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Commentary: A Clear Difference in the Contra Costa DA’s Race – Challenger Admits Would NOT Have Charged Convicted Officer with Murder

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 11, 2022
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Commentary: A Clear Difference in the Contra Costa DA’s Race – Challenger Admits Would NOT Have Charged Convicted Officer with Murder

Diana Becton at the Contra Costa DA Forum By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Martinez, CA – There is ...

Diana Becton at the Contra Costa DA Forum By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Martinez, CA – There is only one Black elected DA in the state of California – Contra Costa DA Diana Becton and she too ...

May 11, 2022
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San Francisco District Attorney Reveals Office Won’t File Charges Against SF Officers Involved in Deaths, Injuries

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 05, 2021
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San Francisco District Attorney Reveals Office Won’t File Charges Against SF Officers Involved in Deaths, Injuries

SAN FRANCISCO – Emphasizing his office will work “quickly (to) exonerate officers who behaved lawfully,” ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Emphasizing his office will work “quickly (to) exonerate officers who behaved lawfully,” San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin Friday revealed he won’t file any charges against ...

February 05, 2021
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Philly DA Krasner Pleads for Patience After Police Shoot, Kill Man Celebrating Christmas and Birthday

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|Date: January 01, 2021
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Philly DA Krasner Pleads for Patience After Police Shoot, Kill Man Celebrating Christmas and Birthday

By Tiffany Devlin PHILADELPHIA – Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner released a statement this w ...

By Tiffany Devlin PHILADELPHIA – Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner released a statement this week concerning an officer-involved shooting (OIS) that took place in the early hours of Christm ...

January 01, 2021
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State DOJ Report Analyzes Use of Force in Sac PD

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|Date: January 30, 2019
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State DOJ Report Analyzes Use of Force in Sac PD

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today announced the release of a California Department of Just ...

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today announced the release of a California Department of Justice (DOJ) report on use of force-related polices, training, and practices within the Sacramento ...

January 30, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Why Rexroad’s Column Missed the Mark

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 27, 2017
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Why Rexroad’s Column Missed the Mark

Many Documented Cases of Flawed Police Investigations into Officer-Involved Killings There is a reason wh ...

Many Documented Cases of Flawed Police Investigations into Officer-Involved Killings There is a reason why police agencies increasingly look to outside sources to investigate officer-involved shooting ...

February 27, 2017
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Justice Watch: A Tale of Two Police Shootings

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 23, 2016
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Justice Watch: A Tale of Two Police Shootings

While there was some frustration expressed in the media about the effectiveness of body worn cameras, it ...

While there was some frustration expressed in the media about the effectiveness of body worn cameras, it is important to understand that videoing police incidents is just one tool and not the answer t ...

September 23, 2016
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Justice Watch: Moving Back to Mandatory Minimums, Ferguson Effect, Murder Charges For Atlanta Police Office

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 03, 2016
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Justice Watch: Moving Back to Mandatory Minimums, Ferguson Effect, Murder Charges For Atlanta Police Office

California Moves Back to Mandatory Minimums in Response to Brock Turner This week the California State Le ...

California Moves Back to Mandatory Minimums in Response to Brock Turner This week the California State Legislature stunningly passed AB 2888 by a 66-0 vote. The legislation sponsored by, among others ...

September 03, 2016
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Commentary: Column on White Police Shootings Misses the Point

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 20, 2016
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Commentary: Column on White Police Shootings Misses the Point

I appreciate Rich Rifkin’s column today, “When whites are shot by cops, there’s total silence,” because i ...

I appreciate Rich Rifkin’s column today, “When whites are shot by cops, there’s total silence,” because it addresses an important counter-narrative that protesters should be focused on police shooting ...

July 20, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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The Fight for Justice and Police Reform from Louisiana to California

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|Date: July 16, 2016
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The Fight for Justice and Police Reform from Louisiana to California

By Irene Rojas-Carroll This week, Fresno police released the body camera footage of the shooting of Dylan ...

By Irene Rojas-Carroll This week, Fresno police released the body camera footage of the shooting of Dylan Noble. The footage raises serious questions about the shooting. We continue to be concerned ab ...

July 16, 2016
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Sunday Commentary II: Body Worn Cameras Shouldn’t Provide Alibis to Dishonest Cops

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|Date: January 10, 2016
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Sunday Commentary II: Body Worn Cameras Shouldn’t Provide Alibis to Dishonest Cops

When Texas State Trooper Brian Encinia arrested Sandra Bland last summer in Texas, he claimed Ms. Bland w ...

When Texas State Trooper Brian Encinia arrested Sandra Bland last summer in Texas, he claimed Ms. Bland was “combative and uncooperative” after he pulled her over and ordered her out of her car. As th ...

January 10, 2016
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My View II: Would Indictments Stop Preventable Police Shootings?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 02, 2016
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My View II: Would Indictments Stop Preventable Police Shootings?

While there has been a lot of discussion about whether the police officer who shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice ...

While there has been a lot of discussion about whether the police officer who shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice should have been indicted, a bigger view of the case points to a more systemic mass failure th ...

January 02, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Tamir Rice Decision Shows How Little We Have Learned in the Last Year

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 30, 2015
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Commentary: Tamir Rice Decision Shows How Little We Have Learned in the Last Year

In August, Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 227, authored by state Senator Holly J. Mitchell, which elimina ...

In August, Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 227, authored by state Senator Holly J. Mitchell, which eliminates the use of a criminal grand jury to investigate cases where a member of law enforcement is ...

December 30, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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My View II: The Need For Transparency As We Enact a Local Body Camera Policy

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 26, 2015
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My View II: The Need For Transparency As We Enact a Local Body Camera Policy

The city of Davis is getting closer to enacting a police body-worn camera policy. For the most part that ...

The city of Davis is getting closer to enacting a police body-worn camera policy. For the most part that is a good thing, in that it will give us another layer of transparency and oversight. On the wh ...

December 26, 2015
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Calls For SF Chief to Resign In Wake of Fatal Shooting

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 11, 2015
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Calls For SF Chief to Resign In Wake of Fatal Shooting

Last week, Mario Woods, 26, was shot 15 times by police officers. This week, protesters, outraged over th ...

Last week, Mario Woods, 26, was shot 15 times by police officers. This week, protesters, outraged over the shooting, spilled out of a packed hearing room in San Francisco’s City Hall on Wednesday, cha ...

December 11, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Full Blown Scandal and Cover Up in Chicago Over McDonald Murder by Police

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 05, 2015
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Full Blown Scandal and Cover Up in Chicago Over McDonald Murder by Police

Last week, more than 13 months after the tragic shooting of Laquan McDonald, Chicago officials, under a c ...

Last week, more than 13 months after the tragic shooting of Laquan McDonald, Chicago officials, under a court order, released the horrifying video of the teenager being shot 16 times by a Chicago Poli ...

December 05, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts II: #BlackLivesMatter Moves to the Policy Realm

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 31, 2015
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Monday Morning Thoughts II: #BlackLivesMatter Moves to the Policy Realm

It was a movement born of anger and frustration, but if #BlackLivesMatter is to be anything more than a m ...

It was a movement born of anger and frustration, but if #BlackLivesMatter is to be anything more than a momentary blip in history, it has to be able to forge a cohesive policy reform agenda. As their ...

August 31, 2015
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Analysis: Wave of Police Officers Charged in Killing – Blip or New Trend?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 23, 2015
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Analysis: Wave of Police Officers Charged in Killing – Blip or New Trend?

The willingness for prosecutors to charge and prosecute police officers for on-duty murder is one of the ...

The willingness for prosecutors to charge and prosecute police officers for on-duty murder is one of the biggest changes that has happened in the last year since the fallout from Ferguson and Staten I ...

August 23, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Study Finds Black Americans Killed By Police Twice As Likely As White People To Be Unarmed

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 02, 2015
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Study Finds Black Americans Killed By Police Twice As Likely As White People To Be Unarmed

Defenders of the police have launched a counter-offensive, arguing that more whites are killed by police ...

Defenders of the police have launched a counter-offensive, arguing that more whites are killed by police each year than blacks. That focuses the debate on the critical question as to whether we should ...

June 02, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Minneapolis a Case Study For Policing in America

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 31, 2015
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Minneapolis a Case Study For Policing in America

By Emma Andersson Being Black in America today is rough. Turns out being Black and living in Minneapolis, ...

By Emma Andersson Being Black in America today is rough. Turns out being Black and living in Minneapolis, Minnesota, doesn't make it any easier. Often appearing on "Top 10 Best Places to Live" lists, ...

May 31, 2015
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Guest Commentary: Model Policy for Police Body Cameras

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|Date: May 25, 2015
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Guest Commentary: Model Policy for Police Body Cameras

By Charles Marlow Ferguson. Staten Island. Pasco. North Charleston. Baltimore. An unarmed person of color ...

By Charles Marlow Ferguson. Staten Island. Pasco. North Charleston. Baltimore. An unarmed person of color. Dead at the hands of law enforcement. And then another. And another. And another. And another ...

May 25, 2015
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