SF PD Officer Charged by District Attorney with Multiple Felonies for Brutal Baton Beating of Black Man More than a Year Ago
SAN FRANCISCO – A San Francisco Police Dept officer – accused of beating a man with his…
Seattle Office of Police Accountability Releases Five Completed Investigations of Alleged Police Misconduct
By Tiffany Devlin SEATTLE – Across the country, since late May, there have been large and noisy…
Reform Philly DA Charges, Arrests Former Police Sgt for Beating Protestors
By Mia Machado PHILADELPHIA- Reform Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner announced late this last week the arrest…
EXONERATIONS: Part X – Discipline of Law Enforcement for Misconduct Nearly Nonexistent
(This is the 10th of an 11-part series by The Vanguard reporting on a study of exonerations…
EXONERATIONS: Part VII – Misconduct by Police and Prosecutors at Trial Cause of Wrongful Convictions
(This is the sixth in an 11-part series by The Vanguard reporting on a study of…
EXONERATIONS: Part II in the Series – Frequency of Official Misconduct/ Characteristics of Misconduct and Its Disparities
(This is the second in an 11-part series by The Vanguard reporting on a study of exonerations…
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 the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 of Mississippi…
Update on the Portland Protests (Video)
Vanguard reporter Roman Mendoza has been on the ground at the Portland protests for the past few…
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…
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…
District Attorney Krasner Files Charges against Officer for Attack on Protesters
By Ayanna Gandhi PHILADELPHIA – Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner Tuesday announced criminal proceedings against Philadelphia Police…
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…
New Jersey Legislation Would Open Up Police Officer Files, Expose Misconduct
By Zhuoshan Liu NEW JERSEY – New Jersey recently announced controversial legislation that would dramatically increase the…
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 girlfriend and…