-Carroll This week, Fresno police released the body camera footage of the shooting of Dylan Noble. The footage raises serious questions about the shooting. We continue to be concerned ab ...

July 16, 2016
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Commentary: Tragic Killings Are a Warning

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 08, 2016
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Commentary: Tragic Killings Are a Warning

Two separate police shootings on Tuesday and Wednesday led to a series of protests across the country, on ...

Two separate police shootings on Tuesday and Wednesday led to a series of protests across the country, one of which turned deadly for five police officers in Dallas with six more wounded. It is import ...

July 08, 2016
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Davis Holds Vigil Denouncing Intolerance and Hate

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|Date: June 15, 2016
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Davis Holds Vigil Denouncing Intolerance and Hate

by Gloria Partida I began to write a typical piece about the tragedy in Orlando and the grotesque stateme ...

by Gloria Partida I began to write a typical piece about the tragedy in Orlando and the grotesque statements made by the Baptist preacher in Sacramento. Denouncing hate, calling to action a stand agai ...

June 15, 2016
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Letter to UC Davis Chancellor Legal Counsel Melinda Guzman

Posted by Jerry Waszczuk
|Date: May 14, 2016
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Letter to UC Davis Chancellor Legal Counsel Melinda Guzman

Dear Ms. Guzman, It has come to my attention that you are representing UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi i ...

Dear Ms. Guzman, It has come to my attention that you are representing UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi in her dispute with the University of California. As we both know, UC President Janet Napolitano ...

May 14, 2016
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Transgender People Aren’t a Threat to You

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|Date: May 10, 2016
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Transgender People Aren’t a Threat to You

By Chase Strangio Over the course of the past few weeks, we have witnessed an escalation of anti-trans rh ...

By Chase Strangio Over the course of the past few weeks, we have witnessed an escalation of anti-trans rhetoric, which is saying a lot for state legislative season that has fixated on where trans peop ...

May 10, 2016
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Ending New York’s Stop-and-Frisk Did Not Increase Crime

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|Date: April 16, 2016
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Ending New York’s Stop-and-Frisk Did Not Increase Crime

by James Cullen Despite what many may claim, the United States is not in the midst of a nationwide crime ...

by James Cullen Despite what many may claim, the United States is not in the midst of a nationwide crime wave. In fact, the average American can still enjoy some of the safest times on record. This is ...

April 16, 2016
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Stand for Me: Student Confronted by Hate and Indifference on Unitrans

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|Date: March 04, 2016
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Stand for Me: Student Confronted by Hate and Indifference on Unitrans

Editor's Note: A YouTube video has surfaced this week in which an African American UC Davis student gets ...

Editor's Note: A YouTube video has surfaced this week in which an African American UC Davis student gets onto a Unitrans bus and is confronted by a long barrage of harassment, in which a man repeatedl ...

March 04, 2016
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Chancellor Responds to Black Student Demands

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 02, 2016
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Chancellor Responds to Black Student Demands

In a letter on Monday to the UC Davis African Diaspora Student Community, Chancellor Linda Katehi wrote, ...

In a letter on Monday to the UC Davis African Diaspora Student Community, Chancellor Linda Katehi wrote, “It is an essential responsibility of the University of California Davis and its leaders to do ...

March 02, 2016
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#BlackUnderAttack Demands Action

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|Date: February 19, 2016
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#BlackUnderAttack Demands Action

by Jerika L.H Local students have rallied under the hashtag #BlackUnderAttack to express frustration and ...

by Jerika L.H Local students have rallied under the hashtag #BlackUnderAttack to express frustration and mobilize amidst yet another hate crime in Davis. Unfortunately, this incident is far from being ...

February 19, 2016
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Commentary: The Beyoncé Controversy Flew Over My Head

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|Date: February 09, 2016
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Commentary: The Beyoncé Controversy Flew Over My Head

Of all the sports, football seems to be run by the most “conservative” crowd and the Super Bowl, as often ...

Of all the sports, football seems to be run by the most “conservative” crowd and the Super Bowl, as often as not, seems the showcase for white, southern, conservative America – complete with military ...

February 09, 2016
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ACLU response to Governor Brown’s State of the State

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|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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Commentary: Black Lives Matter and Civil Disobedience

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 22, 2016
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Commentary: Black Lives Matter and Civil Disobedience

Earlier this week a group of protesters blocked the Bay Bridge in a Black Lives Matter protest. It genera ...

Earlier this week a group of protesters blocked the Bay Bridge in a Black Lives Matter protest. It generated a lot of discussion here, including people questioning whether a group of protesters have t ...

January 22, 2016
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UCD, Who Do You Protect?

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|Date: November 12, 2015
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UCD, Who Do You Protect?

by Brandon Buchanan, Kyla Burke and Emily Breuninger Davis Stands with Ferguson organized last Tuesday’s ...

by Brandon Buchanan, Kyla Burke and Emily Breuninger Davis Stands with Ferguson organized last Tuesday’s protest on campus, calling for students, administrators, and campus police to take action about ...

November 12, 2015
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Vice Chancellors Respond to Letter by Social Justice Coalition

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|Date: October 16, 2015
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Vice Chancellors Respond to Letter by Social Justice Coalition

by Adela de la Torre and Rahim Reed UC Davis is fully aware of and takes very seriously the allegations m ...

by Adela de la Torre and Rahim Reed UC Davis is fully aware of and takes very seriously the allegations made recently in an open letter regarding discrimination against a staff member and the removal ...

October 16, 2015
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How the Criminal Justice System Failed in the Death of An Inmate

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|Date: September 04, 2015
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How the Criminal Justice System Failed in the Death of An Inmate

by Rob Poggenklass At 5:45 a.m. on August 19, jail officials discovered Jamycheal Mitchell’s dead body on ...

by Rob Poggenklass At 5:45 a.m. on August 19, jail officials discovered Jamycheal Mitchell’s dead body on the floor of his cell at Hampton Roads Regional Jail in Virginia. According to his aunt, a reg ...

September 04, 2015
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Baltimore Police Commissioner: Reform Efforts Will Very Likely See More Police Officers Arrested

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 22, 2015
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Baltimore Police Commissioner: Reform Efforts Will Very Likely See More Police Officers Arrested

This weekend, the Baltimore Sun published the column of Anthony Batts, the police commissioner for Baltim ...

This weekend, the Baltimore Sun published the column of Anthony Batts, the police commissioner for Baltimore City. Mr. Batts argued in part: "Our reform efforts will very likely see more police office ...

June 22, 2015
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Judge Finds Probable Cause to Charge Officers in Death of Tamir Rice

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 12, 2015
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Judge Finds Probable Cause to Charge Officers in Death of Tamir Rice

A Cleveland Municipal Court Judge, Ronald B. Aldrine, released his opinion on Thursday afternoon that the ...

A Cleveland Municipal Court Judge, Ronald B. Aldrine, released his opinion on Thursday afternoon that there is probable cause to charge Timothy Loehmann, a Cleveland Police Officer, with murder and ot ...

June 12, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: New AG Doesn’t Seem Likely to Lead Reform Efforts

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 26, 2015
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Sunday Commentary: New AG Doesn’t Seem Likely to Lead Reform Efforts

The political story was a standoff over the nomination of Loretta Lynch to fill longtime Attorney General ...

The political story was a standoff over the nomination of Loretta Lynch to fill longtime Attorney General Eric Holder’s spot at the head of the Justice Department. The nomination comes at a crucial ti ...

April 26, 2015
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The Real Lesson of Walter Scott’s Slaying

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|Date: April 16, 2015
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The Real Lesson of Walter Scott’s Slaying

By Dennis Parker Another unarmed black man is shot by a white police officer, this time in North Charlest ...

By Dennis Parker Another unarmed black man is shot by a white police officer, this time in North Charleston, South Carolina, and we are again left wondering how it is that this can continue happening ...

April 16, 2015
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My View: What the Lonesome Death of Walter Scott Tells Us

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 11, 2015
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My View: What the Lonesome Death of Walter Scott Tells Us

Officer Michael Slager told investigators that Walter Scott had taken his Taser in a struggle and that he ...

Officer Michael Slager told investigators that Walter Scott had taken his Taser in a struggle and that he feared for his life. By most reports, both the local media and local police had bought into it ...

April 11, 2015
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