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Davis City Council Questions: Question 7 – Race and Policing

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|Date: October 23, 2020
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Davis City Council Questions: Question 7 – Race and Policing

This is our seventh of eight questions. The candidates get exactly 250 words. The answer was due at 9 p ...

This is our seventh of eight questions. The candidates get exactly 250 words. The answer was due at 9 pm on Thursday. Question 7: Various councilmembers have voiced support publicly for Black lives. ...

October 23, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Policing Studies Measure Benefits to Crime Reduction—But Not Social Costs

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|Date: October 03, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Policing Studies Measure Benefits to Crime Reduction—But Not Social Costs

Research has shown only that police can be sufficient, not that they are necessary. by John Pfaff Perhaps ...

Research has shown only that police can be sufficient, not that they are necessary. by John Pfaff Perhaps one of the more unexpected events this turbulent year has been the rate at which efforts to de ...

October 03, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Understanding Breonna Taylor and Systemic Racism

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|Date: September 27, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Understanding Breonna Taylor and Systemic Racism

By Gloria Partida Summers can be transformative. We have had the summer of love and the summer of hate. T ...

By Gloria Partida Summers can be transformative. We have had the summer of love and the summer of hate. The most growth and change for children often happens over summer. This year we have the call to ...

September 27, 2020
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Candidate Survey – Yolo People Power – Part 4

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|Date: September 26, 2020
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Candidate Survey – Yolo People Power – Part 4

(Editor’s note: this is the third of six candidate surveys of the Davis City Council, Yolo Supervisor, an ...

(Editor’s note: this is the third of six candidate surveys of the Davis City Council, Yolo Supervisor, and Woodland Council Candidates). Yolo People Power 2020 Candidate Survey Yolo People Power is a ...

September 26, 2020
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Candidate Survey – Yolo People Power – Part 3

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|Date: September 25, 2020
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Candidate Survey – Yolo People Power – Part 3

(Editor’s note: this is the third of six candidate surveys of the Davis City Council, Yolo Supervisor, an ...

(Editor’s note: this is the third of six candidate surveys of the Davis City Council, Yolo Supervisor, and Woodland Council Candidates). Yolo People Power 2020 Candidate Survey Yolo People Power is a ...

September 25, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Toward a New Model of Policing for Davis

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|Date: September 01, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Toward a New Model of Policing for Davis

A Letter to the Public Safety Joint Subcommittee by Morgan Poindexter, Julea Shaw, Aarthi Sekar, Rowan Bo ...

A Letter to the Public Safety Joint Subcommittee by Morgan Poindexter, Julea Shaw, Aarthi Sekar, Rowan Boswell, Caitlin French & Jordan Varney When formulating the specifics of policy changes, it ...

September 01, 2020
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Zoom Forum Debates ‘Crime, Race, Politics in Era of COVID-19’

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|Date: August 24, 2020
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Zoom Forum Debates ‘Crime, Race, Politics in Era of COVID-19’

By Kalen Abe Sitting in front of a poster of his book released last week, entitled N*gga Theory: Race, La ...

By Kalen Abe Sitting in front of a poster of his book released last week, entitled N*gga Theory: Race, Language, Unequal Justice, and the Law, Jody David Armour said, “Whoever puts on that blue unifor ...

August 24, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Confidence in Police at a Record Low

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|Date: August 17, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Confidence in Police at a Record Low

By David M. Greenwald In 2015 when a string of incidents involving the police started occurring—Michael ...

By David M. Greenwald In 2015 when a string of incidents involving the police started occurring—Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, Walter Scott and Freddie Gray—it led to a national movement pus ...

August 17, 2020
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Judge Chastises Cops for ‘Sloppy Police Work’ in Felony in Vandalism Case

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|Date: August 03, 2020
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Judge Chastises Cops for ‘Sloppy Police Work’ in Felony in Vandalism Case

By Josué Monroy SACRAMENTO – A Sacramento County Superior Court judge admonished the prosecution for pres ...

By Josué Monroy SACRAMENTO – A Sacramento County Superior Court judge admonished the prosecution for presenting a flawed case, based on “shoddy” police work and questionable identification last week i ...

August 03, 2020
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Leading Prosecutors Call for Prosecutorial Reform, Redefining ‘Camaraderie’ with Police

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|Date: June 25, 2020
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Leading Prosecutors Call for Prosecutorial Reform, Redefining ‘Camaraderie’ with Police

By Jaden Jarmel-Schneider NATIONAL – St. Louis Police Chief Attorney Kimberly Gardner and Philadelphia Di ...

By Jaden Jarmel-Schneider NATIONAL – St. Louis Police Chief Attorney Kimberly Gardner and Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner are making a national call for prosecutors to more effectively ho ...

June 25, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Episode 70 – Calvin Handy Discusses Race and Policing

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|Date: June 22, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Episode 70 – Calvin Handy Discusses Race and Policing

Since May 25 and the death of George Floyd at the hands of officers in Minnesota, protesters have taken t ...

Since May 25 and the death of George Floyd at the hands of officers in Minnesota, protesters have taken to the streets and the nation has been debating policing and the legacy of racism. Everyday Inju ...

June 22, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Why Do We Police Protests against Police Violence?

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|Date: June 02, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Why Do We Police Protests against Police Violence?

By Sajid Khan Why do we need police at the protests against their very existence? Wouldn’t it be safer an ...

By Sajid Khan Why do we need police at the protests against their very existence? Wouldn’t it be safer and smarter to just let our citizens and people express themselves and not pit them against alrea ...

June 02, 2020
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De-Escalating Police Response to Mental Health Crises

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 06, 2020
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De-Escalating Police Response to Mental Health Crises

At last week's Justice Collaborative symposium, Justice Guarantee Convening, a panel of speakers addresse ...

At last week's Justice Collaborative symposium, Justice Guarantee Convening, a panel of speakers addressed the issue of deescalating police response: Portland City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty, Melina ...

March 06, 2020
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Housing, Law Enforcement Among the Issues Addressed by Supervisor Candidates

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 12, 2020
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Housing, Law Enforcement Among the Issues Addressed by Supervisor Candidates

It was a late candidates forum beginning well into the evening on Tuesday night on the UC Davis campus, b ...

It was a late candidates forum beginning well into the evening on Tuesday night on the UC Davis campus, but the three candidates for the Fourth District Supervisor race, just three weeks prior to Elec ...

February 12, 2020
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Commentary: Racism, Extremism, and Policing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 16, 2019
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Commentary: Racism, Extremism, and Policing

It was only a few years ago when the San Francisco Police Department was embroiled in a scandal – a numbe ...

It was only a few years ago when the San Francisco Police Department was embroiled in a scandal – a number of officers got caught up sending not only racist jokes, but making derogatory statements abo ...

July 16, 2019
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UC Students Resolve to Disarm Campus Police as State Use-of-Force Legislation Looms

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|Date: May 19, 2019
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UC Students Resolve to Disarm Campus Police as State Use-of-Force Legislation Looms

By Raquel Victoria Navarro DAVIS, CA – Student community leaders and a roomfull of supporters fought for ...

By Raquel Victoria Navarro DAVIS, CA – Student community leaders and a roomfull of supporters fought for and succeeded in passing Resolution XIV through the Associated Students of UC Davis Thursday ni ...

May 19, 2019
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My View: The Problem with the Bad Apple Theory of Policing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 30, 2017
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My View: The Problem with the Bad Apple Theory of Policing

The bad apple theory of policing argues that the vast majority of police officers are good and that it is ...

The bad apple theory of policing argues that the vast majority of police officers are good and that it is a few bad cops (or bad apples) that cause the majority of the problems. And there is some tru ...

September 30, 2017
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Missouri Should Try Listening to Protesters Instead of Attacking Them

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|Date: September 28, 2017
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Missouri Should Try Listening to Protesters Instead of Attacking Them

By Thaddeus Talbot “I think everyone deserves the same rights as I do. I just want peace and justice,” sa ...

By Thaddeus Talbot “I think everyone deserves the same rights as I do. I just want peace and justice,” says Maleeha Ahmad, one of the protesters who was pepper-sprayed by police officers in St. Louis ...

September 28, 2017
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The Nature of Violence

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|Date: August 13, 2017
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The Nature of Violence

By Connor Gorman When most people think of violence they tend to picture physical confrontation, weapons, ...

By Connor Gorman When most people think of violence they tend to picture physical confrontation, weapons, assault, etc. but what doesn’t typically come to mind are such things as PTSD, homelessness, a ...

August 13, 2017
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Sunday Commentary: When an African American Confronts the Police

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 09, 2017
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Sunday Commentary: When an African American Confronts the Police

More than 35 years ago the British punk band The Clash sang, “When they kick at your front door, How you ...

More than 35 years ago the British punk band The Clash sang, “When they kick at your front door, How you gonna come? With your hands on your head – Or on the trigger of your gun…” But in America, the ...

July 09, 2017
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