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Guest Commentary: California’s New Attorney General Has a Reputation As a Criminal Justice Reformer, but His Biggest Test Is Yet to Come

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|Date: May 04, 2021
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Guest Commentary: California’s New Attorney General Has a Reputation As a Criminal Justice Reformer, but His Biggest Test Is Yet to Come

Rob Bonta’s career has hinged on the idea that the law can be used to engender social justice. His elevat ...

Rob Bonta’s career has hinged on the idea that the law can be used to engender social justice. His elevation to California’s “top cop” position, where he will become responsible for the vast bureaucra ...

May 04, 2021
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Commentary: One Pound of Flesh Is Not the Answer to Cure Policing

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|Date: April 16, 2021
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Commentary: One Pound of Flesh Is Not the Answer to Cure Policing

By David M. Greenwald As the defense wraps up in the Derek Chauvin trial and the news emerges first about ...

By David M. Greenwald As the defense wraps up in the Derek Chauvin trial and the news emerges first about Daunte Wright and now about young Adam Toledo, we return to the vexing problem of how do we po ...

April 16, 2021
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 98: County County Prosecutor Kim Foxx

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|Date: March 22, 2021
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 98: County County Prosecutor Kim Foxx

Kim Foxx is trying to reform one of the most notorious counties in the Country - see what she is doing ab ...

Kim Foxx is trying to reform one of the most notorious counties in the Country - see what she is doing about issues like wrongful convictions, police shootings and bail reform. Kim Foxx took over in t ...

March 22, 2021
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Guest Commentary: We Must Abolish Qualified Immunity to Prevent Further Police Harm — Especially for People in Mental Health Crises

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|Date: March 22, 2021
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Guest Commentary: We Must Abolish Qualified Immunity to Prevent Further Police Harm — Especially for People in Mental Health Crises

When courts are forgiving police for tasing people who are covered in gasoline, things have gone very wro ...

When courts are forgiving police for tasing people who are covered in gasoline, things have gone very wrong. By West Resendes and Somil Trivedi On July 10, 2017, Gabriel Eduardo Olivas was having a me ...

March 22, 2021
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Group Pushes for Justice for Willie McCoy, Killed by Vallejo Police; Alleges Retaliation against Whistleblower

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|Date: February 12, 2021
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Group Pushes for Justice for Willie McCoy, Killed by Vallejo Police; Alleges Retaliation against Whistleblower

By David M. Greenwald Earlier this week, a group of supporters of Willie McCoy rallied in Sacramento and ...

By David M. Greenwald Earlier this week, a group of supporters of Willie McCoy rallied in Sacramento and pushed for a number of changes, on the two-year anniversary of the death of the man, shot by Va ...

February 12, 2021
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Can We Find a Way to Honor Natalie without ‘Thin Blue Line’ Flag?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 11, 2021
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Can We Find a Way to Honor Natalie without ‘Thin Blue Line’ Flag?

By David M. Greenwald It was just two years ago Davis suffered a horrifying and tragic loss as Natalie Co ...

By David M. Greenwald It was just two years ago Davis suffered a horrifying and tragic loss as Natalie Corona was gunned down on Fifth Street as she attempted to provide assistance to a vehicle accide ...

January 11, 2021
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My View: Quickest Change for Policing – CAHOOTS Model

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|Date: January 02, 2021
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My View: Quickest Change for Policing – CAHOOTS Model

By David M. Greenwald The Davis City Council in December signed on to a nine-point plan for reimagining p ...

By David M. Greenwald The Davis City Council in December signed on to a nine-point plan for reimagining policing. Some of the steps will be more difficult than others, but one clear path for change l ...

January 02, 2021
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Commentary: Kern County Sheriff Has Worst Record in Nation in Officer-Involved Shootings, but Denies AG’s Allegations

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|Date: December 24, 2020
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Commentary: Kern County Sheriff Has Worst Record in Nation in Officer-Involved Shootings, but Denies AG’s Allegations

By David Greenwald California Attorney General Xavier Becerra—appointed by Biden to head US Health and Hu ...

By David Greenwald California Attorney General Xavier Becerra—appointed by Biden to head US Health and Human Services—has been rightly criticized for failing to hold police accountable for misconduct ...

December 24, 2020
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My View: A Lot of Reformers Paradoxically Are Pleased to See Becerra Appointed to HHS

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|Date: December 07, 2020
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My View: A Lot of Reformers Paradoxically Are Pleased to See Becerra Appointed to HHS

By David M. Greenwald The Sacramento Bee headline caught my eye: “He sued the Trump administration over 1 ...

By David M. Greenwald The Sacramento Bee headline caught my eye: “He sued the Trump administration over 100 times. Now Biden wants Xavier Becerra in his Cabinet"—will that make it difficult to confirm ...

December 07, 2020
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Racial Justice, Slavery Reparations, and a Police Shootings Bill by Senator Dodd Signed by the Governor

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|Date: October 01, 2020
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Racial Justice, Slavery Reparations, and a Police Shootings Bill by Senator Dodd Signed by the Governor

Legislation Made Law by Governor Wednesday Designed to Make CA Leader in Addressing Racial Injustice By J ...

Legislation Made Law by Governor Wednesday Designed to Make CA Leader in Addressing Racial Injustice By Jose Medina SACRAMENTO – As the U.S. continues to grapple with its deep systemic racism, Califor ...

October 01, 2020
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Prosecutor Resigns from President’s Law Enforcement Commission in Protest

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|Date: September 13, 2020
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Prosecutor Resigns from President’s Law Enforcement Commission in Protest

A year ago, President Trump created the Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration ...

A year ago, President Trump created the Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice, asking for a report within a year. Now John Choi, the elected prosecutor in Ramse ...

September 13, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Defunding the Police Will Actually Make Us Safer

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|Date: August 24, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Defunding the Police Will Actually Make Us Safer

By Paige Fernandez Almost exactly six years after NYPD officers murdered Eric Garner in New York City, Mi ...

By Paige Fernandez Almost exactly six years after NYPD officers murdered Eric Garner in New York City, Minneapolis police officers murdered George Floyd. Activists, advocates, and protestors are still ...

August 24, 2020
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ACLU REPORT: Police Fatally Shoot/Kill People of Color at Same Rate During Pandemic

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|Date: August 21, 2020
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ACLU REPORT: Police Fatally Shoot/Kill People of Color at Same Rate During Pandemic

By Anais Cortes The ACLU’s recent research report, “The Other Epidemic: Fatal Police Shootings in the Tim ...

By Anais Cortes The ACLU’s recent research report, “The Other Epidemic: Fatal Police Shootings in the Time of COVID-19,” offers a systematic review of the persistence of police brutality—specifically ...

August 21, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Reisig This Isn’t (Just) About You

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 29, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Reisig This Isn’t (Just) About You

When Public Defender Tracie Olson pointed out, quite correctly, that in the Yolo County Jail on April 20, ...

When Public Defender Tracie Olson pointed out, quite correctly, that in the Yolo County Jail on April 20, 2020, the population was about 28 percent Black in a county with a population of just 3 percen ...

June 29, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 23 – Michael Gennaco talks about police accountability

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|Date: December 20, 2019
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 23 – Michael Gennaco talks about police accountability

Michael Gennaco was hired as the police auditor by the city of Davis in the wake of the Picnic Day incide ...

Michael Gennaco was hired as the police auditor by the city of Davis in the wake of the Picnic Day incident. Mr. Gennaco is a veteran auditor who has reviewed cases and incidents across the nation. Ev ...

December 20, 2019
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Protesters in Front of SF Court, Angry at Loftus Appointment, Lack of Action on Police Shootings

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|Date: October 22, 2019
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Protesters in Front of SF Court, Angry at Loftus Appointment, Lack of Action on Police Shootings

A small handful of protesters took to the front of the Hall of Justice in San Francisco Monday, protestin ...

A small handful of protesters took to the front of the Hall of Justice in San Francisco Monday, protesting the first day of District Attorney Suzy Loftus’ tenure – having been appointed by Mayor Londo ...

October 22, 2019
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Sacramento Police ‘Cleared’ in Killing of Unarmed Stephon Clark – Community Reacts with Anger, Warnings

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|Date: September 27, 2019
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Sacramento Police ‘Cleared’ in Killing of Unarmed Stephon Clark – Community Reacts with Anger, Warnings

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Reactions were swift and furious Thursday t ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Reactions were swift and furious Thursday to an official announcement that final investigations by federal authorities and the Sacramento ...

September 27, 2019
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Governor Signs Use-of-Force Bill to Require Police Use Deadly Force Only When Necessary

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|Date: August 20, 2019
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Governor Signs Use-of-Force Bill to Require Police Use Deadly Force Only When Necessary

California Families Celebrate as Governor Signs One of the Strongest Police Use of Force Laws in the Coun ...

California Families Celebrate as Governor Signs One of the Strongest Police Use of Force Laws in the Country Special To the Vanguard On Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom, as expected, signed AB 392, autho ...

August 20, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Body Cameras Aren’t Having the Impact That Some Expected… But Those People Didn’t Understand Psychology

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|Date: June 23, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Body Cameras Aren’t Having the Impact That Some Expected… But Those People Didn’t Understand Psychology

In 1991, an amateur video surfaced of police officers badly beating motorist Rodney King in Los Angeles. ...

In 1991, an amateur video surfaced of police officers badly beating motorist Rodney King in Los Angeles. Much of the nation was shocked to see such a display of wanton brutality – but the reality tha ...

June 23, 2019
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Black Boys Aren’t “Wolf Packs” and Abusive Prosecutors Aren’t “Lone Wolves”

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|Date: June 19, 2019
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Black Boys Aren’t “Wolf Packs” and Abusive Prosecutors Aren’t “Lone Wolves”

By Somil Trivedi and Nusrat Choudhury Ava Duvernay’s new miniseries, When They See Us, retells the harrow ...

By Somil Trivedi and Nusrat Choudhury Ava Duvernay’s new miniseries, When They See Us, retells the harrowing story of the five Black and Latinx boys wrongfully imprisoned for the rape and near murder ...

June 19, 2019
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