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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

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|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
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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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Use of Force Expert Breaks Down Recent Police Killings

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 01, 2016
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Use of Force Expert Breaks Down Recent Police Killings

At last week’s San Francisco Justice Summit that focused on police use of force, Jeff Adachi called on us ...

At last week’s San Francisco Justice Summit that focused on police use of force, Jeff Adachi called on use of force expert Ken Williams to break down several recent shootings, particularly the Decembe ...

June 01, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: An Eerily Similar Shooting

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 23, 2016
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Monday Morning Thoughts: An Eerily Similar Shooting

There are common denominators in a lot of these police shootings and the killing of Jessica Williams last ...

There are common denominators in a lot of these police shootings and the killing of Jessica Williams last week, which led to the resignation of San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr, follows one of tho ...

May 23, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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We Still Don’t Know How Many Shot by Police

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 22, 2016
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We Still Don’t Know How Many Shot by Police

By Kanya Bennett One year ago, the White House released The Final Report of the President’s Task Force on ...

By Kanya Bennett One year ago, the White House released The Final Report of the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing — 116 pages of recommendations meant to address the epidemic of killings ...

May 22, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Justice for Mario Woods: ACLU Calls for Federal Investigation of the SFPD

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 30, 2016
| (1) Comment

Justice for Mario Woods: ACLU Calls for Federal Investigation of the SFPD

by Alan Schlosser Today, the ACLU of Northern California and the ACLU Disability Rights Program sent a le ...

by Alan Schlosser Today, the ACLU of Northern California and the ACLU Disability Rights Program sent a letter to the US Department of Justice (DOJ) urging a federal pattern and practice investigation ...

January 30, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Toy Guns Kill People

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 05, 2016
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Commentary: Toy Guns Kill People

Yesterday I took my daughter to lunch over at Lamppost Pizza. She likes to get the little trinkets in the ...

Yesterday I took my daughter to lunch over at Lamppost Pizza. She likes to get the little trinkets in the quarter vending machines and so I gave her $1, thinking little of it. She came back with a tin ...

January 05, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Death of Man Shot By Paradise Police Officer Leads to More Questions

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 23, 2015
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Death of Man Shot By Paradise Police Officer Leads to More Questions

This week 26-year-old Andrew Thomas died from gunshot wounds sustained on November 26, fired by Paradise ...

This week 26-year-old Andrew Thomas died from gunshot wounds sustained on November 26, fired by Paradise Police Officer Patrick Feaster. On December 10, Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey anno ...

December 23, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Justice Department Investigates Chicago Police

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 07, 2015
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Justice Department Investigates Chicago Police

The Washington Post reports that, once again, the Department of Justice will launch an investigation into ...

The Washington Post reports that, once again, the Department of Justice will launch an investigation into patterns and practices, this time of the Chicago Police Department, a review that will be simi ...

December 07, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Eye on the Courts: Changing Landscape for the Judicial System on Death Penalty, Police, Incarceration

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 01, 2015
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Eye on the Courts: Changing Landscape for the Judicial System on Death Penalty, Police, Incarceration

Federal Appeals Court Hears Arguments on the Constitutionality of California’s Death Penalty Last year, U ...

Federal Appeals Court Hears Arguments on the Constitutionality of California’s Death Penalty Last year, U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney declared California’s system of capital punishment unconstitut ...

September 01, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Eye on the Courts: Has the Police Issue Been Miscast As Racial Rather than Class-Based?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 06, 2015
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Eye on the Courts: Has the Police Issue Been Miscast As Racial Rather than Class-Based?

In the year since Ferguson, the media and the nation has focused largely on a string of incidents that fe ...

In the year since Ferguson, the media and the nation has focused largely on a string of incidents that feature police interactions with unarmed African-Americans. But Damon Linker argues in The Week, ...

August 06, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Tamir Rice Investigation Shows Fatal Flaws In Shooting and Medical Response

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 15, 2015
| (16) Comments

Tamir Rice Investigation Shows Fatal Flaws In Shooting and Medical Response

The Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office released a redacted version of their investigation this weekend, ...

The Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office released a redacted version of their investigation this weekend, and while the 224-page report, compiled by Sheriff's Department investigators, offers no determ ...

June 15, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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