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Despite Witness Testimony Issues, Forensic Problems, Judge Rules Murder Case Goes to Trial

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|Date: August 06, 2022
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Despite Witness Testimony Issues, Forensic Problems, Judge Rules Murder Case Goes to Trial

By Leila Katibah MODESTO, CA – After a Thursday preliminary hearing, Stanislaus County Superior Court Jud ...

By Leila Katibah MODESTO, CA – After a Thursday preliminary hearing, Stanislaus County Superior Court Judge Dawna Reeves decided to proceed with a jury trial for Jason Jamar Sheard, charged with the u ...

August 06, 2022
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Guardian: Report Indicates Police Kill Thousands of People Fleeing, Posing No Threat

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|Date: August 04, 2022
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Guardian: Report Indicates Police Kill Thousands of People Fleeing, Posing No Threat

By Vanguard Staff LOS ANGELES, CA – A research group that tracks lethal force cases said this month “near ...

By Vanguard Staff LOS ANGELES, CA – A research group that tracks lethal force cases said this month “nearly one third of people killed by U.S. police since 2015 were running away, driving off or attem ...

August 04, 2022
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Prominent Civil Rights Attorneys Back Alameda DA Candidate Price; Opponent Takes $$ from Law Enforcement

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|Date: July 08, 2022
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Prominent Civil Rights Attorneys Back Alameda DA Candidate Price; Opponent Takes $$ from Law Enforcement

By Shady Gonzalez and Aryal Aglugub OAKLAND, CA - Supporters for district attorney candidates here in Ala ...

By Shady Gonzalez and Aryal Aglugub OAKLAND, CA - Supporters for district attorney candidates here in Alameda County couldn’t be more different. The prominent civil rights lawyers in the John Burris L ...

July 08, 2022
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Survey Released Showing New Data That State is Failing Victims of Crime

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|Date: April 19, 2022
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Survey Released Showing New Data That State is Failing Victims of Crime

By David M. Greenwald Executive Director Sacramento, CA – Unbeknownst to the Prosecutors Alliance that sp ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Director Sacramento, CA – Unbeknownst to the Prosecutors Alliance that sponsored Monday’s press conference where a number of crime survivors told their stories, their e ...

April 19, 2022
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Man Claiming Police Beat Him at Traffic Stop Denied Public Defender Until Judge Agrees to Appoint Free Counsel

Posted by Alexander Jimenez
|Date: January 31, 2022
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Man Claiming Police Beat Him at Traffic Stop Denied Public Defender Until Judge Agrees to Appoint Free Counsel

By Alex Jimenez and Mansour Taleb-Ahmed OAKLAND, CA – A man – claiming his was beaten by police at a traf ...

By Alex Jimenez and Mansour Taleb-Ahmed OAKLAND, CA – A man – claiming his was beaten by police at a traffic stop – was initially refused a public defender here in Alameda County Superior Court last w ...

January 31, 2022
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REPORT: 2021 Sets a Near Record High with Over 1,100 Police Killings

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|Date: January 25, 2022
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REPORT: 2021 Sets a Near Record High with Over 1,100 Police Killings

By Catherine Potente WASHINGTON D.C. – Although a federal program here is being cut off for similar colle ...

By Catherine Potente WASHINGTON D.C. – Although a federal program here is being cut off for similar collection efforts, according to data collected by Mapping Police Violence, 1,134 killings by police ...

January 25, 2022
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In-Depth Scientific Study by The Lancet Finds a Staggering Number of Unreported Deaths Resulting From U.S. Police Violence

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 04, 2021
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In-Depth Scientific Study by The Lancet Finds a Staggering Number of Unreported Deaths Resulting From U.S. Police Violence

By Noe Herrera UNITED KINGDOM – A new study published by a longtime British medical journal Saturday sugg ...

By Noe Herrera UNITED KINGDOM – A new study published by a longtime British medical journal Saturday suggests that the number of deaths attributed to police violence in the U.S. is significantly highe ...

October 04, 2021
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Everyday Injustice Episode 91: Flint Taylor on the Murder of Fred Hampton and Chicago Torture Cases

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|Date: September 13, 2021
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Everyday Injustice Episode 91: Flint Taylor on the Murder of Fred Hampton and Chicago Torture Cases

It started with the murder of Fred Hampton in 1969 but tracks the Chicago Police torture cases which star ...

It started with the murder of Fred Hampton in 1969 but tracks the Chicago Police torture cases which started with Andrew Wilson, a death row prisoner who was tortured by officers including the infamou ...

September 13, 2021
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 123: Voices of Victims of Police Violence

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|Date: August 30, 2021
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 123: Voices of Victims of Police Violence

This week on Everyday Injustice featured women across the country whose loved ones were killed by police ...

This week on Everyday Injustice featured women across the country whose loved ones were killed by police - whether it be sons, brothers, or partners. Marissa Barrera in 2017 lost her brother Michael i ...

August 30, 2021
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San Leandro Police Officer Held for Voluntary Manslaughter after Fatal Shooting

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|Date: July 02, 2021
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San Leandro Police Officer Held for Voluntary Manslaughter after Fatal Shooting

By Sydney Kaplan SAN LEANDRO, CA – San Leandro Police Officer Jason Fletcher is being held for tri ...

By Sydney Kaplan SAN LEANDRO, CA – San Leandro Police Officer Jason Fletcher is being held for trial after his preliminary hearing Wednesday here in Alameda County Superior Court for voluntary ...

July 02, 2021
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SF District Attorney Praises CA Senate OK of Victim Rights, Prosecutor Accountability Bills

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|Date: June 04, 2021
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SF District Attorney Praises CA Senate OK of Victim Rights, Prosecutor Accountability Bills

By Leah Timmerman SAN FRANCISCO, CA- Two key state legislative criminal justice reform bills, SB 299 and ...

By Leah Timmerman SAN FRANCISCO, CA- Two key state legislative criminal justice reform bills, SB 299 and SB 710—which expand victims’ rights, support police accountability, and promote fairness in the ...

June 04, 2021
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NYPD Claims It Used Restraint during BLM Protests, but Videos, Like in George Floyd Killing, Show Otherwise

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|Date: April 25, 2021
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NYPD Claims It Used Restraint during BLM Protests, but Videos, Like in George Floyd Killing, Show Otherwise

By Lovepreet Dhinsa NEW YORK CITY, NY - As the verdict of the Derek Chauvin trial was announced earlier t ...

By Lovepreet Dhinsa NEW YORK CITY, NY - As the verdict of the Derek Chauvin trial was announced earlier this week, many remember George Floyd and his wrongful murder at the hands of Office Chauvin...b ...

April 25, 2021
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San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin Supports New Victims’ Rights Legislation

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|Date: April 24, 2021
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San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin Supports New Victims’ Rights Legislation

By Elina Lingappa SAN FRANCISCO, CA - SF District Attorney Chesa Boudin joined Californians for Safety an ...

By Elina Lingappa SAN FRANCISCO, CA - SF District Attorney Chesa Boudin joined Californians for Safety and Justice (CSSJ) at a virtual town hall this week that was designed to highlight two California ...

April 24, 2021
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SF DA Boudin Co-Sponsors Legislation Extending Victim Services to Survivors of Police Brutality

Posted by Michelle Lagos
|Date: April 17, 2021
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SF DA Boudin Co-Sponsors Legislation Extending Victim Services to Survivors of Police Brutality

By Mia Machado SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco District Attorney Boudin this week announced his co-sponsors ...

By Mia Machado SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco District Attorney Boudin this week announced his co-sponsorship of SB 299 in the Legislature, a first-in-the-nation bill that would extend services to vict ...

April 17, 2021
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LA Sheriff’s Dept Roughly Arrests Reporter Covering Protest – Passage of ‘Press Freedom Act’ Urged

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|Date: September 21, 2020
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LA Sheriff’s Dept Roughly Arrests Reporter Covering Protest – Passage of ‘Press Freedom Act’ Urged

By Eric J. Trochez LOS ANGELES – Amid the rising number of protests against police brutality and racial ...

By Eric J. Trochez LOS ANGELES – Amid the rising number of protests against police brutality and racial inequality, there is also a rise in the suppression of journalists reporting on these demonstr ...

September 21, 2020
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Guest Commentary: The Law Enforcement Violence Trump Won’t Talk About

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|Date: September 02, 2020
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Guest Commentary: The Law Enforcement Violence Trump Won’t Talk About

Law enforcement officers have used sharpshooters to maim people, swept protesters away in unmarked cars, ...

Law enforcement officers have used sharpshooters to maim people, swept protesters away in unmarked cars, and brutally attacked journalists, legal observers, and medics. By Abdullah Hasan Day after day ...

September 02, 2020
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Sacramento Police Used Excessive Force at Police Brutality Protests, Charges National Lawyers Guild (Video Added)

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|Date: September 01, 2020
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Sacramento Police Used Excessive Force at Police Brutality Protests, Charges National Lawyers Guild (Video Added)

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – The Sacramento Chapter of the Nationa ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – The Sacramento Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild announced Tuesday morning that it is filing a citizen complaint on “behalf of t ...

September 01, 2020
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Hundreds of Police Violence Protestors and Counter Protestors Swarm Region; 7 Arrested

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|Date: August 31, 2020
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Hundreds of Police Violence Protestors and Counter Protestors Swarm Region; 7 Arrested

By Angel Cabral and Ty Lyman Special to the Vanguard SACRAMENTO REGION – Hundreds of demonstrators oppose ...

By Angel Cabral and Ty Lyman Special to the Vanguard SACRAMENTO REGION – Hundreds of demonstrators opposed to police violence and the back-shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man in Kenosha, WI, a week a ...

August 31, 2020
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Portland Police Continue to Tangle with Protesters and Media (Video)

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|Date: August 27, 2020
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Portland Police Continue to Tangle with Protesters and Media (Video)

by Roman Mendoza August 25 was the 90th consecutive day of protests in Portland. This group marched from ...

by Roman Mendoza August 25 was the 90th consecutive day of protests in Portland. This group marched from Shemanski Park to Portland City Hall. Within 10 minutes of reaching city hall, the Portland Pol ...

August 27, 2020
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CA State Senator: California Police Need to ‘Come Clean’ on Abuse Records

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|Date: August 05, 2020
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CA State Senator: California Police Need to ‘Come Clean’ on Abuse Records

By Ayanna Gandhi SACRAMENTO – “California police need to come clean on abuse records,” wrote California ...

By Ayanna Gandhi SACRAMENTO – “California police need to come clean on abuse records,” wrote California State Senator Nancy Skinner in an opinion article to the East Bay Times recently, noting that h ...

August 05, 2020
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