COURT WATCH: Prosecution Failed to Get Holding Order in Residential Burglary Case
Woodland, CA – With a low burden of proof on the prosecution for the purposes of a…
Civil Rights Suit Filed against Antioch Cops for ‘Excessive Force, Salacious Patterns of Racial, Misogynic, and Homophobic Bigotry’
By The Vanguard Staff ANTIOCH, CA – A federal lawsuit has been filed against Antioch police officers…
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…
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…
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…
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 his…
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…
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,…
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 Thursday…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 DA’s…
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 imprisonment, domestic…
Resisting Arrest or Excessive Force?
Defendant Held on $200,000 Bail Following Beating Taken At Hands of Police By Marshall Hammons Thursday, June…
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 police who…