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…
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…
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…
Police Practices Experts Square Off in Excessive Force Suit against Stockton Cops
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau STOCKTON – Police practices expert witnesses Robert Clark and R.K. Miller…
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 Stockton…
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,…
Complaints about Police Abuse: Strip Search and Rectal Exam
According to a complaint, police in Oak Lawn, a suburb of Chicago, subjected Tylus Allen Jr. to…
Trial Nears – After Nearly 9 Years – of Stockton Cop Accused of Beating Teen
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau STOCKTON, CA – Nearly nine years after a Stockton City police…
Who Doesn’t Love the NYPD Slowdown?
By Sarah Lustbader While progressives and reformers wax poetic about reducing low-level arrests, one group is making…
How Warren and Sanders Would Overhaul the Criminal System
By Sarah Lustbader This week, the two most progressive frontrunners for the Democratic presidential nomination, Senators Elizabeth…
District Attorney Candidates Meet in Candidate Forum in San Francisco – Part 2
San Francisco – District Attorney candidates vying for an open seat in November met at the UC…
District Attorney Candidates Meet in Candidate Forum in San Francisco – Part 1
San Francisco – District Attorney candidates vying for an open seat in November met at the UC…
SB 1421 Working Group Meet, Discussion Definition of Sustained Complaints
By Marshall Hammons San Francisco – Representatives from various City agencies, departments, and units within SFPD once…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Death Penalty, Media Coverage and the Court Watch
A friend and reader pointed me over the weekend to a column from Nicholas Kristof entitled, “When…
Resisting Arrest or Excessive Force?
Defendant Held on $200,000 Bail Following Beating Taken At Hands of Police By Marshall Hammons Thursday, June…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Four Cases from SF to Sac Illustrate the State of the Injustice System
The Vanguard is now covering cases from San Francisco to Sacramento and we find injustice across the…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Yolo DA Protects Some Victims, but Not All
I find myself very troubled by the treatment of the victim in the case involving Andres Cordova. …
Victim of DV Speaks Out against Cop Who Took Advantage of Her
Back in February the Vanguard reported on the case of Andres Cordova, in which Yolo County Deputy…
Judge Authorizes San Francisco to Release Records in Police Killings and Misconduct cases
(From Press Release) – Today, a judge authorized the release of all records of San Francisco police…
Another Apparent High-Profile DWB Traffic Stop Ends with No Citation, but Children Put at Risk
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Another apparent “Driving While Black” incident here – the…