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Ninth Circuit Vindicates Plaintiff in Excessive Force Lawsuit against Stockton PD

Posted by Robert JHansen
|Date: March 02, 2023
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Ninth Circuit Vindicates Plaintiff in Excessive Force Lawsuit against Stockton PD

By Robert J. Hansen Stockton, CA - When Stockton police officers Michael Gandy and Kevin Hachler broke Fr ...

By Robert J. Hansen Stockton, CA - When Stockton police officers Michael Gandy and Kevin Hachler broke Francisco Duarte’s leg and charged him with resisting arrest in 2017, he and another man sued the ...

March 02, 2023
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DOJ Holds Police Supervisor Accountable for Obstruction of Justice – Writing False Report to Cover Up Excessive Force by Other Officers

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|Date: January 11, 2023
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DOJ Holds Police Supervisor Accountable for Obstruction of Justice – Writing False Report to Cover Up Excessive Force by Other Officers

Special to the Vanguard Washington, DC - A former sergeant with the Muncie Police Department (MPD), in Mu ...

Special to the Vanguard Washington, DC - A former sergeant with the Muncie Police Department (MPD), in Muncie, Indiana, pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of obstruction of justice for writing a fals ...

January 11, 2023
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Guest Commentary: Egbert Ruling Is a Blow to Federal Police Accountability

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|Date: June 30, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Egbert Ruling Is a Blow to Federal Police Accountability

By Shaw Drake and Katie Hoeppner The Supreme Court recently dealt a blow to federal police accountability ...

By Shaw Drake and Katie Hoeppner The Supreme Court recently dealt a blow to federal police accountability in Egbert v. Boule. The case, in which the ACLU filed an amicus brief, centers on Robert Boule ...

June 30, 2022
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Suit Filed in Police Dog Mauling Case in Brentwood in Which a Woman’s Scalp Was Badly Mutilated

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|Date: February 28, 2022
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Suit Filed in Police Dog Mauling Case in Brentwood in Which a Woman’s Scalp Was Badly Mutilated

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Brentwood, CA – Attorney Adante Pointer announced last week that h ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Brentwood, CA – Attorney Adante Pointer announced last week that his office has filed a lawsuit on behalf of then 24-year-old Talmika Bates after a February 10, ...

February 28, 2022
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Groups Call on AG to Investigate Excessive Force by Riverside Sheriff’s Department

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|Date: September 19, 2021
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Groups Call on AG to Investigate Excessive Force by Riverside Sheriff’s Department

By the Vanguard Staff Riverside, CA - Groups believe, “It’s time for the attorney general of California t ...

By the Vanguard Staff Riverside, CA - Groups believe, “It’s time for the attorney general of California to investigate the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department (RSD) for its racist policing practices ...

September 19, 2021
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Huntington Beach, UCLA Sued by Man for Allegedly Breaking His Arm, Subsequent Misdiagnosis

Posted by Luke Kyaw
|Date: August 29, 2021
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Huntington Beach, UCLA Sued by Man for Allegedly Breaking His Arm, Subsequent Misdiagnosis

By Luke Kyaw and Lois Yoo HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA – Earlier in February of this year, Brent Mather Sw ...

By Luke Kyaw and Lois Yoo HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA – Earlier in February of this year, Brent Mather Swan swears he was wrongfully arrested, and he has now filed a Los Angeles County Superior Court ...

August 29, 2021
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LA County Deputies Charged with Lying in Police Report to Cover Up Use of Excessive Force

Posted by Annette Wong-Toi
|Date: August 27, 2021
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LA County Deputies Charged with Lying in Police Report to Cover Up Use of Excessive Force

By Annette Wong-Toi LOS ANGELES, CA -- Two Los Angeles County Sheriff Dept. deputies were arraigned Thurs ...

By Annette Wong-Toi LOS ANGELES, CA -- Two Los Angeles County Sheriff Dept. deputies were arraigned Thursday here in Foltz Criminal Justice Center, Dept. 30, on felony charges for filing a false repor ...

August 27, 2021
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Man Sues City of Lancaster and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department for False Arrest, Violation of Rights

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|Date: February 11, 2021
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Man Sues City of Lancaster and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department for False Arrest, Violation of Rights

By Lizet Gonzalez and William McCurry LOS ANGELES – A disabled Black man, Leroy Butts, is suing the Los A ...

By Lizet Gonzalez and William McCurry LOS ANGELES – A disabled Black man, Leroy Butts, is suing the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LACSD) and City of Lancaster for violation of his rights to ...

February 11, 2021
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Anti-Police Brutality Protests Erupt after Tacoma Officer Drives through Crowd, Runs Over One Person, Sends People to Hospital

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|Date: January 26, 2021
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Anti-Police Brutality Protests Erupt after Tacoma Officer Drives through Crowd, Runs Over One Person, Sends People to Hospital

By Lauren Smith TACOMA, WA – A 58-year-old police officer Saturday night plowed into a crowd about 100 pe ...

By Lauren Smith TACOMA, WA – A 58-year-old police officer Saturday night plowed into a crowd about 100 people apparently watching street racers doing "burnouts" here in Tacoma, just south of Seattle, ...

January 26, 2021
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SF PD Officer Charged by District Attorney with Multiple Felonies for Brutal Baton Beating of Black Man More than a Year Ago

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|Date: December 14, 2020
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SF PD Officer Charged by District Attorney with Multiple Felonies for Brutal Baton Beating of Black Man More than a Year Ago

SAN FRANCISCO – A San Francisco Police Dept officer – accused of beating a man with his baton on October ...

SAN FRANCISCO – A San Francisco Police Dept officer – accused of beating a man with his baton on October 7, 2019 so badly it broke his leg and wrist – now is facing felony charges after San Francisco ...

December 14, 2020
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Governor Signs Three Police Reform Bills, Pledging ‘We’re Just Getting Started’

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|Date: October 01, 2020
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Governor Signs Three Police Reform Bills, Pledging ‘We’re Just Getting Started’

By Dylan Ferguson SACRAMENTO – Following the tragic death of George Floyd and other Black Americans this ...

By Dylan Ferguson SACRAMENTO – Following the tragic death of George Floyd and other Black Americans this summer at the hands of police, Gov. Gavin Newsom used this as momentum to, as he said Wednesday ...

October 01, 2020
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San Jose Police Officer on Leave after Video Shows Woman Kicked, Dragged Outside of McDonald’s

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|Date: July 28, 2020
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San Jose Police Officer on Leave after Video Shows Woman Kicked, Dragged Outside of McDonald’s

By Claudia Gutierrez SAN JOSE – Video footage of a woman being kicked and dragged in a McDonald’s parking ...

By Claudia Gutierrez SAN JOSE – Video footage of a woman being kicked and dragged in a McDonald’s parking lot in San Jose has led to a San Jose police officer being placed on administrative leave. The ...

July 28, 2020
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Former Cop Arrested in Attack on Two Maryland Women Posting Anti-Police Brutality Posters

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|Date: June 07, 2020
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Former Cop Arrested in Attack on Two Maryland Women Posting Anti-Police Brutality Posters

By Lea Barrios BETHESDA MD - A now-viral video surfacing here shows a man—later identified as a former po ...

By Lea Barrios BETHESDA MD - A now-viral video surfacing here shows a man—later identified as a former police officer—pulling up on a bicycle to attack two women who were posting anti-police brutality ...

June 07, 2020
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Video Surfaces Showing SFPD Officer with Knee on Teenager’s Neck

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 02, 2020
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Video Surfaces Showing SFPD Officer with Knee on Teenager’s Neck

With the nation up in arms over the killing of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers, ...

With the nation up in arms over the killing of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers, a video emerged in San Francisco this weekend showing a SFPD officer using the same deadly tact ...

June 02, 2020
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Gascón States Excessive Force Case Needs ‘An Independent Advocate,’ Not a ‘Multi-Million Dollar Pawn’

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: May 18, 2020
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Gascón States Excessive Force Case Needs ‘An Independent Advocate,’ Not a ‘Multi-Million Dollar Pawn’

By Shellsea Lomeli LOS ANGELES, CA - LA District Attorney candidate George Gascón criticized the current ...

By Shellsea Lomeli LOS ANGELES, CA - LA District Attorney candidate George Gascón criticized the current DA’s approach to excessive force cases among officers in the Los Angeles Police Department (LAP ...

May 18, 2020
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Excessive Force by Officers Results in Resisting Arrest Charge for Defendant

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|Date: September 17, 2019
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Excessive Force by Officers Results in Resisting Arrest Charge for Defendant

By Marisa Mazza A trial opened last week where the charges included attempted kidnapping, false imprisonm ...

By Marisa Mazza A trial opened last week where the charges included attempted kidnapping, false imprisonment, domestic violence, child endangerment, and resisting arrest. During the incident in questi ...

September 17, 2019
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Resisting Arrest or Excessive Force?

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|Date: June 14, 2019
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Resisting Arrest or Excessive Force?

Defendant Held on $200,000 Bail Following Beating Taken At Hands of Police By Marshall Hammons Thursday, ...

Defendant Held on $200,000 Bail Following Beating Taken At Hands of Police By Marshall Hammons Thursday, June 13, 2019 -- An officer and his partner had the defendant off balance against a patrol car, ...

June 14, 2019
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Taxpayers, Not Cops, Shell Out $5.2 Million in Record Sacramento Excessive Force Case

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|Date: June 12, 2019
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Taxpayers, Not Cops, Shell Out $5.2 Million in Record Sacramento Excessive Force Case

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – City of Sacramento taxpayers – not the poli ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – City of Sacramento taxpayers – not the police who kill and maim – have shelled out millions of dollars in excessive force lawsuits in the ...

June 12, 2019
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Officer Who Punched Alleged Jaywalker Allowed to Return to Active Duty

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 21, 2017
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Officer Who Punched Alleged Jaywalker Allowed to Return to Active Duty

Yesterday it was reported that the officer who punched alleged jaywalker Nandi Cain, Jr., in Del Paso He ...

Yesterday it was reported that the officer who punched alleged jaywalker Nandi Cain, Jr., in Del Paso Heights back in April will be allowed to return to duty with no public details on the outcome of ...

November 21, 2017
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CHP Didn’t Help Accident Victim – Instead ‘Hog-Tied’ and Tasered Him Repeatedly

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|Date: November 17, 2017
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CHP Didn’t Help Accident Victim – Instead ‘Hog-Tied’ and Tasered Him Repeatedly

'Death by Cop' Civil Rights Lawsuit Filed on Family's Behalf Thursday By Crescenzo Vellucci It's happened ...

'Death by Cop' Civil Rights Lawsuit Filed on Family's Behalf Thursday By Crescenzo Vellucci It's happened again. Another "death by cop" with little or no body cam or dash cam recordings, unexplained a ...

November 17, 2017
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