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Police Misconduct Leads Contra Costa County DA to Admit to Dismissing Dozens of Cases in State, Federal Court

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 18, 2022
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Police Misconduct Leads Contra Costa County DA to Admit to Dismissing Dozens of Cases in State, Federal Court

By Vanguard Staff CONTRA COSTA, CA — Dozens of state cases—and at least a dozen federal cases—have been “ ...

By Vanguard Staff CONTRA COSTA, CA — Dozens of state cases—and at least a dozen federal cases—have been “compromised” and will be halted or reversed because of police officer misconduct and actual cri ...

July 18, 2022
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The Atlantic Claims San Franciscans May Not Feel Safe and Secure, and Much of the Blame Centered on District Attorney Boudin – But Crime Data Creates Uncertainty

Posted by Alexander Jimenez
|Date: May 31, 2022
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The Atlantic Claims San Franciscans May Not Feel Safe and Secure, and Much of the Blame Centered on District Attorney Boudin – But Crime Data Creates Uncertainty

By Alex Jimenez SAN FRANCISCO, CA - With public perception of a “crime wave” in San Francisco becoming m ...

By Alex Jimenez SAN FRANCISCO, CA - With public perception of a “crime wave” in San Francisco becoming more evident, SF District Attorney Chesa Boudin's job is in serious jeopardy in the upcoming Jun ...

May 31, 2022
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SF Small Business Owners and Residents Unite – Don’t Fault DA but Police Inaction for Crimes

Posted by Alexander Jimenez
|Date: May 16, 2022
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SF Small Business Owners and Residents Unite – Don’t Fault DA but Police Inaction for Crimes

By Alex Jimenez SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Several small business owners and residents have launched San Francis ...

By Alex Jimenez SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Several small business owners and residents have launched San Francisco for Police Action, aimed at raising awareness around police slowdowns driving issues on the ...

May 16, 2022
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Podcast Discusses Issues with Policing ‘Hotspots’ and Their Recent Increase in Popularity

Posted by Ankita Joshi
|Date: April 24, 2022
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Podcast Discusses Issues with Policing ‘Hotspots’ and Their Recent Increase in Popularity

By Ankita Joshi WASHINGTON, DC – Over the last couple years, many cities in the U.S. have seen an increas ...

By Ankita Joshi WASHINGTON, DC – Over the last couple years, many cities in the U.S. have seen an increase in the number of homicides. This increase in homicide has resulted in an increased pressure o ...

April 24, 2022
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Civil Rights Corps Founder Suggests ‘International’ Crime Stories in SF Chronicle Heavily Influenced by Police Narrative

Posted by Darling Gonzalez
|Date: March 15, 2022
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Civil Rights Corps Founder Suggests ‘International’ Crime Stories in SF Chronicle Heavily Influenced by Police Narrative

By Darling Gonzalez SAN FRANCISCO, CA - A recent tweet by founder of Civic Rights Corps, Alec Karakatsani ...

By Darling Gonzalez SAN FRANCISCO, CA - A recent tweet by founder of Civic Rights Corps, Alec Karakatsanis, exposed San Francisco Chronicle’s alarming story headlines, heavily driven by information fr ...

March 15, 2022
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Bomb Threats to HBCUs during Black History Month Cause Fear among Students

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: February 28, 2022
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Bomb Threats to HBCUs during Black History Month Cause Fear among Students

By Kate Anstett UNITED STATES--In recent weeks, over a dozen Historically Black Colleges and Universities ...

By Kate Anstett UNITED STATES--In recent weeks, over a dozen Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) across the United States received multiple bomb threats, sending students into lockdow ...

February 28, 2022
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Virginia’s ‘Second Look’ Law Attempts to Redress Excessive Sentences for Black Men

Posted by S Priana Aquino
|Date: February 27, 2022
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Virginia’s ‘Second Look’ Law Attempts to Redress Excessive Sentences for Black Men

By S. Priana Aquino WASHINGTON, DC - Black men were sentenced to prison longer than white men despite com ...

By S. Priana Aquino WASHINGTON, DC - Black men were sentenced to prison longer than white men despite committing the same crimes, according to a report released by the US Sentencing Commission. The st ...

February 27, 2022
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San Francisco and Los Angeles District Attorneys Under Fire for Pandemic Crime

Posted by Ankita Joshi
|Date: February 27, 2022
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San Francisco and Los Angeles District Attorneys Under Fire for Pandemic Crime

(Courtesy Chesa Boudin) By Ankita Joshi SAN FRANCISCO/LOS ANGELES, CA - KQED’s Marissa Lagos unpacked the ...

(Courtesy Chesa Boudin) By Ankita Joshi SAN FRANCISCO/LOS ANGELES, CA - KQED’s Marissa Lagos unpacked the effects of crime rates on the recent recall efforts for San Francisco District Attorney Chesa ...

February 27, 2022
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Commentary: Bass Letter Shows How Quickly the Left Turned on Criminal Justice Reform

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 11, 2022
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Commentary: Bass Letter Shows How Quickly the Left Turned on Criminal Justice Reform

By David Greenwald Los Angeles, CA - In 2014, Naomi Murakawa wrote the book, How Liberals Built Prison A ...

By David Greenwald Los Angeles, CA - In 2014, Naomi Murakawa wrote the book, How Liberals Built Prison America. The book challenges the traditional understanding "racialized carceral expansion as th ...

February 11, 2022
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District Attorney Boudin, Public Defender Raju, Supe Prez Walton Criticize Mayor’s Plan to Send More Cops into Tenderloin District

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: December 27, 2021
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District Attorney Boudin, Public Defender Raju, Supe Prez Walton Criticize Mayor’s Plan to Send More Cops into Tenderloin District

By Paige Laver SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Just a few days before Christmas, District Attorney Chesa Boudin joine ...

By Paige Laver SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Just a few days before Christmas, District Attorney Chesa Boudin joined other elected officials and activists to criticize Mayor London Breed’s upcoming plan to incr ...

December 27, 2021
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SF Mayor Declares State of Emergency in the Tenderloin

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 18, 2021
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SF Mayor Declares State of Emergency in the Tenderloin

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Following through after her strong words earli ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Following through after her strong words earlier in the week, San Francisco Mayor London Breed declared an official State of Emergency in the ...

December 18, 2021
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Guest Commentary: SF Public Defender Pushes Back Against Mayor Breed’s Comments

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: December 16, 2021
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Guest Commentary: SF Public Defender Pushes Back Against Mayor Breed’s Comments

By Mano Raju Editor’s Note: On Tuesday, San Francisco Mayor London Breed launched emergency police interv ...

By Mano Raju Editor’s Note: On Tuesday, San Francisco Mayor London Breed launched emergency police intervention in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood. “It’s time the reign of criminals who are d ...

December 16, 2021
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Second Recall Campaign Underway in LA, Attempting to Remove DA Gascón

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 07, 2021
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Second Recall Campaign Underway in LA, Attempting to Remove DA Gascón

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Los Angeles, CA – For a second time, organizers gathered on Monday ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Los Angeles, CA – For a second time, organizers gathered on Monday in front of the DA’s office in Downtown Los Angeles to announce recall efforts. The group say ...

December 07, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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SF District Attorney Boudin Touts Data for Progress After Friday’s Announcement of Filing 128 Charges for Shoplifting

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 22, 2021
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SF District Attorney Boudin Touts Data for Progress After Friday’s Announcement of Filing 128 Charges for Shoplifting

By Paige Laver SAN FRANCISCO, CA – San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin said his office has joine ...

By Paige Laver SAN FRANCISCO, CA – San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin said his office has joined Data for Progress to help communities, just days after the DA filed 128 charges against a wom ...

November 22, 2021
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Police Statistics Show SF District Attorney Boudin’s Office Has Less Violent Crime than Former SF DA, Now VEEP Kamala Harris

Posted by Darling Gonzalez
|Date: November 17, 2021
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Police Statistics Show SF District Attorney Boudin’s Office Has Less Violent Crime than Former SF DA, Now VEEP Kamala Harris

By Darling Gonzalez SAN FRANCISCO, CA - San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin is being “forced int ...

By Darling Gonzalez SAN FRANCISCO, CA - San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin is being “forced into recall election” on June 7, 2022, but this raises the question of how effective past DAs were ...

November 17, 2021
| by Darling Gonzalez

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Statistics v. Claimed Store Experience: Two Sides of Viewing Shoplifting Cases in San Francisco

Posted by S Priana Aquino
|Date: November 16, 2021
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Statistics v. Claimed Store Experience: Two Sides of Viewing Shoplifting Cases in San Francisco

By S. Priana Aquino SAN FRANCISCO, CA – “Is there an epidemic of shoplifting by ‘organized gangs'’ in San ...

By S. Priana Aquino SAN FRANCISCO, CA – “Is there an epidemic of shoplifting by ‘organized gangs'’ in San Francisco? And does it prove that the state's efforts at criminal justice reform have failed?” ...

November 16, 2021
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Dept. of Justice Report Suggests SF DA Boudin’s Prosecution Tactics Working to Reduce Crime Rates

Posted by Alana Bleimann
|Date: September 29, 2021
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Dept. of Justice Report Suggests SF DA Boudin’s Prosecution Tactics Working to Reduce Crime Rates

By Alana Bleimann SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Amidst the Republican-led recall effort of San Francisco District A ...

By Alana Bleimann SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Amidst the Republican-led recall effort of San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin, the U.S. Department of Justice released its annual Uniform Crime Report ( ...

September 29, 2021
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Independent News Source Charges Mainstream News Media Inaccurately Report Crime and Prosecution in San Francisco, Leaving Chesa Boudin in Middle

Posted by Linh Nguyen
|Date: August 25, 2021
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Independent News Source Charges Mainstream News Media Inaccurately Report Crime and Prosecution in San Francisco, Leaving Chesa Boudin in Middle

By Linh Nguyen SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- Data shows that crime has not been rising since San Francisco ...

By Linh Nguyen SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- Data shows that crime has not been rising since San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin took office, though many mainstream media outlets fail to report ...

August 25, 2021
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Philly Study Links Eviction to Burglary, Robbery and Homicide

Posted by Carson Eschen
|Date: August 18, 2021
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Philly Study Links Eviction to Burglary, Robbery and Homicide

By Carson Eschen PHILADELPHIA, PA - A recent study discovered that eviction rates have a direct correlat ...

By Carson Eschen PHILADELPHIA, PA - A recent study discovered that eviction rates have a direct correlation with rates of community crime, even controlling for other factors. The study was conducted ...

August 18, 2021
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How Perceptions of Crime Cause The System to Fail

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: August 05, 2021
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How Perceptions of Crime Cause The System to Fail

By Paige Laver SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Hundreds of San Franciscans have expressed their anxiety toward ...

By Paige Laver SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Hundreds of San Franciscans have expressed their anxiety towards rising crime rates in the city, but these perceptions come at a cost to the criminal justice ...

August 05, 2021
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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