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California Attorney General Won’t Pursue Charges against SF Cop Who Killed Unarmed Carjacking Suspect Keita O’Neil in 2017

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|Date: May 21, 2023
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California Attorney General Won’t Pursue Charges against SF Cop Who Killed Unarmed Carjacking Suspect Keita O’Neil in 2017

By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – California Attorney General Rob Bonta, in a letter last Thursda ...

By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – California Attorney General Rob Bonta, in a letter last Thursday, said his office will not pursue homicide charges against former San Francisco police officer ...

May 21, 2023
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CA Legislation Seeks to Regulate Law Enforcement Use of Facial Recognition Technology

Posted by Paloma Sifuentes
|Date: March 14, 2023
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CA Legislation Seeks to Regulate Law Enforcement Use of Facial Recognition Technology

By Paloma Sifuentes SACRAMENTO, CA - Legislation that would regulate the use of Facial Recognition Techno ...

By Paloma Sifuentes SACRAMENTO, CA - Legislation that would regulate the use of Facial Recognition Technology (FRT) by law enforcement to protect people's privacy rights was introduced here by CA Asse ...

March 14, 2023
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San Francisco Police Officers to Allow Lethal Force from Police Robots

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: December 04, 2022
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San Francisco Police Officers to Allow Lethal Force from Police Robots

By Gibran Khalil SAN FRANCISCO, CA –The San Francisco Board of Supervisors proposed a broad policy ...

By Gibran Khalil SAN FRANCISCO, CA –The San Francisco Board of Supervisors proposed a broad policy to “allow police to bring armed robots to every arrest, and every execution of a warrant to se ...

December 04, 2022
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Washington Post Editorial: Impeachment of Philadelphia’s DA Misguided and Bad Precedent

Posted by Kevin Barragan
|Date: November 30, 2022
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Washington Post Editorial: Impeachment of Philadelphia’s DA Misguided and Bad Precedent

By Kevin Barragan and Michael McCutcheon PHILADELPHIA, PA - Philly District Attorney Larry Krasner has be ...

By Kevin Barragan and Michael McCutcheon PHILADELPHIA, PA - Philly District Attorney Larry Krasner has been impeached by the GOP-partisan Pennsylvania House 107-85 and a trial on the Senate side could ...

November 30, 2022
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Midwest Innocence Project, Morgan Pilate LLC Urge Independent Accountability in Disgraced Detective’s Cases

Posted by Naya Wiezel
|Date: November 27, 2022
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Midwest Innocence Project, Morgan Pilate LLC Urge Independent Accountability in Disgraced Detective’s Cases

By Ramneet Singh and Naya Wiezel KANSAS CITY, MO - The Midwest Innocence Project and Morgan Pilate LLC ha ...

By Ramneet Singh and Naya Wiezel KANSAS CITY, MO - The Midwest Innocence Project and Morgan Pilate LLC have questioned the review of former detective Roger Golubski—charged with sexual assault and oth ...

November 27, 2022
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Berkeley City Council Tables Confirmation of Jennifer Louis as Chief of Police after Community Members Speak Out against Leaked Berkeley Police Department Texts Containing Racist and Anti-homeless Statements

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: November 18, 2022
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Berkeley City Council Tables Confirmation of Jennifer Louis as Chief of Police after Community Members Speak Out against Leaked Berkeley Police Department Texts Containing Racist and Anti-homeless Statements

By Patty Yao BERKELEY, CA — On Nov. 14, 2022, Nathan Mizell, Vice-Chair of the Berkeley Police Acc ...

By Patty Yao BERKELEY, CA — On Nov. 14, 2022, Nathan Mizell, Vice-Chair of the Berkeley Police Accountability Board released a statement about the allegations of police misconduct revealed by a ...

November 18, 2022
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Guardian: Report Indicates Police Kill Thousands of People Fleeing, Posing No Threat

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|Date: August 04, 2022
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Guardian: Report Indicates Police Kill Thousands of People Fleeing, Posing No Threat

By Vanguard Staff LOS ANGELES, CA – A research group that tracks lethal force cases said this month “near ...

By Vanguard Staff LOS ANGELES, CA – A research group that tracks lethal force cases said this month “nearly one third of people killed by U.S. police since 2015 were running away, driving off or attem ...

August 04, 2022
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Commentary: Solano DA’s Ties to Law Enforcement Has Consequences for Police Reform

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 27, 2022
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Commentary: Solano DA’s Ties to Law Enforcement Has Consequences for Police Reform

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Martinez, CA – One of the big debates these days is the extent to ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Martinez, CA – One of the big debates these days is the extent to which support of law enforcement and in particular police unions has become a barrier to reform ...

May 27, 2022
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Reisig Continues to Rack Up Law Enforcement Money

Posted by Robert JHansen
|Date: March 30, 2022
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Reisig Continues to Rack Up Law Enforcement Money

By Robert J. Hansen In the wake of George Floyd’s murder by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauv ...

By Robert J. Hansen In the wake of George Floyd’s murder by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in 2020, a coalition of current and former district attorneys called on the American Bar Ass ...

March 30, 2022
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Officers Too Quick to Use Lethal Force, San Diego-Tribune Editorial Board Opines

Posted by Ashleen Herrarte
|Date: March 23, 2022
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Officers Too Quick to Use Lethal Force, San Diego-Tribune Editorial Board Opines

By Ashleen Herrarte and Mathew Seibert SAN DIEGO, CA – Over the past 15 years, law enforcement has been t ...

By Ashleen Herrarte and Mathew Seibert SAN DIEGO, CA – Over the past 15 years, law enforcement has been too quick to use lethal force, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board opinion ...

March 23, 2022
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Audio Recording Played, Detective Testifies in Mario Renteria Murder Trial

Posted by Ashleen Herrarte
|Date: February 15, 2022
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Audio Recording Played, Detective Testifies in Mario Renteria Murder Trial

By Ashleen Herrarte RIVERSIDE, CA – The Mario Renteria murder trial proceeded Monday morning here in Rive ...

By Ashleen Herrarte RIVERSIDE, CA – The Mario Renteria murder trial proceeded Monday morning here in Riverside County Superior Court with the submission of an audio recording and more law enforcement ...

February 15, 2022
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Trial Ongoing for Man Accused of Battery against a Police Officer

Posted by Joshua Cenzano
|Date: November 26, 2021
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Trial Ongoing for Man Accused of Battery against a Police Officer

By Joshua Cenzano SANTA BARBARA, CA – The trial of Victor Andres Vargas, accused of felony battery agains ...

By Joshua Cenzano SANTA BARBARA, CA – The trial of Victor Andres Vargas, accused of felony battery against a police officer as a result of an altercation with another man on Nov. 9, 2019, proceeded he ...

November 26, 2021
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Video Evidence of Alleged Domestic Violence Compelling – Judge Seeks to Reduce Charges against Young Mother

Posted by sonamhundal
|Date: October 22, 2021
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Video Evidence of Alleged Domestic Violence Compelling – Judge Seeks to Reduce Charges against Young Mother

By Sonam Hundal and Hannah Adams SANTA BARBARA, CA — Judge Brian Hill said here this week in Santa Barbar ...

By Sonam Hundal and Hannah Adams SANTA BARBARA, CA — Judge Brian Hill said here this week in Santa Barbara County Superior Court that video evidence of a scrap between a couple showed “violence” on th ...

October 22, 2021
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Sunday Commentary: Is the Davis Use of Force Comparison That Helpful?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 10, 2021
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Sunday Commentary: Is the Davis Use of Force Comparison That Helpful?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The City of Davis in their press release this past Mon ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The City of Davis in their press release this past Monday led with the headline, Davis use of force "...Found to be Well Below State Average.” On the ...

October 10, 2021
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Fresno Judge Encourages Defendant to Stay Busy, Avoid Further Trouble

Posted by Ramneet Singh
|Date: August 16, 2021
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Fresno Judge Encourages Defendant to Stay Busy, Avoid Further Trouble

By Ramneet Singh FRESNO, CA – Fresno County Superior Court, Dept. 20 Judge David Gottlieb here Friday spe ...

By Ramneet Singh FRESNO, CA – Fresno County Superior Court, Dept. 20 Judge David Gottlieb here Friday spent considerable court time seemingly trying to help defendant Jesus Beltran, and encouraging hi ...

August 16, 2021
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Gun Restriction Surprises Former CHP Employee Pleading to Felony Charge

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: January 30, 2021
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Gun Restriction Surprises Former CHP Employee Pleading to Felony Charge

By Koda Slingluff and Jannat Alam SACRAMENTO – A former California Highway Patrol employee, pleading guil ...

By Koda Slingluff and Jannat Alam SACRAMENTO – A former California Highway Patrol employee, pleading guilty here in Sacramento County Superior Court this week of misrepresenting injuries for worker’s ...

January 30, 2021
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BREAKING NEWS: Council Member Arnold Calls for Reimagining Public Safety in Davis

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|Date: June 30, 2020
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BREAKING NEWS: Council Member Arnold Calls for Reimagining Public Safety in Davis

by Will Arnold My friends, today I am calling for the reimagining, redesign and repurposing of our public ...

by Will Arnold My friends, today I am calling for the reimagining, redesign and repurposing of our public safety system in Davis, including a fundamental transformation of our current structure as we ...

June 30, 2020
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Faced with Climate Activism, Law Enforcement Chooses to Crack Down on Protesters

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|Date: September 18, 2019
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Faced with Climate Activism, Law Enforcement Chooses to Crack Down on Protesters

By Vaidya Gullapalli Next Monday, the United Nations General Assembly convenes for a climate summit durin ...

By Vaidya Gullapalli Next Monday, the United Nations General Assembly convenes for a climate summit during which countries will describe their plans for slowing global temperature rise. In The Nation ...

September 18, 2019
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California Can No Longer Force You to Help Law Enforcement

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|Date: September 11, 2019
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California Can No Longer Force You to Help Law Enforcement

By Sarah Lustbader “After 147 years, California residents are now free to turn down law enforcement offic ...

By Sarah Lustbader “After 147 years, California residents are now free to turn down law enforcement officials who ask for help with an arrest,” reported Jacey Fortin for the New York Times last week. ...

September 11, 2019
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California Supreme Court Decision Major Ruling on Transparency of Police Misconduct

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 27, 2019
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California Supreme Court Decision Major Ruling on Transparency of Police Misconduct

One of the big questions is the prosecutor’s constitutional duty to disclose evidence to criminal defenda ...

One of the big questions is the prosecutor’s constitutional duty to disclose evidence to criminal defendants and for the first time, the California Supreme Court ruled, that law enforcement agencies c ...

August 27, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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