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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

Posted by David Greenwald
|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

Posted by David Greenwald
|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

Posted by David Greenwald
|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

Posted by David Greenwald
|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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Commentary: Did Democrats Sell Out on Police Use of Force?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 31, 2019
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Commentary: Did Democrats Sell Out on Police Use of Force?

Reaction to the compromise of AB 392, the police use-of-force bill co-authored by Shirley Weber and Kevin ...

Reaction to the compromise of AB 392, the police use-of-force bill co-authored by Shirley Weber and Kevin McCarty, varies. Some are calling it a sellout, others believe California could have the stri ...

May 31, 2019
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Student Walkout, March to Capitol Marks Black Panther Gun Protest and Bill to Hold Police Accountable

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 04, 2019
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Student Walkout, March to Capitol Marks Black Panther Gun Protest and Bill to Hold Police Accountable

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – A little more than 50 years ago, two dozen ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – A little more than 50 years ago, two dozen gun-carrying Black Panthers entered the State Capitol to oppose gun legislation – at that time ...

May 04, 2019
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Guest Commentary: Former Police Officer Supports AB 392

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|Date: April 30, 2019
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Guest Commentary: Former Police Officer Supports AB 392

By Cheryl Dorsey I spent twenty years as a Los Angeles Police Department officer and patrol sergeant. I’m ...

By Cheryl Dorsey I spent twenty years as a Los Angeles Police Department officer and patrol sergeant. I’m also a black woman and a mother to four sons. In 2014, a spate of deadly police use-of-force k ...

April 30, 2019
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EXCLUSIVE: Vanguard Learns Mass Student Walkout Set in May to Push for Police Gun Reform

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|Date: April 19, 2019
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EXCLUSIVE: Vanguard Learns Mass Student Walkout Set in May to Push for Police Gun Reform

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – A coalition of Black Students has revealed ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – A coalition of Black Students has revealed to the Davis Vanguard that it is organizing – along with students groups throughout the state a ...

April 19, 2019
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Raucous Rally at Capitol for Curbing Premature Lethal Force by Law Enforcement Precedes Important Assembly Vote

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|Date: April 09, 2019
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Raucous Rally at Capitol for Curbing Premature Lethal Force by Law Enforcement Precedes Important Assembly Vote

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Several hundred people – including lawmaker ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Several hundred people – including lawmakers, family of victims killed by police and celebrities – rallied for passage at the State Capito ...

April 09, 2019
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Judge Authorizes San Francisco to Release Records in Police Killings and Misconduct cases

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|Date: March 31, 2019
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Judge Authorizes San Francisco to Release Records in Police Killings and Misconduct cases

(From Press Release) - Today, a judge authorized the release of all records of San Francisco police offic ...

(From Press Release) - Today, a judge authorized the release of all records of San Francisco police officers involved in shootings, killings and other serious misconduct, as legally required under SB ...

March 31, 2019
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Dolores Huerta Draws Attention to Latinos Killed by the Police in Pushing For AB 392

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 30, 2019
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Dolores Huerta Draws Attention to Latinos Killed by the Police in Pushing For AB 392

While much of the attention in recent years has focused on African Americans killed in disproportionate n ...

While much of the attention in recent years has focused on African Americans killed in disproportionate numbers by the police, longtime civil rights leader Dolores Huerta, in a recent op-ed in the Sac ...

March 30, 2019
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ACLU of California Launches Radio Ad Campaign in Support of AB 392 to Reduce Number of Police Shootings

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|Date: March 20, 2019
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ACLU of California Launches Radio Ad Campaign in Support of AB 392 to Reduce Number of Police Shootings

(From Press Release)–One year after the tragic shooting death of Stephon Clark in his grandmother’s backy ...

(From Press Release)–One year after the tragic shooting death of Stephon Clark in his grandmother’s backyard in Sacramento, the ACLU of California is launching an advertising buy in support of legisla ...

March 20, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Stephon Clark’s Death Will Lead to Changes

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 10, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Stephon Clark’s Death Will Lead to Changes

If people want to understand better the impact of the protests against the Sacramento DA and AG’s office ...

If people want to understand better the impact of the protests against the Sacramento DA and AG’s office over the failure to bring forward criminal complaints against the officers, we should look to t ...

March 10, 2019
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