Police Reform Archives | Page 2 of 2

California, Say Her Name

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 14, 2018
| 0 comments

California, Say Her Name

By Novella Coleman As stories of state violence against Black men and boys occupy many of the calls for p ...

By Novella Coleman As stories of state violence against Black men and boys occupy many of the calls for police reform, countless stories of Black women and girls subjected to excessive force and polic ...

June 14, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

| 0 comments

Read more
California AG Takes on Independent Review of San Francisco Police Reforms

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 08, 2018
| 0 comments

California AG Takes on Independent Review of San Francisco Police Reforms

Becerra Assumes Role After U.S. Department of Justice Retreats from Ongoing Review of Recommended Reforms ...

Becerra Assumes Role After U.S. Department of Justice Retreats from Ongoing Review of Recommended Reforms (From press release): Attorney General Xavier Becerra Monday announced that the California Dep ...

February 08, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

| 0 comments

Read more
Is Sessions Trying to Kill Police Reform?

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 06, 2017
| 0 comments

Is Sessions Trying to Kill Police Reform?

By David Rocah UPDATE: As this blog post was being sent to press, the court denied the Justice Department ...

By David Rocah UPDATE: As this blog post was being sent to press, the court denied the Justice Department’s request to delay Thursday’s hearing. The court said, “The Government’s motion is untimely. T ...

April 06, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

| 0 comments

Read more
AG Sessions Seeking to End Police Reform Efforts; Local Officials Balk

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 05, 2017
| 0 comments

AG Sessions Seeking to End Police Reform Efforts; Local Officials Balk

On Monday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions ordered Justice Department officials to review reform agreement ...

On Monday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions ordered Justice Department officials to review reform agreements with various police agencies nationwide which were under scrutiny for various incidents. A va ...

April 05, 2017
| by David Greenwald

| 0 comments

Read more
Future of Police Reform Will Be Forged at the City and County Level

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 24, 2017
| 0 comments

Future of Police Reform Will Be Forged at the City and County Level

By Lorena González In the final entry in the series, "Waking Up in Trump's America," Seattle Councilmembe ...

By Lorena González In the final entry in the series, "Waking Up in Trump's America," Seattle Councilmember At-Large Lorena González argues that police reform will come from pressure on local and coun ...

January 24, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

| 0 comments

Read more
Police Reform Must Be Bolstered by Legal Action

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 05, 2016
| (10) Comments

Police Reform Must Be Bolstered by Legal Action

By Matthew Segal Something is missing from the debate over police reform. Though police killings of black ...

By Matthew Segal Something is missing from the debate over police reform. Though police killings of black men have sparked a nationwide movement to stop police violence, the police can fairly ask whet ...

August 05, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (10) Comments

Read more
Six National Police Reform Bills Congress Must Pass

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 17, 2016
| (25) Comments

Six National Police Reform Bills Congress Must Pass

By Kanya Bennett This week, we continued to mourn the loss of Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, and the D ...

By Kanya Bennett This week, we continued to mourn the loss of Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, and the Dallas police officers. But the reality is that we've been in mourning for victims of color of p ...

July 17, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (25) Comments

Read more
Monday Morning Thoughts II: Need Systemic Approach to Police Reform

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 11, 2016
| (13) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts II: Need Systemic Approach to Police Reform

While the very name of Al Sharpton will stir resistance in some of our readership, there is no doubt that ...

While the very name of Al Sharpton will stir resistance in some of our readership, there is no doubt that his op-ed this weekend on the need to stop dealing with police brutality episodically is right ...

July 11, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (13) Comments

Read more
Are Advocates For Reforming Police Practices Anti-Police?

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 28, 2015
| (41) Comments

Are Advocates For Reforming Police Practices Anti-Police?

Tim Lynch, writing on the Cato Institute’s “At Liberty” site, notes, “If you are an advocate for school c ...

Tim Lynch, writing on the Cato Institute’s “At Liberty” site, notes, “If you are an advocate for school choice, you must risk being called 'anti-teacher' by the political left. But did you know there ...

November 28, 2015
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (41) Comments

Read more
Monday Morning Thoughts II: #BlackLivesMatter Moves to the Policy Realm

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 31, 2015
| (50) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts II: #BlackLivesMatter Moves to the Policy Realm

It was a movement born of anger and frustration, but if #BlackLivesMatter is to be anything more than a m ...

It was a movement born of anger and frustration, but if #BlackLivesMatter is to be anything more than a momentary blip in history, it has to be able to forge a cohesive policy reform agenda. As their ...

August 31, 2015
| by David Greenwald

| (50) Comments

Read more
Baltimore Police Commissioner: Reform Efforts Will Very Likely See More Police Officers Arrested

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 22, 2015
| (20) Comments

Baltimore Police Commissioner: Reform Efforts Will Very Likely See More Police Officers Arrested

This weekend, the Baltimore Sun published the column of Anthony Batts, the police commissioner for Baltim ...

This weekend, the Baltimore Sun published the column of Anthony Batts, the police commissioner for Baltimore City. Mr. Batts argued in part: "Our reform efforts will very likely see more police office ...

June 22, 2015
| by David Greenwald

| (20) Comments

Read more
SF Public Defender Releases Racial Justice Recommendations

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 18, 2015
| (82) Comments

SF Public Defender Releases Racial Justice Recommendations

An estimated 1,000 criminal cases will be reviewed, following revelations that San Francisco police offic ...

An estimated 1,000 criminal cases will be reviewed, following revelations that San Francisco police officers regularly shared racist and homophobic views in text messages, according to an announcement ...

March 18, 2015
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (82) Comments

Read more