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Baltimore Defense Attorneys Claim Surveillance Plane Footage Contradicts Law Enforcement Account of Police Shooting

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|Date: February 18, 2020
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Baltimore Defense Attorneys Claim Surveillance Plane Footage Contradicts Law Enforcement Account of Police Shooting

Jawan Richards was shot by Baltimore police and hit with gun and assault charges stemming from the incide ...

Jawan Richards was shot by Baltimore police and hit with gun and assault charges stemming from the incident. His defense attorneys now say video evidence may exonerate their client. By Brandon Soderbe ...

February 18, 2020
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Boudin Clarifies Charging Decision as Use-of-Force Expert Questions Hampton Shooting

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|Date: January 28, 2020
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Boudin Clarifies Charging Decision as Use-of-Force Expert Questions Hampton Shooting

c As criticism has rained down on new San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin, his office put out a ...

c As criticism has rained down on new San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin, his office put out a statement on Monday clarifying that the decision has not been made on whether or not to charge ...

January 28, 2020
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Full Story in Hampton Charging Decision Emerges with Egregious Use of Force and New Charging Policy Aimed at Equity

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|Date: January 26, 2020
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Full Story in Hampton Charging Decision Emerges with Egregious Use of Force and New Charging Policy Aimed at Equity

When Chesa Boudin was elected to San Francisco DA in November, one of his big promises was to hold police ...

When Chesa Boudin was elected to San Francisco DA in November, one of his big promises was to hold police accountable, and for many cases that means avoiding the conflict of interest of relying on the ...

January 26, 2020
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Davis Police Release Video of December Shooting, Showing Man Charge Police Who Then Open Fire

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|Date: January 03, 2020
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Davis Police Release Video of December Shooting, Showing Man Charge Police Who Then Open Fire

The Davis Police have released all audio and video recordings of the December 19 shooting that followed t ...

The Davis Police have released all audio and video recordings of the December 19 shooting that followed the stabbing of Carol Gray by her son. When police arrived they saw Ms. Gray on the ground with ...

January 03, 2020
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Police Say Man Attacked Them with a Knife, Forcing Them To Respond with Gunfire

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|Date: December 20, 2019
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Police Say Man Attacked Them with a Knife, Forcing Them To Respond with Gunfire

Police have not identified the decedents in an early morning incident on Thursday where police responded ...

Police have not identified the decedents in an early morning incident on Thursday where police responded to a 911 call from the female resident at 435 Avocet Place in Davis about a domestic disturbanc ...

December 20, 2019
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Vallejo: Police Kill With Near Impunity

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|Date: December 19, 2019
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Vallejo: Police Kill With Near Impunity

By Darwin BondGraham Since 2010, no Vallejo officer has been disciplined for using deadly force, despite ...

By Darwin BondGraham Since 2010, no Vallejo officer has been disciplined for using deadly force, despite multiple shootings of unarmed people—including a man holding a can of beer. And active police u ...

December 19, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: December 4 Was the 50th Anniversary of the Murder of Fred Hampton

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|Date: December 09, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: December 4 Was the 50th Anniversary of the Murder of Fred Hampton

As someone born in 1972, I am too young to remember contemporaneous accounts of the death of Fred Hampt ...

As someone born in 1972, I am too young to remember contemporaneous accounts of the death of Fred Hampton and the trial that ultimately brought some measure of justice in 1982 – 13 years later. So h ...

December 09, 2019
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City of Stockton Settles Cop Killing Case with Family for $395,000

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|Date: December 06, 2019
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City of Stockton Settles Cop Killing Case with Family for $395,000

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The long, long journey for Dionne Smith-Dow ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The long, long journey for Dionne Smith-Downs since her 16 year-old son James Rivera Jr. was shot and killed by Stockton police officers n ...

December 06, 2019
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Judge Declares Mistrial in Stockton Cop Killing Case after Jury Deadlocks

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|Date: November 13, 2019
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Judge Declares Mistrial in Stockton Cop Killing Case after Jury Deadlocks

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Capitol Bureau SACRAMENTO – The judge in a federal civil rights trial here ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Capitol Bureau SACRAMENTO – The judge in a federal civil rights trial here of two Stockton police officers who killed a 16-year-old special needs teen nearly 10 years ag ...

November 13, 2019
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Federal Jury Deliberates If Police Used Excessive Force in Shooting Death of Special Needs Teen Driving Stolen Van

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|Date: November 11, 2019
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Federal Jury Deliberates If Police Used Excessive Force in Shooting Death of Special Needs Teen Driving Stolen Van

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Capitol Bureau SACRAMENTO – Civil rights attorney John Burris didn’t bothe ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Capitol Bureau SACRAMENTO – Civil rights attorney John Burris didn’t bother to mince words in his closing arguments for the family of a 16-year-old special needs teen ki ...

November 11, 2019
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Police Use of Force Experts in Federal Civil Rights Trial Disagree on Stockton Officers’ Decision to Kill Teen

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|Date: November 08, 2019
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Police Use of Force Experts in Federal Civil Rights Trial Disagree on Stockton Officers’ Decision to Kill Teen

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Capitol Bureau SACRAMENTO – A day after one police procedures expert empha ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Capitol Bureau SACRAMENTO – A day after one police procedures expert emphatically maintained Stockton police officers made a “tactical error” by shooting and killing all ...

November 08, 2019
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DAY 3: Police Procedures Expert Testifies in Shooting that Killed Stockton Teen Was ‘Tactical Error’

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|Date: November 07, 2019
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DAY 3: Police Procedures Expert Testifies in Shooting that Killed Stockton Teen Was ‘Tactical Error’

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Capitol Bureau SACRAMENTO – Day Three in a U.S. District Court civil trial ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Capitol Bureau SACRAMENTO – Day Three in a U.S. District Court civil trial here Wednesday of Stockton city police officers who participated in the 2010 killing of 16-yea ...

November 07, 2019
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Federal Trial: Mother of Slain Teen Shares Witness Stand with Cops Who Killed Him

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|Date: November 06, 2019
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Federal Trial: Mother of Slain Teen Shares Witness Stand with Cops Who Killed Him

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Capitol Bureau SACRAMENTO – The mother of a 16-year-old special needs son ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Capitol Bureau SACRAMENTO – The mother of a 16-year-old special needs son shared a U.S. District Court courtroom witness stand Tuesday with two of the police officers wh ...

November 06, 2019
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Witness Describes Shock on 1st Day of Federal Lawsuit against Stockton City Cops

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|Date: November 05, 2019
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Witness Describes Shock on 1st Day of Federal Lawsuit against Stockton City Cops

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Capitol Bureau SACRAMENTO – The testimony Monday on the first day of what ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Capitol Bureau SACRAMENTO – The testimony Monday on the first day of what is expected to be at least a two-week federal trial of the City of Stockton and two police offi ...

November 05, 2019
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Atatiana Jefferson’s Death Was a Failure of Policing, not the Failure of One Officer

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|Date: October 18, 2019
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Atatiana Jefferson’s Death Was a Failure of Policing, not the Failure of One Officer

By Sarah Lustbader Early Saturday morning, Atatiana Jefferson, a 28-year-old Black woman, was at her ho ...

By Sarah Lustbader Early Saturday morning, Atatiana Jefferson, a 28-year-old Black woman, was at her home in Texas playing video games with her 8-year-old nephew when police officers responded to a ...

October 18, 2019
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Fired Sacramento Cop Who Killed Twice Sues to Get His Job Back

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|Date: October 09, 2019
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Fired Sacramento Cop Who Killed Twice Sues to Get His Job Back

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Bad cops may not face criminal charges ofte ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Bad cops may not face criminal charges often, if at all in Sacramento. And they usually receive no or light discipline for use of excessiv ...

October 09, 2019
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Sheriff Shoots Man, Kills ‘Man’s Best Friend’ in their Own Home

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|Date: September 09, 2019
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Sheriff Shoots Man, Kills ‘Man’s Best Friend’ in their Own Home

(From Press Release – SF Public Defender’s Office) – On Thursday, September 5, 2019, SF Sheriff’s Deputi ...

(From Press Release – SF Public Defender’s Office) – On Thursday, September 5, 2019, SF Sheriff’s Deputies allegedly kicked in the door of a man’s Polk Street residence while attempting to serve a be ...

September 09, 2019
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Family of Willie McCoy Files Civil Rights Suit against Vallejo

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|Date: June 28, 2019
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Family of Willie McCoy Files Civil Rights Suit against Vallejo

Oakland – It has been four months since six Vallejo police officers shot Willie McCoy 25 times as he slep ...

Oakland – It has been four months since six Vallejo police officers shot Willie McCoy 25 times as he slept in his car. On Thursday, famed civil rights Attorney John Burris announced that they had fil ...

June 28, 2019
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Press Conference in Shooting of Vallejo Man (Exclusive Video)

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|Date: May 18, 2019
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Press Conference in Shooting of Vallejo Man (Exclusive Video)

This week, the Vallejo City Council was forced to empty its chambers at a regularly scheduled meeting Tue ...

This week, the Vallejo City Council was forced to empty its chambers at a regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday, using more than a dozen armed and body-armored city police to force more than 100 residen ...

May 18, 2019
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Protest in Police Shooting Death Leads to Vallejo Mayor Shutting Down Council Meeting

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|Date: May 17, 2019
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Protest in Police Shooting Death Leads to Vallejo Mayor Shutting Down Council Meeting

By Crescenzo Vellucci VALLEJO – With the continuing “nightmare” – as many describe it – of unarmed reside ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci VALLEJO – With the continuing “nightmare” – as many describe it – of unarmed residents being killed by law enforcement through the state, U.S. and Northern California, yet anothe ...

May 17, 2019
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