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DA Declines to Charge Officers Who Shot Mann, Family Speaks Out

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 31, 2017
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DA Declines to Charge Officers Who Shot Mann, Family Speaks Out

A dash cam, that showed officers in pursuit of Joseph Mann attempt to hit the African American with their ...

A dash cam, that showed officers in pursuit of Joseph Mann attempt to hit the African American with their vehicle, apparently was not enough to convince prosecutors to charge the two officers, John Te ...

January 31, 2017
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Response: Law Professors Mistakenly Claim that Michael Slager Planted Evidence

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: December 27, 2016
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Response: Law Professors Mistakenly Claim that Michael Slager Planted Evidence

By Dick Griest Let me bring to your attention evidence which I believe makes the legal opinions suspect o ...

By Dick Griest Let me bring to your attention evidence which I believe makes the legal opinions suspect of the above two individuals one of which has been quoted in your paper. In his Op/Ed appearing ...

December 27, 2016
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Justice Watch: Manslaughter Charges in Police Shooting of Philando Castile; Why the Innocent Plead Guilty

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 17, 2016
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Justice Watch: Manslaughter Charges in Police Shooting of Philando Castile; Why the Innocent Plead Guilty

Once again a prosecutor is attempting to criminally charge a police officer for the killing of a black ma ...

Once again a prosecutor is attempting to criminally charge a police officer for the killing of a black man. In this case, it is the shooting of Philando Castile – Officer Jeronimo Yanez was charged o ...

November 17, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Use of Force Expert Analyzes Mann Shooting, Believes It Is Premeditated Murder

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 25, 2016
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Use of Force Expert Analyzes Mann Shooting, Believes It Is Premeditated Murder

The dashcam video of the Joseph Mann shooting in Sacramento shows officers in pursuit of the African Amer ...

The dashcam video of the Joseph Mann shooting in Sacramento shows officers in pursuit of the African American who suffered from mental illness – who was reportedly armed with a folding knife, accordin ...

October 25, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Justice Watch: Columnist Nails Sac Council on Police Protesters

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 17, 2016
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Justice Watch: Columnist Nails Sac Council on Police Protesters

When people are angry at a public meeting, sometimes the best approach is to sit there and take it rather ...

When people are angry at a public meeting, sometimes the best approach is to sit there and take it rather than trying to lecture people about how to express their outrage. The column by Marcos Breton ...

October 17, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Justice Watch: Burris Calls for Federal Investigation of Mann Shooting, As Family Calls for Murder Charges

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 04, 2016
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Justice Watch: Burris Calls for Federal Investigation of Mann Shooting, As Family Calls for Murder Charges

A press conference was called on Monday to demand that Sacramento County prosecutor Anna Marie Schubert c ...

A press conference was called on Monday to demand that Sacramento County prosecutor Anna Marie Schubert charge Sacramento Police Officers John Tennis and Randy Lozoya with the premeditated murder of J ...

October 04, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Justice Watch: New Video in Mann Shooting Shines New Light

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 02, 2016
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Justice Watch: New Video in Mann Shooting Shines New Light

New video released in the Sacramento police shooting of Joseph Mann shows the police attempting to run hi ...

New video released in the Sacramento police shooting of Joseph Mann shows the police attempting to run him over. “F- this guy,” the officer says as the police vehicle takes aim at Mr. Mann in North S ...

October 02, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Court Finds Running is Reasonable Response to Police Harassment and Racial Profiling

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 01, 2016
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Court Finds Running is Reasonable Response to Police Harassment and Racial Profiling

By Jeffery Robinson In 2004, University of Virginia football player Marquis Weeks returned a kickoff 100 ...

By Jeffery Robinson In 2004, University of Virginia football player Marquis Weeks returned a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown. After the game he described how he did it: "That was just instinct," Wee ...

October 01, 2016
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Justice Watch: Charlotte Police Release Video, More Questions Arise

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 25, 2016
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Justice Watch: Charlotte Police Release Video, More Questions Arise

Under pressure, the Charlotte, North Carolina, police chief finally released both body and dashboard came ...

Under pressure, the Charlotte, North Carolina, police chief finally released both body and dashboard camera videos on Saturday of the fatal police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott. As previously stated ...

September 25, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Shoot First, Ask Questions Later

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 18, 2016
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Sunday Commentary: Shoot First, Ask Questions Later

The death of Tyre King has spawned a number of questions and a debate. The 13-year-old was shot after he ...

The death of Tyre King has spawned a number of questions and a debate. The 13-year-old was shot after he was in a group of people who used a BB gun, that reportedly looked like a real gun, to rob peo ...

September 18, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Justice Watch: Another Teen Killed by Police; California Again Pushes against the Death Penalty

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 16, 2016
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Justice Watch: Another Teen Killed by Police; California Again Pushes against the Death Penalty

In what bears some resemblance to the Tamir Rice shooting, this time in Columbus, Ohio, an Ohio cop has s ...

In what bears some resemblance to the Tamir Rice shooting, this time in Columbus, Ohio, an Ohio cop has shot and killed an 8th grader, identified as Tyre King. The teen was shot “multiple times” by C ...

September 16, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts II: Milwaukee Shows the Lit Fuse Has Explosive Potential

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 15, 2016
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Monday Morning Thoughts II: Milwaukee Shows the Lit Fuse Has Explosive Potential

Another police shooting has generated protests and violence in an incident where it appears, at least ini ...

Another police shooting has generated protests and violence in an incident where it appears, at least initially, that police may have been justified in shooting the 23-year-old man they say was armed ...

August 15, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Troubling Background Found on Officer Involved in Sacramento Shooting

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 12, 2016
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Troubling Background Found on Officer Involved in Sacramento Shooting

Civil Rights Attorney John Burris held another press conference on Thursday in Sacramento, and, while the ...

Civil Rights Attorney John Burris held another press conference on Thursday in Sacramento, and, while the Vanguard was unable to attend, the Vanguard did receive information on court documents indicat ...

August 12, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Lack of Prompt Medical Attention Aggravating Factor in Police Shootings

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 22, 2016
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Commentary: Lack of Prompt Medical Attention Aggravating Factor in Police Shootings

The reports came out yesterday that police in South Florida shot another unarmed black man. In this case ...

The reports came out yesterday that police in South Florida shot another unarmed black man. In this case, Charles Kinsey was attempting to chase down a young autistic man – who had wandered away from ...

July 22, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Philando Castile Should Still Be Alive

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 15, 2016
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Philando Castile Should Still Be Alive

by Jana Kooren Philando Castile should still be alive. Mr. Phil (as he was known at school) worked at my ...

by Jana Kooren Philando Castile should still be alive. Mr. Phil (as he was known at school) worked at my son’s elementary school in the cafeteria. My son started pre-K this fall at the tender age of f ...

July 15, 2016
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Analysis: What to Make of Study on Police Shootings and Use of Force

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 12, 2016
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Analysis: What to Make of Study on Police Shootings and Use of Force

The headline in the New York Times read “Surprising New Evidence Shows Bias in Police Use of Force but No ...

The headline in the New York Times read “Surprising New Evidence Shows Bias in Police Use of Force but Not in Shootings” and the researcher, Harvard Economic Professor Roland Fryer, calls it “the most ...

July 12, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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In the Name of Safety

Posted by Tia Will
|Date: July 08, 2016
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In the Name of Safety

By Tia Will There is often a large separation between our perception of reality, and reality itself. Now ...

By Tia Will There is often a large separation between our perception of reality, and reality itself. Nowhere is that more clear to me than in the area of safety. As individuals, and as a society we h ...

July 08, 2016
| by Tia Will

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Another Killing, of a Black Man in Louisiana, Captured on Video, Spawns Anger and Protests

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 07, 2016
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Another Killing, of a Black Man in Louisiana, Captured on Video, Spawns Anger and Protests

Here we go again. When 37-year-old Alton Sterling, a black man, was shot and killed by officers of the B ...

Here we go again. When 37-year-old Alton Sterling, a black man, was shot and killed by officers of the Baton Rouge Police Department on Tuesday, it ignited protests around the country. On Wednesday, ...

July 07, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Second Request: Adachi Asks for State Probe into SFPD

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 03, 2016
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Second Request: Adachi Asks for State Probe into SFPD

From press release: In light of recent developments and for the second time in two months, San Francisco ...

From press release: In light of recent developments and for the second time in two months, San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi today urged the California Attorney General to open a civil rights ...

June 03, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Adachi on the Need for Use of Force Reforms (Video)

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 02, 2016
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Adachi on the Need for Use of Force Reforms (Video)

During his opening remarks to the 2016 SF Justice Summit on Police Use of Force, Jeff Adachi told the pac ...

During his opening remarks to the 2016 SF Justice Summit on Police Use of Force, Jeff Adachi told the packed audience, “San Francisco is at a crossroads. In the last six months, we’ve had three polic ...

June 02, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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