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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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Three Prosecutors Join with Shaun King to Announce Grassroots Law Project to Create Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Programs

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 02, 2020
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Three Prosecutors Join with Shaun King to Announce Grassroots Law Project to Create Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Programs

On Wednesday, Chesa Boudin (San Francisco), Larry Krasner (Philadelphia) and Rachael Rollins (Boston) joi ...

On Wednesday, Chesa Boudin (San Francisco), Larry Krasner (Philadelphia) and Rachael Rollins (Boston) joined together to announce the formation of local “Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commissions” ...

July 02, 2020
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Sacramento Legal Observer Shot in Face by Police at Protest Demands Arrest of Officer

Posted by Cres Vellucci
|Date: June 30, 2020
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Sacramento Legal Observer Shot in Face by Police at Protest Demands Arrest of Officer

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – Monday, on the same day that the City ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – Monday, on the same day that the City of Sacramento said it was dismissing charges against 65 people arrested for curfew violations ...

June 30, 2020
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DA Rosen’s Attempt to Silence Public Defender Backfires

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 26, 2020
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DA Rosen’s Attempt to Silence Public Defender Backfires

San Jose: The story of Sajid Khan’s blog post, that turned into a tempest for the Santa Clara County DA’s ...

San Jose: The story of Sajid Khan’s blog post, that turned into a tempest for the Santa Clara County DA’s office when DA Jeff Rosen attempted to file a whistleblower complaint over the public defender ...

June 26, 2020
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Committee to Protect Journalists, Reuters, AP Urge Governors to Investigate Police Attacks Against Photojournalists

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|Date: June 20, 2020
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Committee to Protect Journalists, Reuters, AP Urge Governors to Investigate Police Attacks Against Photojournalists

By Linh Nguyen The Committee to Protect Journalists, Reuters, Associated Press, Agence France Presse and ...

By Linh Nguyen The Committee to Protect Journalists, Reuters, Associated Press, Agence France Presse and Getty Images wrote a letter to the National Governors Association this week, urging U.S. govern ...

June 20, 2020
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Federal Complaint Filed over ‘Wartime’-Like Injuries during Protests

Posted by Cres Vellucci
|Date: June 19, 2020
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Federal Complaint Filed over ‘Wartime’-Like Injuries during Protests

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – This reporter was a combat correspond ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – This reporter was a combat correspondent in a real shooting war. And, what took place late at night and in the early morning hours o ...

June 19, 2020
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Four California DAs Call on Victims’ Compensation Board to Provide Support for Victims of Police Violence

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|Date: June 19, 2020
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Four California DAs Call on Victims’ Compensation Board to Provide Support for Victims of Police Violence

Vanguard Staff Last week, San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin announced a plan to provide victim support servic ...

Vanguard Staff Last week, San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin announced a plan to provide victim support services to victims of police violence in San Francisco. This week, he and three of his progressive ...

June 19, 2020
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Police Beat Women to Ground in Tampa and Philadelphia; Cop Charges Police Trained for War, not to Protect and Serve

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|Date: June 14, 2020
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Police Beat Women to Ground in Tampa and Philadelphia; Cop Charges Police Trained for War, not to Protect and Serve

By Lea Barrios TAMPA / PHILADELPHIA – Videos were taken of police violently apprehending women during pea ...

By Lea Barrios TAMPA / PHILADELPHIA – Videos were taken of police violently apprehending women during peaceful protests—the senior officer filmed hitting a woman with a baton and pinning her to the gr ...

June 14, 2020
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LAPD Filmed Beating Celebs, Veterans, Black Store Owners

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|Date: June 13, 2020
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LAPD Filmed Beating Celebs, Veterans, Black Store Owners

Photo by Richard Grant (@richardgrant88) By Metyia Phillips LOS ANGELES, CA - Police officers across LA a ...

Photo by Richard Grant (@richardgrant88) By Metyia Phillips LOS ANGELES, CA - Police officers across LA are intentionally attacking and hurting police brutality protesters—and that includes Hollywood ...

June 13, 2020
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Poignant Video Shows Peaceful Protester Arrested Delivering Emotional Message to Police

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|Date: June 13, 2020
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Poignant Video Shows Peaceful Protester Arrested Delivering Emotional Message to Police

By Linh Nguyen CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA – In Marion Square, a peaceful protester who knelt at a distanc ...

By Linh Nguyen CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA – In Marion Square, a peaceful protester who knelt at a distance before a large, armed group of police officers delivered a message of “love” about respect fo ...

June 13, 2020
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Video Show Police Fire ‘At Will’ and ‘Kidnap’ Peaceful San Diego Protestors

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|Date: June 13, 2020
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Video Show Police Fire ‘At Will’ and ‘Kidnap’ Peaceful San Diego Protestors

By Julietta Bisharyan SAN DIEGO - Videos clearly show the San Diego Police Department interrupting peac ...

By Julietta Bisharyan SAN DIEGO - Videos clearly show the San Diego Police Department interrupting peaceful protests in the downtown area with the use of lethal force, including tear gas, concussion ...

June 13, 2020
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