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Analysis: Can We Cut Our Way to Prosperity?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 30, 2016
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Analysis: Can We Cut Our Way to Prosperity?

In 2008, the Vanguard was ahead of the curve, warning of unsustainable spending practices by the city, pa ...

In 2008, the Vanguard was ahead of the curve, warning of unsustainable spending practices by the city, particularly on pensions and retiree health care – the Vanguard’s warning actually preceded the c ...

August 30, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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The Fight for Justice and Police Reform from Louisiana to California

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 16, 2016
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The Fight for Justice and Police Reform from Louisiana to California

By Irene Rojas-Carroll This week, Fresno police released the body camera footage of the shooting of Dylan ...

By Irene Rojas-Carroll This week, Fresno police released the body camera footage of the shooting of Dylan Noble. The footage raises serious questions about the shooting. We continue to be concerned ab ...

July 16, 2016
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Shooting Shows Need for Police Transparency

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 01, 2016
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Shooting Shows Need for Police Transparency

by Novella Coleman One day after Fresno Police Department’s fourth shooting this year, the department rel ...

by Novella Coleman One day after Fresno Police Department’s fourth shooting this year, the department released body cam footage of a police killing that happened last September. Based on what’s been r ...

April 01, 2016
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Finding Alternatives to Lethal Force by Police

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 25, 2016
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Finding Alternatives to Lethal Force by Police

By Matthew Simpson On March 13, 2016, off-duty Farmer’s Branch police officer Ken Johnson confronted two ...

By Matthew Simpson On March 13, 2016, off-duty Farmer’s Branch police officer Ken Johnson confronted two youths — 16-year-old Jose Raul Cruz and his friend Edgar Rodriguez — as they were allegedly att ...

March 25, 2016
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Commentary: Count Me Off the Renewal Bus

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 11, 2016
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Commentary: Count Me Off the Renewal Bus

At Dan Wolk’s State of the City Address in early January, and again in his most recent column on January ...

At Dan Wolk’s State of the City Address in early January, and again in his most recent column on January 31, he called 2015, “A Year of ‘Renewal.’” While I agree that some things have improved for the ...

February 11, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: The Beyoncé Controversy Flew Over My Head

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 09, 2016
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Commentary: The Beyoncé Controversy Flew Over My Head

Of all the sports, football seems to be run by the most “conservative” crowd and the Super Bowl, as often ...

Of all the sports, football seems to be run by the most “conservative” crowd and the Super Bowl, as often as not, seems the showcase for white, southern, conservative America – complete with military ...

February 09, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Taser Use Resulting In Unnecessary Deaths

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 02, 2016
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Guest Commentary: Taser Use Resulting In Unnecessary Deaths

by Antoinnette Borbon Back a couple of weeks ago, the Vanguard sat in on a case where Woodland police off ...

by Antoinnette Borbon Back a couple of weeks ago, the Vanguard sat in on a case where Woodland police officers had responded to a domestic violence call. During the call, dispatch made it abundantly c ...

February 02, 2016
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Police and Race on MLK Day

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 18, 2016
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Police and Race on MLK Day

I’ll admit it, I did not watch the debates last night and, to be frank, I haven’t watched a single debate ...

I’ll admit it, I did not watch the debates last night and, to be frank, I haven’t watched a single debate this pre-primary season. However, as I was reading through my Facebook feed late last night, I ...

January 18, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: A Few Bad Apples, Or An Entire System In Need of Overhaul?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 09, 2015
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Commentary: A Few Bad Apples, Or An Entire System In Need of Overhaul?

For a year and a half, this nation has engaged in an important debate over the treatment of racial minori ...

For a year and a half, this nation has engaged in an important debate over the treatment of racial minorities, mostly African-American, by the police. One of the arguments offered in defense of the po ...

December 09, 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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Full Blown Scandal and Cover Up in Chicago Over McDonald Murder by Police

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 05, 2015
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Full Blown Scandal and Cover Up in Chicago Over McDonald Murder by Police

Last week, more than 13 months after the tragic shooting of Laquan McDonald, Chicago officials, under a c ...

Last week, more than 13 months after the tragic shooting of Laquan McDonald, Chicago officials, under a court order, released the horrifying video of the teenager being shot 16 times by a Chicago Poli ...

December 05, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Why No Charges in Police-Involved Beating in SF?

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: December 03, 2015
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Why No Charges in Police-Involved Beating in SF?

By Jeff Adachi Nearly 25 years after the Rodney King beating shocked the world, Stanislav Petrov lay writ ...

By Jeff Adachi Nearly 25 years after the Rodney King beating shocked the world, Stanislav Petrov lay writhing in a San Francisco alley, desperately trying to protect his head from more than 30 nightst ...

December 03, 2015
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Analysis: Complex Situation Leads to MOUs

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 01, 2015
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Analysis: Complex Situation Leads to MOUs

There are multiple considerations driving the apparent council support for MOUs that will provide four ba ...

There are multiple considerations driving the apparent council support for MOUs that will provide four bargaining units with a 3 percent COLA (Cost-of-Living Adjustment), should the Davis City Council ...

December 01, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Brutal Beating by Alameda County Deputy Sheriffs in San Francisco

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 17, 2015
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Brutal Beating by Alameda County Deputy Sheriffs in San Francisco

Alameda County Public Defender Brendon Woods is up in arms and demanding possible criminal charges agains ...

Alameda County Public Defender Brendon Woods is up in arms and demanding possible criminal charges against two Alameda County Sheriff’s Deputies, who appear to be seen in a video beating a suspect wit ...

November 17, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Story Behind the Girl in South Carolina

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 02, 2015
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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Story Behind the Girl in South Carolina

Those quick to jump on parents and the school might be interested to learn that, according to a story in ...

Those quick to jump on parents and the school might be interested to learn that, according to a story in the New York Daily News, State Rep. Todd Rutherford, an influential Democrat, said that the tee ...

November 02, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary II: Troubling Protests in South Carolina, Complex Situation

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 01, 2015
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Sunday Commentary II: Troubling Protests in South Carolina, Complex Situation

Leaving aside any racial implications involved in the incident at the high school in South Carolina, it t ...

Leaving aside any racial implications involved in the incident at the high school in South Carolina, it troubles me greatly that the students would be protesting the firing of school resource officer ...

November 01, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: SC Student Case Is Egregious, but School Discipline Policies Need More Scrutiny

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 29, 2015
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Commentary: SC Student Case Is Egregious, but School Discipline Policies Need More Scrutiny

The video is shocking and horrifying. Whatever the student did to earn the attention of a police officer, ...

The video is shocking and horrifying. Whatever the student did to earn the attention of a police officer, whatever disdain she showed – and even if, as some alleged, she punched the officer – the hand ...

October 29, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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My View II: Will Reform Lead to Rising Crime Rates?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 24, 2015
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My View II: Will Reform Lead to Rising Crime Rates?

In recent weeks, we have seen arguments claiming that reforms like Proposition 47 and AB 109 in Californi ...

In recent weeks, we have seen arguments claiming that reforms like Proposition 47 and AB 109 in California have reversed long-standing trends of falling crime rates. At the same time, many have argue ...

October 24, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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President Obama Defends Black Lives Matter

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 23, 2015
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President Obama Defends Black Lives Matter

President Obama talked with Bill Keller of the Marshall Project on the criminal justice system. He said T ...

President Obama talked with Bill Keller of the Marshall Project on the criminal justice system. He said Thursday “that the Black Lives Matter movement had given voice to the anger and discontent over ...

October 23, 2015
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Details Are Murky in the Shooting Death of Black Man in Florida

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 21, 2015
| (29) Comments

Details Are Murky in the Shooting Death of Black Man in Florida

Corey Jones was last seen around 1:45 am this past Sunday. He called a bandmate following the conclusion ...

Corey Jones was last seen around 1:45 am this past Sunday. He called a bandmate following the conclusion of a gig an hour earlier, to say that his SUV was broken down and he was in need of help. He wa ...

October 21, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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