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Comprehensive Study Shows Official Misconduct Major Cause of Wrongful Convictions

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|Date: September 20, 2020
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Comprehensive Study Shows Official Misconduct Major Cause of Wrongful Convictions

By Linhchi Nguyen Research indicates that among all cases where defendants were convicted of crimes in th ...

By Linhchi Nguyen Research indicates that among all cases where defendants were convicted of crimes in the United States and later exonerated by new evidence of innocence, over half of these wrongful ...

September 20, 2020
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Guest Commentary: After Atlanta Teen Is Injured in a Police Encounter, Lawyers Call for Change

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|Date: September 19, 2020
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Guest Commentary: After Atlanta Teen Is Injured in a Police Encounter, Lawyers Call for Change

By Joshua Vaughn The 17-year-old, who his lawyers say was pushed off a fence by a police officer, survive ...

By Joshua Vaughn The 17-year-old, who his lawyers say was pushed off a fence by a police officer, survived the fall but suffered serious injuries. Robert was a football player. The 17-year-old was hea ...

September 19, 2020
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Yolo DA’s Office Hires Deputy Found to Have Committed Prosecutorial Misconduct in Another County

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|Date: September 09, 2020
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Yolo DA’s Office Hires Deputy Found to Have Committed Prosecutorial Misconduct in Another County

By David M. Greenwald Once again, Yolo County has hired a prosecutor from another county who was found t ...

By David M. Greenwald Once again, Yolo County has hired a prosecutor from another county who was found to have committed prosecutorial misconduct. Last fall, they hired David Wilson, who had been a ...

September 09, 2020
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Seven Police Officers Suspended as New Evidence Comes to Light in Daniel Prude Death

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|Date: September 04, 2020
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Seven Police Officers Suspended as New Evidence Comes to Light in Daniel Prude Death

Family Alleges He Was Treated Like a “Damn Animal” by Rochester Police By Linhchi Nguyen New raw video in ...

Family Alleges He Was Treated Like a “Damn Animal” by Rochester Police By Linhchi Nguyen New raw video in the March death of Daniel Prude has surfaced, leading to additional publicity and allegations ...

September 04, 2020
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Police Reform in Senate Bill 731 Would License Cops Like Lawyers and Doctors

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|Date: August 27, 2020
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Police Reform in Senate Bill 731 Would License Cops Like Lawyers and Doctors

By Phoebe Glick STATE CAPITOL – California Senate Bill 731 has been introduced here, and it promises to a ...

By Phoebe Glick STATE CAPITOL – California Senate Bill 731 has been introduced here, and it promises to address bad cops who manage to dodge discipline and get hired by another law enforcement agency ...

August 27, 2020
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CA Public Safety Committee OK’s Host of Bills Aimed at Police Brutality

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|Date: August 19, 2020
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CA Public Safety Committee OK’s Host of Bills Aimed at Police Brutality

By Heather Hamilton STATE CAPITOL – The California State Assembly Committee on Public Safety here has b ...

By Heather Hamilton STATE CAPITOL – The California State Assembly Committee on Public Safety here has been approving legislation designed to reduce police abuse. These are just some of the measures ...

August 19, 2020
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District Court Judge Calls on Supreme Court to Eliminate Qualified Immunity

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|Date: August 11, 2020
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District Court Judge Calls on Supreme Court to Eliminate Qualified Immunity

By Jaden Jarmel-Schneider MISSISSIPPI – District Court Judge Carlton W. Reeves of the Southern District o ...

By Jaden Jarmel-Schneider MISSISSIPPI – District Court Judge Carlton W. Reeves of the Southern District of Mississippi delivered a powerful message condemning the United States’ “qualified immunity” d ...

August 11, 2020
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Update on the Portland Protests (Video)

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|Date: July 29, 2020
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Update on the Portland Protests (Video)

Vanguard reporter Roman Mendoza has been on the ground at the Portland protests for the past few days. H ...

Vanguard reporter Roman Mendoza has been on the ground at the Portland protests for the past few days. Here is his latest round of video. To sign up for our new newsletter - Everyday Injustice - http ...

July 29, 2020
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SF District Attorney: Why Police Officers with Prior Misconduct Shouldn’t Be Trusted

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|Date: July 28, 2020
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SF District Attorney: Why Police Officers with Prior Misconduct Shouldn’t Be Trusted

By Ayanna Gandhi SAN FRANCISCO – Chesa Boudin, San Francisco District Attorney, wrote an article for the ...

By Ayanna Gandhi SAN FRANCISCO – Chesa Boudin, San Francisco District Attorney, wrote an article for the New York Times on July 27, 2020, explaining why “[w]e shouldn’t trust the reports of officers w ...

July 28, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Next Time You Want to Argue It’s Just a Few Bad Apples Look No Further than Vallejo

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|Date: July 27, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Next Time You Want to Argue It’s Just a Few Bad Apples Look No Further than Vallejo

We hear it all the time, when a police shooting occurs or there's another incident that cannot easily be ...

We hear it all the time, when a police shooting occurs or there's another incident that cannot easily be explained away, we hear from defenders of the police—it is just a few bad apples. The problem ...

July 27, 2020
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District Attorney Krasner Files Charges against Officer for Attack on Protesters

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|Date: July 23, 2020
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District Attorney Krasner Files Charges against Officer for Attack on Protesters

By Ayanna Gandhi PHILADELPHIA – Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner Tuesday announced criminal p ...

By Ayanna Gandhi PHILADELPHIA – Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner Tuesday announced criminal proceedings against Philadelphia Police Officer Richard Paul Nicoletti for his actions during a ...

July 23, 2020
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SF DA’s Office Files Charges against Sheriff’s Deputy

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|Date: July 22, 2020
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SF DA’s Office Files Charges against Sheriff’s Deputy

Sheriff’s Deputy Carried an Illegal Assault Weapon in His Backpack into City Hall When Chesa Boudin ran f ...

Sheriff’s Deputy Carried an Illegal Assault Weapon in His Backpack into City Hall When Chesa Boudin ran for district attorney he vowed to make the results of his charging decisions public, and he vowe ...

July 22, 2020
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New Jersey Legislation Would Open Up Police Officer Files, Expose Misconduct

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|Date: July 20, 2020
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New Jersey Legislation Would Open Up Police Officer Files, Expose Misconduct

By Zhuoshan Liu NEW JERSEY – New Jersey recently announced controversial legislation that would dramatica ...

By Zhuoshan Liu NEW JERSEY – New Jersey recently announced controversial legislation that would dramatically increase the transparency of police officers in the state, and is designed to protect innoc ...

July 20, 2020
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Victim Pleads for Charges to be Dismissed against Boyfriend, Charges Police Were ‘Aggressive’

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|Date: July 13, 2020
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Victim Pleads for Charges to be Dismissed against Boyfriend, Charges Police Were ‘Aggressive’

By Julietta Bisharyan FRESNO - During an arraignment in Fresno County Superior Court, the defendant’s gir ...

By Julietta Bisharyan FRESNO - During an arraignment in Fresno County Superior Court, the defendant’s girlfriend and alleged victim asked that the court drop any and all charges against him in a domes ...

July 13, 2020
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Boudin Will Not Charge Cases That Rely on Officers with Serious Prior Misconduct

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|Date: June 16, 2020
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Boudin Will Not Charge Cases That Rely on Officers with Serious Prior Misconduct

For years, district attorneys working hand in hand with police have looked the other way and minimized po ...

For years, district attorneys working hand in hand with police have looked the other way and minimized police officers with spotty to bad records on officer misconduct and use of force. This despite ...

June 16, 2020
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Past Videos of Police Brutality, as in Solano County, Haunt George Floyd Protests

Posted by Tia Will
|Date: June 06, 2020
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Past Videos of Police Brutality, as in Solano County, Haunt George Floyd Protests

By Julietta Bisharyan FAIRFIELD - Old videos, including one from 2018 of a Fairfield officer Tasering a ...

By Julietta Bisharyan FAIRFIELD - Old videos, including one from 2018 of a Fairfield officer Tasering a paralyzed black man, are resurfacing amid the George Floyd protests. In addition to the one fr ...

June 06, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Cop’s Memorial Day Killing of Black Man Encouraged by Local DA Culture

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|Date: May 27, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Cop’s Memorial Day Killing of Black Man Encouraged by Local DA Culture

by Rory Fleming Minneapolis, Memorial Day 2020. A Black man’s head lies on the asphalt, and the white Min ...

by Rory Fleming Minneapolis, Memorial Day 2020. A Black man’s head lies on the asphalt, and the white Minneapolis police officer holds an upright position, with his knee snugly pressed against the fir ...

May 27, 2020
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Police Practices Experts Square Off in Excessive Force Suit against Stockton Cops

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|Date: January 20, 2020
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Police Practices Experts Square Off in Excessive Force Suit against Stockton Cops

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau STOCKTON – Police practices expert witnesses Robert Clar ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau STOCKTON – Police practices expert witnesses Robert Clark and R.K. Miller – both former cops and both paid thousands of dollar each to opine for client ...

January 20, 2020
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Officer Admits in Stockton Lawsuit to Using ‘Distraction Blows’ on Teen

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|Date: January 17, 2020
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Officer Admits in Stockton Lawsuit to Using ‘Distraction Blows’ on Teen

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau STOCKTON – The civil rights trial against the city of St ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau STOCKTON – The civil rights trial against the city of Stockton and two of its sergeants – including one with a history of shooting and killing suspects ...

January 17, 2020
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Officer Accused of Knocking Teeth Out of Black Teen in 2011 Denies Culpability in Stockton Court

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|Date: January 16, 2020
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Officer Accused of Knocking Teeth Out of Black Teen in 2011 Denies Culpability in Stockton Court

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau STOCKTON, Ca – It’s been nearly nine years in the making ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau STOCKTON, Ca – It’s been nearly nine years in the making, but the civil rights lawsuit against two Stockton police officers involved in the arrest and ...

January 16, 2020
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