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Commentary: The Ball Gets Dropped on the Release of the Scott Report

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 11, 2018
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Commentary: The Ball Gets Dropped on the Release of the Scott Report

The city came out with an announcement on Tuesday about the release of the Scott report. In announcing th ...

The city came out with an announcement on Tuesday about the release of the Scott report. In announcing the appointment of Michael Gennaco as interim auditor (a good hire that normally we would focus o ...

January 11, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: A Good Police Chief Is Hard to Find

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 07, 2018
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Guest Commentary: A Good Police Chief Is Hard to Find

By Gloria Partida For many, increasing awareness around issues of just policing have resulted in a rise i ...

By Gloria Partida For many, increasing awareness around issues of just policing have resulted in a rise in activism following the Black Lives Matter movement and a recent presidential election laden w ...

January 07, 2018
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An Open Letter to the Davis Chamber of Commerce: Pytel Inappropriate Choice To Honor

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 06, 2018
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An Open Letter to the Davis Chamber of Commerce: Pytel Inappropriate Choice To Honor

We, the undersigned community members, are writing to you because we are deeply concerned by your decisio ...

We, the undersigned community members, are writing to you because we are deeply concerned by your decision to honor Davis Police Chief Darren Pytel as “Partner of the Year” at your upcoming 113th Annu ...

January 06, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: Insisting on Calling the Picnic Day Incident a Brawl, Local Paper Shows Its Bias

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 02, 2018
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Commentary: Insisting on Calling the Picnic Day Incident a Brawl, Local Paper Shows Its Bias

The Picnic Day incident, as we have called it from the start, tops the local paper’s lists of 2017 storie ...

The Picnic Day incident, as we have called it from the start, tops the local paper’s lists of 2017 stories, and probably rightly so given the trickle-down policy effects and regional attention that th ...

January 02, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Transparency is Essential to Build Trust for Police Oversight

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 12, 2017
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Commentary: Transparency is Essential to Build Trust for Police Oversight

They will say that the world of 2008 was another time and another council – and they would be right. But ...

They will say that the world of 2008 was another time and another council – and they would be right. But for me, it was not only not that long ago but it profoundly shaped my distrust of city governa ...

December 12, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Police Oversight Meeting Shows Depths of Sea Change in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 09, 2017
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Commentary: Police Oversight Meeting Shows Depths of Sea Change in Davis

This week in South Carolina, Michael Slager, who shot and killed Walter Scott in 2015, was sentenced by a ...

This week in South Carolina, Michael Slager, who shot and killed Walter Scott in 2015, was sentenced by a federal judge to 20 years of prison for violating the victim's civil rights. While on the sur ...

December 09, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Davis Residents Open Up about Experiences with Police in First Police Oversight Meeting

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 08, 2017
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Davis Residents Open Up about Experiences with Police in First Police Oversight Meeting

The city of Davis has hired two consultants to help lead it through the police oversight update process – ...

The city of Davis has hired two consultants to help lead it through the police oversight update process – Barbara Attard and Kathryn Olson. On Thursday, over 100 people gathered at the Davis Senior C ...

December 08, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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City Reaches Out to Community on Police Oversight Efforts

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 29, 2017
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City Reaches Out to Community on Police Oversight Efforts

(From Press Release) - The City of Davis is conducting a public forum on Thursday, December 7 to talk abo ...

(From Press Release) - The City of Davis is conducting a public forum on Thursday, December 7 to talk about community perceptions on policing and engage in a discussion on police oversight models and ...

November 29, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Video Shows Police Officers Punch Accused Man in Davis Multiple Times

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 27, 2017
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Video Shows Police Officers Punch Accused Man in Davis Multiple Times

In July of 2016, while serving a warrant at the home of Eduardo Letelier in Davis, two Davis police offic ...

In July of 2016, while serving a warrant at the home of Eduardo Letelier in Davis, two Davis police officers punched the man three times in total, according to a video and transcripts from the trial. ...

November 27, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Don’t Forget about McGregor Scott

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 23, 2017
| (1) Comment

Monday Morning Thoughts: Don’t Forget about McGregor Scott

Two weeks ago, the Vanguard and the Davis Phoenix Coalition had a forum about Picnic Day and police overs ...

Two weeks ago, the Vanguard and the Davis Phoenix Coalition had a forum about Picnic Day and police oversight and Police Chief Darren Pytel, who sat on the panel, was asked to evaluate things that wen ...

October 23, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Threat of Crime Leads to Racial Profiling in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 23, 2017
| (31) Comments

Analysis: Threat of Crime Leads to Racial Profiling in Davis

The police have been warning residents about a string of burglaries. As one local TV station reported, “ ...

The police have been warning residents about a string of burglaries. As one local TV station reported, “Davis residents are being warned after 15 homes were burglarized and ransacked during broad day ...

September 23, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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City Delays New Police Auditor Hire, Leaving City without Effective Police Oversight

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 07, 2017
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City Delays New Police Auditor Hire, Leaving City without Effective Police Oversight

When former Police Auditor Bob Aaronson gave notice to city officials back in March that he would not be ...

When former Police Auditor Bob Aaronson gave notice to city officials back in March that he would not be renewing his contract as police auditor, he timed it so that the city would have time to do a s ...

September 07, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Prelim Reduced to Picnic Day 4 As Defense and Prosecution Clash

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 30, 2017
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Prelim Reduced to Picnic Day 4 As Defense and Prosecution Clash

By Luis Gael Jimenez The third day of the preliminary hearing for the Picnic Day Five came and went and t ...

By Luis Gael Jimenez The third day of the preliminary hearing for the Picnic Day Five came and went and there is still no conclusion as to whether or not Judge David Rosenberg will allow the multiple ...

August 30, 2017
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Picnic Day Preliminary Hearing Resumes as Activists Call for Dismissal of Charges

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 29, 2017
| (25) Comments

Picnic Day Preliminary Hearing Resumes as Activists Call for Dismissal of Charges

(From Press Release) - The preliminary hearing continues here Tuesday of the "Picnic Day 5" as their lawy ...

(From Press Release) - The preliminary hearing continues here Tuesday of the "Picnic Day 5" as their lawyers argue the five youths of color are not guilty as charged, and instead are victims of a brut ...

August 29, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Picnic Day Incident Preliminary Hearing Takes a Lengthy Direction

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 14, 2017
| (1) Comment

Picnic Day Incident Preliminary Hearing Takes a Lengthy Direction

By Novpreet Shoker As a handful of protesters gathered in front of the Yolo County Superior Courthouse, t ...

By Novpreet Shoker As a handful of protesters gathered in front of the Yolo County Superior Courthouse, the preliminary hearing for the Picnic Day Five dives into its second day as three Davis Police ...

August 14, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Picnic Day Preliminary Hearing Shows New Video, Interviews from Williams and Craver

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 11, 2017
| (3) Comments

Picnic Day Preliminary Hearing Shows New Video, Interviews from Williams and Craver

In a way, the first day of what figures to be a lengthy preliminary hearing for the five Picnic Day co-de ...

In a way, the first day of what figures to be a lengthy preliminary hearing for the five Picnic Day co-defendants was anti-climatic. There were no startling new revelations and the video shown was th ...

August 11, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Picnic Day Preliminary Hearing – What Is Likely to Occur?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 10, 2017
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Analysis: Picnic Day Preliminary Hearing – What Is Likely to Occur?

If all goes as expected, the preliminary hearing for the Picnic Day 5 will occur today. The Vanguard conf ...

If all goes as expected, the preliminary hearing for the Picnic Day 5 will occur today. The Vanguard confirmed with Attorney Mark Reichel, the defense attorney representing Elijah Williams, that the h ...

August 10, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Being Black in Davis Is Not a Picnic

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 05, 2017
| (106) Comments

Being Black in Davis Is Not a Picnic

“I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in his stride to ...

“I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen’s Councilor or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderat ...

August 05, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Analysis: Is the Crosswalk on F St Fundamentally Unsafe?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 02, 2017
| (52) Comments

Analysis: Is the Crosswalk on F St Fundamentally Unsafe?

On Monday, the Vanguard published the comments of Deb and Rob Westergaard relating to the their treatment ...

On Monday, the Vanguard published the comments of Deb and Rob Westergaard relating to the their treatment by the police following an April 2016 collision where Ms. Westergaard was hit by a vehicle and ...

August 02, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Davis Woman Relates Experience with Davis Police Following Getting Hit by a Vehicle

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 31, 2017
| (22) Comments

Davis Woman Relates Experience with Davis Police Following Getting Hit by a Vehicle

A couple of weeks ago Deb Westergaard and her husband Rob came before city council to explain what had ha ...

A couple of weeks ago Deb Westergaard and her husband Rob came before city council to explain what had happened when she was hit by a car in April of 2016 and seriously injured. Her treatment by Davi ...

July 31, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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