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Berkeley Councilmember Proposes Ordinance that Would Outlaw Discriminatory 911 Calls

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: November 03, 2022
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Berkeley Councilmember Proposes Ordinance that Would Outlaw Discriminatory 911 Calls

By Gibran Khalil BERKELEY, CA – On October 11, 2022, Berkeley Councilmember Kate Harrison proposed an ord ...

By Gibran Khalil BERKELEY, CA – On October 11, 2022, Berkeley Councilmember Kate Harrison proposed an ordinance at the Berkeley City Council meeting to prohibit discriminatory calls to law enforcement ...

November 03, 2022
| by The Vanguard at Berkeley

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Long Battle for Police Traffic Stop Reform

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: May 11, 2022
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Long Battle for Police Traffic Stop Reform

By Ayal Aglugub SAN FRANCISCO, CA – San Francisco Standard writer Michael Barba recently wrote about the ...

By Ayal Aglugub SAN FRANCISCO, CA – San Francisco Standard writer Michael Barba recently wrote about the long journey to end racial discrimination in traffic stops, and how preventing police from pull ...

May 11, 2022
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ACLU Announces Lawsuit Challenging New Redistricting Plan in Arkansas

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|Date: January 01, 2022
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ACLU Announces Lawsuit Challenging New Redistricting Plan in Arkansas

By Alexander Ramirez LITTLE ROCK, AR - The American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas, and the Law Office ...

By Alexander Ramirez LITTLE ROCK, AR - The American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas, and the Law Office of Bryan L. Sells, LLC, and Dechert, LLP, have filed a federal lawsuit challenging a new redis ...

January 01, 2022
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ACLU Helps Chinese American Scientist File New Complaint against Alleged Racially-Biased Investigation

Posted by Angelina Sang
|Date: November 10, 2021
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ACLU Helps Chinese American Scientist File New Complaint against Alleged Racially-Biased Investigation

By Angelina Sang NEW YORK CITY, NY - A Chinese American scientist who said she was unlawfully investigate ...

By Angelina Sang NEW YORK CITY, NY - A Chinese American scientist who said she was unlawfully investigated filed a new administrative complaint against the Departments of Commerce and Justice Tuesday. ...

November 10, 2021
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Lack of Black Jurors, Implicit Racial Bias Focus in Jury Selection

Posted by Ned Meiners
|Date: July 22, 2021
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Lack of Black Jurors, Implicit Racial Bias Focus in Jury Selection

By Ned Meiners SAN FRANCISCO, CA – In San Francisco County Superior Court, Dept. 21, Wednesday, Public De ...

By Ned Meiners SAN FRANCISCO, CA – In San Francisco County Superior Court, Dept. 21, Wednesday, Public Defender Kleigh Hathaway’s client, Duane West, who is African American, is accused of sexual assa ...

July 22, 2021
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Latest Federal Execution and Trump Administration Killing Spurs Legislation to Ban Federal Death Penalty

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: January 14, 2021
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Latest Federal Execution and Trump Administration Killing Spurs Legislation to Ban Federal Death Penalty

By Anika Khubchandani WASHINGTON – The Trump execution spree—three people were due to be killed this week ...

By Anika Khubchandani WASHINGTON – The Trump execution spree—three people were due to be killed this week just days before the new administration takes over—has led Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-0 ...

January 14, 2021
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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Guest Commentary: Eradicate Racial Bias from Our Criminal Justice System

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 13, 2019
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Guest Commentary: Eradicate Racial Bias from Our Criminal Justice System

By Chesa Boudin Chesa Boudin is committed to using the power of the District Attorney’s office to ensure ...

By Chesa Boudin Chesa Boudin is committed to using the power of the District Attorney’s office to ensure that nobody is treated differently by our criminal justice system because of the color of their ...

September 13, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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District Attorney Candidates Meet in Candidate Forum in San Francisco – Part 2

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 08, 2019
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District Attorney Candidates Meet in Candidate Forum in San Francisco – Part 2

San Francisco – District Attorney candidates vying for an open seat in November met at the UC Hastings La ...

San Francisco – District Attorney candidates vying for an open seat in November met at the UC Hastings Law School on Tuesday in a candidates forum sponsored by Eastern Neighborhood Democratic Club, AC ...

August 08, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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District Attorney Candidates Meet in Candidate Forum in San Francisco – Part 1

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 07, 2019
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District Attorney Candidates Meet in Candidate Forum in San Francisco – Part 1

San Francisco – District Attorney candidates vying for an open seat in November met at the UC Hastings La ...

San Francisco – District Attorney candidates vying for an open seat in November met at the UC Hastings Law School on Tuesday in a candidates forum sponsored by Eastern Neighborhood Democratic Club, AC ...

August 07, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Clarence Thomas Once Again Not Going to Protect Us from Rogue Prosecutors

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 22, 2019
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My View: Clarence Thomas Once Again Not Going to Protect Us from Rogue Prosecutors

In a rare dissent, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas ignored the concerns of his colleagues in the Mi ...

In a rare dissent, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas ignored the concerns of his colleagues in the Mississippi death penalty case against Curtis Flowers, who in 1996 allegedly murdered four people ...

June 22, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Police Racially Harass and Retaliate against One of Their Own

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 07, 2018
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Police Racially Harass and Retaliate against One of Their Own

By Mark Fancher To America’s shame, there is nothing novel about police harassment and abuse of young Bla ...

By Mark Fancher To America’s shame, there is nothing novel about police harassment and abuse of young Black men. Consequently, few should be surprised that during an early January morning in 2017, Joh ...

September 07, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Advocates Commend Governor for Remedy to Address California Modern Day Debtor’s Prisons

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 28, 2017
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Advocates Commend Governor for Remedy to Address California Modern Day Debtor’s Prisons

California will no longer suspend low-income motorists’ licenses because they can’t afford to pay minor t ...

California will no longer suspend low-income motorists’ licenses because they can’t afford to pay minor traffic tickets (From Press Release)–Tuesday, Governor Brown approved the state’s $183.2 billion ...

June 28, 2017
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My View: Lack of Transparency in the Process Breeds Anger and Distrust

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 10, 2017
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My View: Lack of Transparency in the Process Breeds Anger and Distrust

On Tuesday there were about 10 people who came to give public comment on the continuing situation involvi ...

On Tuesday there were about 10 people who came to give public comment on the continuing situation involving the Picnic Day investigation. For the most part, the commenters were respectful but pointed ...

June 10, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Eye on the Courts: Prosecutorial Bias and Racial Imbalance

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 03, 2016
| (13) Comments

Eye on the Courts: Prosecutorial Bias and Racial Imbalance

It is often said that prosecutors are the single most powerful figures in the judicial system. Far more ...

It is often said that prosecutors are the single most powerful figures in the judicial system. Far more powerful than judges, in fact. Prosecutors are the gate-keepers. They decide which cases to t ...

October 03, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Federal Judge: SFPD Target Black People in Drug Law Enforcement

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 06, 2016
| (9) Comments

Federal Judge: SFPD Target Black People in Drug Law Enforcement

By Novella Coleman On Thursday a federal district court judge found substantial evidence that San Francis ...

By Novella Coleman On Thursday a federal district court judge found substantial evidence that San Francisco police officers and federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents specifically single ...

July 06, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Where You Live Impacts How You’re Policed

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 23, 2015
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Where You Live Impacts How You’re Policed

by Larry Schwartztol The Supreme Court recently heard a case that will define the future of decades-old l ...

by Larry Schwartztol The Supreme Court recently heard a case that will define the future of decades-old legal protections against discrimination by landlords and banks against renters and homebuyers. ...

January 23, 2015
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Is Justice Color-Blind?

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 07, 2015
| (41) Comments

Is Justice Color-Blind?

Editor’s note: This is an interesting exchange. Contra Costa County District Attorney Mark Peterson took ...

Editor’s note: This is an interesting exchange. Contra Costa County District Attorney Mark Peterson took exception to comments made by Contra Costa Public Defender Robin Lipetzky and Deputy Public Def ...

January 07, 2015
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Sunday Commentary II: Why the Police Killings in Ferguson and Staten Island Have Spawned A Movement

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 14, 2014
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Sunday Commentary II: Why the Police Killings in Ferguson and Staten Island Have Spawned A Movement

Back in 2011, the Occupy Movement seemed to arise in response to the Tea Party Movement. Across the natio ...

Back in 2011, the Occupy Movement seemed to arise in response to the Tea Party Movement. Across the nation, thousands of young students and radicals protested a wide range of grievances, from the gree ...

December 14, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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