Racial Disparities Archives

Grid
List

A Year after Attack on Public Defender, DA’s Office Making Changes in Effort to Decrease Racial Disparities

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 09, 2021
| (2) Comments

A Year after Attack on Public Defender, DA’s Office Making Changes in Effort to Decrease Racial Disparities

By David M. Greenwald Woodland, CA – Tuesday marked the one year anniversary of the Yolo County Public De ...

By David M. Greenwald Woodland, CA – Tuesday marked the one year anniversary of the Yolo County Public Defender Black Lives Matter march. That evening on TV, Yolo County Public Defender Tracie Olson ...

June 09, 2021
| by David Greenwald

| (2) Comments

Read more
Sunday Commentary: Officer-Involved Killings Are Bad, but They Actually Undercount the Problem

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 02, 2021
| (3) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Officer-Involved Killings Are Bad, but They Actually Undercount the Problem

By David M. Greenwald Earlier this week we covered the story of a 73-year-old woman with dementia who was ...

By David M. Greenwald Earlier this week we covered the story of a 73-year-old woman with dementia who was taken to the ground violently by an officer in Colorado, mistreated, and the officers got caug ...

May 02, 2021
| by David Greenwald

| (3) Comments

Read more
Traffic Stop ‘Assessment’ by NYU Law in Nashville May be Applicable to Other U.S. Cities

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: April 24, 2021
| 0 comments

Traffic Stop ‘Assessment’ by NYU Law in Nashville May be Applicable to Other U.S. Cities

By Esha Kher NASHVILLE, TN – The Policing Project at the New York University School of Law has released a ...

By Esha Kher NASHVILLE, TN – The Policing Project at the New York University School of Law has released an “assessment” of traffic stops and policing strategies in Nashville—which may mirror other cit ...

April 24, 2021
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

| 0 comments

Read more
LCCR REPORT: Non-Traffic Violations Disproportionately Harm Black, Latinx, Unhoused in California

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: April 18, 2021
| (2) Comments

LCCR REPORT: Non-Traffic Violations Disproportionately Harm Black, Latinx, Unhoused in California

By Roxanna Jarvis and Julia Asby CALIFORNIA - A Sept. 2020 report published by the Lawyers’ Committee of ...

By Roxanna Jarvis and Julia Asby CALIFORNIA - A Sept. 2020 report published by the Lawyers’ Committee of Civil Rights (LCCR) reveals that Black, Latinx, and people experiencing homelessness are dispr ...

April 18, 2021
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

| (2) Comments

Read more
Commentary: Once Again the Media Fall for the Reisig Reform Rhetoric

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 13, 2021
| (10) Comments

Commentary: Once Again the Media Fall for the Reisig Reform Rhetoric

By David M. Greenwald Yolo County, CA - Here we go again. In 2018, Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig, facing wh ...

By David M. Greenwald Yolo County, CA - Here we go again. In 2018, Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig, facing what would become a tight reelection bid, was declared by the local paper to be the most progress ...

April 13, 2021
| by David Greenwald

| (10) Comments

Read more
Sunday Commentary: Why Are People of Color Over-Policed in Davis?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 14, 2021
| (4) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Why Are People of Color Over-Policed in Davis?

By David M. Greenwald As the Davis City Council deals with nine recommendations from the Joint Subcommitt ...

By David M. Greenwald As the Davis City Council deals with nine recommendations from the Joint Subcommittee report on policing from last fall, there will naturally be a tendency to attack the low-hang ...

March 14, 2021
| by David Greenwald

| (4) Comments

Read more
Guest Commentary: President Biden, Stop Funding the Policing of Our Students

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 27, 2021
| 0 comments

Guest Commentary: President Biden, Stop Funding the Policing of Our Students

To advance racial equity and disability justice, Biden must end federal funding of police in schools. By ...

To advance racial equity and disability justice, Biden must end federal funding of police in schools. By West Resenders Over 150,000 Black and Brown children, disproportionately children with disabili ...

February 27, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

| 0 comments

Read more
Commentary: Berkeley Just Limited Police Stops, Should Davis Follow Suit?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 26, 2021
| (13) Comments

Commentary: Berkeley Just Limited Police Stops, Should Davis Follow Suit?

By David M. Greenwald Late last year the Davis Joint Police Subcommittee issued a report with a number of ...

By David M. Greenwald Late last year the Davis Joint Police Subcommittee issued a report with a number of recommendations, one of which is to determine why racial disparities exist in arrests, recomme ...

February 26, 2021
| by David Greenwald

| (13) Comments

Read more
Commentary: Time After Time, Discretion in Criminal Legal System Leads to Huge Racial Disparities

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 01, 2021
| (31) Comments

Commentary: Time After Time, Discretion in Criminal Legal System Leads to Huge Racial Disparities

By David Greenwald We have seen in a wide variety of areas that, where police and prosecutors exercise di ...

By David Greenwald We have seen in a wide variety of areas that, where police and prosecutors exercise discretion, it leads to huge disparities between whites and people of color. We have seen it loc ...

January 01, 2021
| by David Greenwald

| (31) Comments

Read more
Coalitions Commend DA Gascón’s Effort to End ‘Racist’ Sentencing Guidelines

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: December 19, 2020
| (35) Comments

Coalitions Commend DA Gascón’s Effort to End ‘Racist’ Sentencing Guidelines

By Lauren Smith LOS ANGELES - The DROP Life Without Parole (LWOP) coalition and California United for a R ...

By Lauren Smith LOS ANGELES - The DROP Life Without Parole (LWOP) coalition and California United for a Responsible Budget (CURB) issued a statement this week that they “enthusiastically welcome” Los ...

December 19, 2020
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

| (35) Comments

Read more
Council to Take Up Second Half of Police Recommendations Item

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 11, 2020
| (49) Comments

Council to Take Up Second Half of Police Recommendations Item

By David M. Greenwald Last week the council only really got to the hear the proposal and recommendations ...

By David M. Greenwald Last week the council only really got to the hear the proposal and recommendations from the joint subcommittee and then 162 public comments—over 80 percent of which were supporti ...

December 11, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| (49) Comments

Read more
Council to Consider Nine Recommendations for Reimagining Public Safety

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 01, 2020
| (3) Comments

Council to Consider Nine Recommendations for Reimagining Public Safety

By David M. Greenwald With the call to defund the police, the Davis City Council last June appointed a ...

By David M. Greenwald With the call to defund the police, the Davis City Council last June appointed a subcommittee “to develop a proposed outreach plan/work plan related to identifying and funding ...

December 01, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| (3) Comments

Read more
Duke Researchers Report Life Without Parole Sentencing on Rise; Blacks Hurt Most

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 30, 2020
| 0 comments

Duke Researchers Report Life Without Parole Sentencing on Rise; Blacks Hurt Most

By Ariel Abdallah NORTH CAROLINA – Researchers from the Wilson Center for Science and Justice at the Duke ...

By Ariel Abdallah NORTH CAROLINA – Researchers from the Wilson Center for Science and Justice at the Duke University School of Law reported an increase of life without parole sentencing in North Carol ...

October 30, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| 0 comments

Read more
Boudin and Other DAs Join Governor’s Declaration That Death Penalty Is Applied in Racially Biased Manner

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 27, 2020
| 0 comments

Boudin and Other DAs Join Governor’s Declaration That Death Penalty Is Applied in Racially Biased Manner

By David M. Greenwald On Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom, in response to a rare request by the California S ...

By David M. Greenwald On Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom, in response to a rare request by the California Supreme Court, filed a briefing about the constitutionality in which the governor declared that ...

October 27, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| 0 comments

Read more
CA Governor Files Death Penalty Amicus Brief, Focuses on Racist Juries

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: October 27, 2020
| (2) Comments

CA Governor Files Death Penalty Amicus Brief, Focuses on Racist Juries

By Alana Bleimann SACRAMENTO – Charging the state’s capital punishment “scheme is and always has been inf ...

By Alana Bleimann SACRAMENTO – Charging the state’s capital punishment “scheme is and always has been infected by racism,” California Governor Gavin Newsom Monday filed a 175-page amicus brief in Peop ...

October 27, 2020
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

| (2) Comments

Read more
Gunnigle Charges AZ County Attorney Allister Adel Fails to Address Lack of Diversity in Workplace

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: October 26, 2020
| 0 comments

Gunnigle Charges AZ County Attorney Allister Adel Fails to Address Lack of Diversity in Workplace

By Alana Bleimann PHOENIX - Over the past few days Maricopa County Attorney’s office has faced backlash ...

By Alana Bleimann PHOENIX - Over the past few days Maricopa County Attorney’s office has faced backlash for Allister Adel’s decision to ignore the racial disparities in the office and in the legal sy ...

October 26, 2020
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

| 0 comments

Read more
Maricopa County AZ Attorney Debate – Prosecutors Trade Barbs As Gunnigle Makes Case For Refrom

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: October 19, 2020
| 0 comments

Maricopa County AZ Attorney Debate – Prosecutors Trade Barbs As Gunnigle Makes Case For Refrom

By Lauren Smith MARICOPA COUNTY, AZ – Maricopa County Attorney Republican incumbent Allister Adel and Dem ...

By Lauren Smith MARICOPA COUNTY, AZ – Maricopa County Attorney Republican incumbent Allister Adel and Democratic challenger Julie Gunnigle Friday evening traded barbs and debated criminal justice refo ...

October 19, 2020
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

| 0 comments

Read more
Guest Commentary: A Smarter Approach to Measuring Prosecutorial Success

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 09, 2020
| 0 comments

Guest Commentary: A Smarter Approach to Measuring Prosecutorial Success

By Anthony Thompson and Miriam Krinsky As the field of prosecution has increasingly recognized the failur ...

By Anthony Thompson and Miriam Krinsky As the field of prosecution has increasingly recognized the failure of approaches of previous decades that aim to be tough on crime, a number of reform-minded pr ...

October 09, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

| 0 comments

Read more
Councilmember/Attorney Asks Alameda County Residents to Oppose Code Change Making Juries Unfair

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: October 06, 2020
| 0 comments

Councilmember/Attorney Asks Alameda County Residents to Oppose Code Change Making Juries Unfair

By Anika Khubchandani EMERYVILLE – Posting on his Twitter account Monday, John J. Bauters—a former trial ...

By Anika Khubchandani EMERYVILLE – Posting on his Twitter account Monday, John J. Bauters—a former trial attorney and current councilmember of the city of Emeryville—urged residents to oppose amendmen ...

October 06, 2020
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

| 0 comments

Read more
As Covid-19 Continues to Impact Criminal Legal System, Advocates Discuss Radical Alternatives

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: September 26, 2020
| 0 comments

As Covid-19 Continues to Impact Criminal Legal System, Advocates Discuss Radical Alternatives

By Tiffany Devlin As the Covid-19 pandemic heavily impacted jails, prisons, and courts across the Unite ...

By Tiffany Devlin As the Covid-19 pandemic heavily impacted jails, prisons, and courts across the United States, advocates have pointed towards structural change in the criminal legal system. Alec K ...

September 26, 2020
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

| 0 comments

Read more

Newsletter Sign-Up

Monthly Subscriber Sign-Up