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Sacramento Taxpayers on Hook for $2.4 Million in ‘Partial’ City Payout for Stephon Clark Killing; Police Misdeeds Piling Up

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|Date: September 06, 2019
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Sacramento Taxpayers on Hook for $2.4 Million in ‘Partial’ City Payout for Stephon Clark Killing; Police Misdeeds Piling Up

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – It’s literally next to impossible to keep u ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – It’s literally next to impossible to keep up with the numbers of lawsuits against the city of Sacramento for police excessive force – but, ...

September 06, 2019
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Trial Begins for Hit-and-Run Case Involving Injured Officer

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|Date: June 15, 2019
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Trial Begins for Hit-and-Run Case Involving Injured Officer

By Ruby Wilks, Lauren Bradley, Pam Chasuwan, & Nabil Sirur Opening statements were heard June 12, 201 ...

By Ruby Wilks, Lauren Bradley, Pam Chasuwan, & Nabil Sirur Opening statements were heard June 12, 2019, in Department 27 for a hit-and-run case that gravely injured SFPD Officer Elia Lewin-Tankel ...

June 15, 2019
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Video Available: Black Lives Matter Demands ‘Systemic Change’ in Police Tactics After Traffic Stop Morphs Into Jury Trial

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|Date: December 21, 2018
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Video Available: Black Lives Matter Demands ‘Systemic Change’ in Police Tactics After Traffic Stop Morphs Into Jury Trial

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Caleb Macon is headed to jury trial here in ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Caleb Macon is headed to jury trial here in mid-January, and faces years in jail after a simple traffic stop morphed into something much b ...

December 21, 2018
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Addressing Police Brutality

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|Date: December 18, 2018
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Addressing Police Brutality

By Dillon Nettles E.J. Bradford. Chikesia Clemons. Ulysses Wilkerson. Sureshbhai Patel. Greg Gunn. These ...

By Dillon Nettles E.J. Bradford. Chikesia Clemons. Ulysses Wilkerson. Sureshbhai Patel. Greg Gunn. These are only a few of the names of those who have been in headlines after being brutalized or kille ...

December 18, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: National Anthem Protests and Local Patriotic Observances

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|Date: August 21, 2017
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Monday Morning Thoughts: National Anthem Protests and Local Patriotic Observances

Last week, Seattle Seahawk defensive lineman Michael Bennett sat once again during the national anthem, b ...

Last week, Seattle Seahawk defensive lineman Michael Bennett sat once again during the national anthem, but something interesting happened as center, Justin Britt, stood next to him and put his right ...

August 21, 2017
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We Need to Fight for Justice in Charlottesville and in Davis

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|Date: August 18, 2017
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We Need to Fight for Justice in Charlottesville and in Davis

The following is the speech given at the Unity Rally by Kate Mellon-Anibaba In Charlottesville this week ...

The following is the speech given at the Unity Rally by Kate Mellon-Anibaba In Charlottesville this week we got to see obvious racism, the kind that is so blatant that it alerts all your senses to its ...

August 18, 2017
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Lawyers Group Urges Area Law Enforcement Agencies to ‘Condemn’ President’s Advice

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|Date: August 01, 2017
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Lawyers Group Urges Area Law Enforcement Agencies to ‘Condemn’ President’s Advice

NLG Sacramento Criticizes Trumps Endorsement of Police Brutality as “Wrongheaded” From Press Release – Pr ...

NLG Sacramento Criticizes Trumps Endorsement of Police Brutality as “Wrongheaded” From Press Release – President Donald Trump's wrongheaded remarks last Friday that endorsed police brutality will do n ...

August 01, 2017
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Sunday Commentary: Now Trump Actually Supports Police Violence

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|Date: July 30, 2017
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Sunday Commentary: Now Trump Actually Supports Police Violence

When Trump was elected, most criminal justice reform advocates were alarmed that the programs put in plac ...

When Trump was elected, most criminal justice reform advocates were alarmed that the programs put in place by Obama and the Department of Justice under Obama would go by the wayside. That included a ...

July 30, 2017
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Protesters Want DA to Drop Charges against Picnic Day 5

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|Date: July 20, 2017
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Protesters Want DA to Drop Charges against Picnic Day 5

A small number of protesters gathered on Wednesday to demand that Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig drop crimina ...

A small number of protesters gathered on Wednesday to demand that Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig drop criminal charges against the five defendants in the Picnic Day incident. The group says they gathered ...

July 20, 2017
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Documents Show Private Security Hired by Pipeline Company to Suppress DAPL Protests

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|Date: June 04, 2017
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Documents Show Private Security Hired by Pipeline Company to Suppress DAPL Protests

By Jamil Dakwar During my week-long visit to Standing Rock in January 2017, I listened to many water prot ...

By Jamil Dakwar During my week-long visit to Standing Rock in January 2017, I listened to many water protectors speak about the shady tactics used against them by private security contractors and loca ...

June 04, 2017
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Video Shows Jaywalker Taken Down and Punched by Sacramento Police Officer

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|Date: April 12, 2017
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Video Shows Jaywalker Taken Down and Punched by Sacramento Police Officer

It is another incident that is caught on video and is generating protests and complaints. This time, it ...

It is another incident that is caught on video and is generating protests and complaints. This time, it was not a fatality, but no less shocking as police appear to stop a man for jaywalking, only to ...

April 12, 2017
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Grand Jury Again Fails to Indict Officer in Death, This Time in a New York Chokehold Incident

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 04, 2014
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Grand Jury Again Fails to Indict Officer in Death, This Time in a New York Chokehold Incident

In a moment that has become as sadly iconic as the hands up in the air from Ferguson, Eric Garner repeate ...

In a moment that has become as sadly iconic as the hands up in the air from Ferguson, Eric Garner repeatedly screamed “I can’t breathe!” before he died at the hands of NY Police Officer Daniel Pantale ...

December 04, 2014
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Commentary: Zero Is the Number Freed by Conviction Integrity Units Here

UC Hit Again with 1-Day Strike at Campuses and Medical Centers over Outsourcing Issue

Guest Commentary: What’s Wrong with Corporate Democrats?

Witness Identifies Her Mother in Home Burglary Case Footage

Governor Newsom Convenes Meeting to Confront Housing Crisis

Overpolicing on Public Transit

Commentary: Housing Issue Figures to Be Tricky to Thread the Needle

Manslaughter Charges Filed against Employees of Guiding Hands in the 2018 Death of Max Benson

Judge Declares Mistrial in Stockton Cop Killing Case after Jury Deadlocks

Crime and Punishment and Voter Intent: Constitutional Arguments over SB 1437 [Part 1]

Sacramento Taxpayers on Hook for $2.4 Million in ‘Partial’ City Payout for Stephon Clark Killing; Police Misdeeds Piling Up

Sacramento Taxpayers on Hook for $2.4 Million in ‘Partial’ City Payout for Stephon Clark Killing; Police Misdeeds Piling Up

Trial Begins for Hit-and-Run Case Involving Injured Officer

Trial Begins for Hit-and-Run Case Involving Injured Officer

Video Available: Black Lives Matter Demands ‘Systemic Change’ in Police Tactics After Traffic Stop Morphs Into Jury Trial

Video Available: Black Lives Matter Demands ‘Systemic Change’ in Police Tactics After Traffic Stop Morphs Into Jury Trial

Addressing Police Brutality

Addressing Police Brutality

Monday Morning Thoughts: National Anthem Protests and Local Patriotic Observances

Monday Morning Thoughts: National Anthem Protests and Local Patriotic Observances

We Need to Fight for Justice in Charlottesville and in Davis

We Need to Fight for Justice in Charlottesville and in Davis

Lawyers Group Urges Area Law Enforcement Agencies to ‘Condemn’ President’s Advice

Lawyers Group Urges Area Law Enforcement Agencies to ‘Condemn’ President’s Advice

Sunday Commentary: Now Trump Actually Supports Police Violence

Sunday Commentary: Now Trump Actually Supports Police Violence

Protesters Want DA to Drop Charges against Picnic Day 5

Protesters Want DA to Drop Charges against Picnic Day 5

Documents Show Private Security Hired by Pipeline Company to Suppress DAPL Protests

Documents Show Private Security Hired by Pipeline Company to Suppress DAPL Protests

Video Shows Jaywalker Taken Down and Punched by Sacramento Police Officer

Video Shows Jaywalker Taken Down and Punched by Sacramento Police Officer

Grand Jury Again Fails to Indict Officer in Death, This Time in a New York Chokehold Incident

Grand Jury Again Fails to Indict Officer in Death, This Time in a New York Chokehold Incident

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