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Commentary: Why Are Cops Killing Black Men

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 28, 2023
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Commentary: Why Are Cops Killing Black Men

by Stanley Howard HERE WE GO AGAIN! Another Black person (this time it's Tyre Nichols in Memphis) is brut ...

by Stanley Howard HERE WE GO AGAIN! Another Black person (this time it's Tyre Nichols in Memphis) is brutally tased, kicked and beaten to death by cops. The world is "shocked" yet again that such crue ...

February 28, 2023
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Father of Michael Brown, Whose Death at Hands of Police Sparked Protests, Guest of Rep. Cori Bush at Biden’s SOTU Address

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|Date: February 09, 2023
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Father of Michael Brown, Whose Death at Hands of Police Sparked Protests, Guest of Rep. Cori Bush at Biden’s SOTU Address

By Daphne Ho and Caleigh Carlisle WASHINGTON, DC - Michael Brown, Sr., father of Michael Brown—killed by ...

By Daphne Ho and Caleigh Carlisle WASHINGTON, DC - Michael Brown, Sr., father of Michael Brown—killed by police, sparking national protests against police brutality in 2014—was the guest of Rep. Cori ...

February 09, 2023
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ACLU SoCal Calls for Major Police Reform, Removing Police Authority in Community

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|Date: February 06, 2023
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ACLU SoCal Calls for Major Police Reform, Removing Police Authority in Community

By Daphne Ho LOS ANGELES, CA - The ACLU SoCal posted a thread on Twitter this past week strongly criticiz ...

By Daphne Ho LOS ANGELES, CA - The ACLU SoCal posted a thread on Twitter this past week strongly criticizing the nation’s police with reference to the police killings of Keenan Anderson, Tyre Nichols, ...

February 06, 2023
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Sunday Commentary: Does Nichols Really Represent a Step Forward in Accountability?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 29, 2023
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Sunday Commentary: Does Nichols Really Represent a Step Forward in Accountability?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The New York Times calls it a “shift in handling police violence.” ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The New York Times calls it a “shift in handling police violence.” The article notes, “With cameras nearly everywhere, and residents wary, the authorities are m ...

January 29, 2023
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Columnist MLK Day Notes: BLM Founder Mourns Death of Cousin at the Hands of the LAPD

Posted by Alexis Rios-Jimenez
|Date: January 20, 2023
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Columnist MLK Day Notes: BLM Founder Mourns Death of Cousin at the Hands of the LAPD

By Alexis Rios-Jimenez LOS ANGELES, CA - A piece in the Los Angeles Times Monday - Martin Luther King Jr. ...

By Alexis Rios-Jimenez LOS ANGELES, CA - A piece in the Los Angeles Times Monday - Martin Luther King Jr. Day - followed the public uproar of the death of Keenan Anderson, 31, and two other men killed ...

January 20, 2023
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The City Where Investigations of Police Take So Long, Officers Kill Again Before Reviews Are Done

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|Date: July 11, 2022
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The City Where Investigations of Police Take So Long, Officers Kill Again Before Reviews Are Done

by Laurence Du Sault, Open Vallejo Around dinner time on Feb. 13, 2018, Ronell Foster was riding his bike ...

by Laurence Du Sault, Open Vallejo Around dinner time on Feb. 13, 2018, Ronell Foster was riding his bike on a wide road that runs through the historic downtown of Vallejo, California. The 33-year-old ...

July 11, 2022
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Santa Clara DA Rosen Accused of Copying and Pasting Officer Shooting Reports

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 04, 2022
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Santa Clara DA Rosen Accused of Copying and Pasting Officer Shooting Reports

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Jose, CA – On Thursday, the Silicon Valley De-Bug released a l ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Jose, CA – On Thursday, the Silicon Valley De-Bug released a letter detailing District Attorney Jeff Rosen copy-and-pasting the same text in multiple reports ...

June 04, 2022
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ACLU Reports Call on Sacramento and Merced DAs to Halt Costly, Ineffective Policies that Fuel Mass Incarceration

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 17, 2022
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ACLU Reports Call on Sacramento and Merced DAs to Halt Costly, Ineffective Policies that Fuel Mass Incarceration

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Last week, ACLU of Northern California release ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Last week, ACLU of Northern California released two reports detailing how the top prosecutors in Sacramento and Merced Counties have used the ...

March 17, 2022
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REPORT: 2021 Sets a Near Record High with Over 1,100 Police Killings

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|Date: January 25, 2022
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REPORT: 2021 Sets a Near Record High with Over 1,100 Police Killings

By Catherine Potente WASHINGTON D.C. – Although a federal program here is being cut off for similar colle ...

By Catherine Potente WASHINGTON D.C. – Although a federal program here is being cut off for similar collection efforts, according to data collected by Mapping Police Violence, 1,134 killings by police ...

January 25, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Police Accountability Since George Floyd, Not Much Has Changed

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 27, 2021
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Police Accountability Since George Floyd, Not Much Has Changed

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor It is hard to not feel bad for Kimberly Potter, after all she did ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor It is hard to not feel bad for Kimberly Potter, after all she did not intend to shoot Daunte Wright. It was a horribly tragic mistake. That’s not to excuse her ...

December 27, 2021
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Orange County DA Candidate Calls for Current DA to Recuse Self from All Police Use-of-Force Cases

Posted by Carson Eschen
|Date: December 06, 2021
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Orange County DA Candidate Calls for Current DA to Recuse Self from All Police Use-of-Force Cases

By Carson Eschen SANTA ANA, CA - Pete Hardin, a candidate for Orange County District Attorney, has called ...

By Carson Eschen SANTA ANA, CA - Pete Hardin, a candidate for Orange County District Attorney, has called for current DA Todd Spitzer to recuse himself from every police use of force case Hardin’s sta ...

December 06, 2021
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 129: New Orleans DA Jason Williams

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|Date: November 08, 2021
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 129: New Orleans DA Jason Williams

It was once a poster child for things like wrongful convictions and the carceral state. But the Orleans ...

It was once a poster child for things like wrongful convictions and the carceral state. But the Orleans Parish DA has transformed his office—immediately dismissing over 400 cases that were prosecuted ...

November 08, 2021
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In-Depth Scientific Study by The Lancet Finds a Staggering Number of Unreported Deaths Resulting From U.S. Police Violence

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 04, 2021
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In-Depth Scientific Study by The Lancet Finds a Staggering Number of Unreported Deaths Resulting From U.S. Police Violence

By Noe Herrera UNITED KINGDOM – A new study published by a longtime British medical journal Saturday sugg ...

By Noe Herrera UNITED KINGDOM – A new study published by a longtime British medical journal Saturday suggests that the number of deaths attributed to police violence in the U.S. is significantly highe ...

October 04, 2021
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 123: Voices of Victims of Police Violence

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|Date: August 30, 2021
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 123: Voices of Victims of Police Violence

This week on Everyday Injustice featured women across the country whose loved ones were killed by police ...

This week on Everyday Injustice featured women across the country whose loved ones were killed by police - whether it be sons, brothers, or partners. Marissa Barrera in 2017 lost her brother Michael i ...

August 30, 2021
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AG Bonta Starts Cracking Down on Police Killings

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 10, 2021
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AG Bonta Starts Cracking Down on Police Killings

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Oakland, CA – When Rob Bonta was appointed California Attorney Gen ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Oakland, CA – When Rob Bonta was appointed California Attorney General, he promised to crack down on police shootings. On Monday, his office announced they were ...

August 10, 2021
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Guest Commentary: The Movement to End Police Violence 1 Year after George Floyd’s Murder

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|Date: May 26, 2021
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Guest Commentary: The Movement to End Police Violence 1 Year after George Floyd’s Murder

By Paige Fernandez and Taylor Pendergrass One year ago today, George Floyd was brutally murdered in broad ...

By Paige Fernandez and Taylor Pendergrass One year ago today, George Floyd was brutally murdered in broad daylight by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin over 9 minutes and 29 seconds as he plead ...

May 26, 2021
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Stockton Taxpayers Pay $3.25 Million in Civil Rights Case; ‘Creepy’ Cop Shot Black Man in Back in 2016

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|Date: March 22, 2021
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Stockton Taxpayers Pay $3.25 Million in Civil Rights Case; ‘Creepy’ Cop Shot Black Man in Back in 2016

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief STOCKTON – David Wells has been known as a dange ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief STOCKTON – David Wells has been known as a dangerous and even “creepy” cop to the Stockton community for at least a decade. Now, Stockton taxpa ...

March 22, 2021
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Day 9 of Ex-Cop Derek Chauvin’s Floyd Murder Trial: 12th Juror Seated, Judge Visibly Upset About $27 Million Settlement

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: March 19, 2021
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Day 9 of Ex-Cop Derek Chauvin’s Floyd Murder Trial: 12th Juror Seated, Judge Visibly Upset About $27 Million Settlement

By Roxanna Jarvis and Macy Lu MINNEAPOLIS, MN – On Day 9 of the former cop Derek Chauvin’s trial for the ...

By Roxanna Jarvis and Macy Lu MINNEAPOLIS, MN – On Day 9 of the former cop Derek Chauvin’s trial for the murder of George Floyd, the number of jurors increased to 12 from nine – 14 are needed – while ...

March 19, 2021
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2020 Cop Violence Report Reveals Black People More Likely to be Killed by Police Despite More Likely to be Unarmed, Less Threatening

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: March 19, 2021
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2020 Cop Violence Report Reveals Black People More Likely to be Killed by Police Despite More Likely to be Unarmed, Less Threatening

By Max Kennedy NATIONAL – More than 1,100 people were killed by police in 2020, according to the 2020 Pol ...

By Max Kennedy NATIONAL – More than 1,100 people were killed by police in 2020, according to the 2020 Police Violence Report (https://policeviolencereport.org/) from Mapping Police Violence, an organi ...

March 19, 2021
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DA Rachael Rollins: The Intersections of Race, Health, and Police Brutality Explained

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|Date: July 31, 2020
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DA Rachael Rollins: The Intersections of Race, Health, and Police Brutality Explained

By Roxanna Jarvis BOSTON, MA – Boston District Attorney Rachael Rollins hosted a Zoom seminar Wednesday t ...

By Roxanna Jarvis BOSTON, MA – Boston District Attorney Rachael Rollins hosted a Zoom seminar Wednesday to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a ...

July 31, 2020
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