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New State Analysis Shows Black Drivers Stopped by Police More Frequently

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|Date: January 03, 2020
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New State Analysis Shows Black Drivers Stopped by Police More Frequently

(From Press Release)- The California Racial and Identity Profiling Advisory Board (Board) today announced ...

(From Press Release)- The California Racial and Identity Profiling Advisory Board (Board) today announced the release of the third annual report required under the Racial and Identity Profiling Act of ...

January 03, 2020
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Faulty Eyewitness ID and Racial Profiling Lands Innocent Man In Jail For Two Weeks

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 02, 2019
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Faulty Eyewitness ID and Racial Profiling Lands Innocent Man In Jail For Two Weeks

(From Press Release – SF Public Defender) – On November 25, 2019, a San Francisco man, Robert Thomas, was ...

(From Press Release – SF Public Defender) – On November 25, 2019, a San Francisco man, Robert Thomas, was released from the county jail after being wrongfully identified as the perpetrator of an assau ...

December 02, 2019
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On Curtis Flowers, the Supreme Court Got It Right—for the Wrong Reasons

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|Date: June 30, 2019
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On Curtis Flowers, the Supreme Court Got It Right—for the Wrong Reasons

By the Daily Appeal Last week, the Supreme Court surprised many liberals when it overturned the convictio ...

By the Daily Appeal Last week, the Supreme Court surprised many liberals when it overturned the conviction of a Black man on death row, Curtis Flowers, for racial bias in jury selection. Justice Brett ...

June 30, 2019
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Stop and Frisks Have Dropped, but Racial Disparities Remain

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|Date: March 16, 2019
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Stop and Frisks Have Dropped, but Racial Disparities Remain

By Michelle Shames and Simon McCormack We’ve come a long way since 2011. That year, New York Police Depar ...

By Michelle Shames and Simon McCormack We’ve come a long way since 2011. That year, New York Police Department officers made nearly 700,000 stops as part of then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s aggressive a ...

March 16, 2019
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Use of Force and Police Stops in 2017

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 03, 2019
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Use of Force and Police Stops in 2017

Second Annual Report from California’s Racial and Identity Profiling Advisory Board Illustrates Use of Fo ...

Second Annual Report from California’s Racial and Identity Profiling Advisory Board Illustrates Use of Force and Racial Profiling in 2017 California’s Racial and Identity Profiling Advisory (RIPA) Boa ...

January 03, 2019
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Police Brutality against Black Kansas City Man Caught on Video

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|Date: October 16, 2018
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Police Brutality against Black Kansas City Man Caught on Video

By Gillian Wilcox Black people in Missouri are disproportionately stopped or harassed by police. Twenty y ...

By Gillian Wilcox Black people in Missouri are disproportionately stopped or harassed by police. Twenty years of collected data shows Black drivers are stopped at a rate 85 percent higher than white d ...

October 16, 2018
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Colleges and Universities Have a Racial Profiling Problem

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 24, 2018
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Colleges and Universities Have a Racial Profiling Problem

By Carl Takei We have seen it again and again: A Black or brown person is sitting in a Starbucks, barbequ ...

By Carl Takei We have seen it again and again: A Black or brown person is sitting in a Starbucks, barbequing in a public park, touring a college they hope to attend, or sitting down in the college the ...

September 24, 2018
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A Tale of Two When It Comes to Policing

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|Date: September 23, 2018
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A Tale of Two When It Comes to Policing

By Johanna Miller & Simon McCormack New Yorkers know that the New York Police Department will treat u ...

By Johanna Miller & Simon McCormack New Yorkers know that the New York Police Department will treat us differently depending on our zip code and the color of our skin. But many New Yorkers don’t k ...

September 23, 2018
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Analysis: Davis Is Not Alone among Progressive Cities

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 21, 2018
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Analysis: Davis Is Not Alone among Progressive Cities

One of the big questions that has arisen out of the discussion on race in Davis has been, "Do persons of ...

One of the big questions that has arisen out of the discussion on race in Davis has been, "Do persons of color have a bigger problem in Davis than in other cities?" That may or may not be the right q ...

September 21, 2018
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Sunday Commentary: Understanding Davis’ Racial and Ethnic Breakdown and What We Can Do

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 16, 2018
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Sunday Commentary: Understanding Davis’ Racial and Ethnic Breakdown and What We Can Do

Earlier last week on the Vanguard we had a prolonged discussion of the racial and ethnic breakdown of Dav ...

Earlier last week on the Vanguard we had a prolonged discussion of the racial and ethnic breakdown of Davis. Once we were able to see the proper Davis, it was clear that Davis is not just whiter than ...

September 16, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Eating Lunch while Black

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|Date: September 16, 2018
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Eating Lunch while Black

By Oumou Kanoute Enrolling in Smith College a year ago was a dream come true. But rarely has a dream so s ...

By Oumou Kanoute Enrolling in Smith College a year ago was a dream come true. But rarely has a dream so swiftly turned into a nightmare. As I begin my sophomore year, I’m returning to a new slate of c ...

September 16, 2018
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Commentary: Getting to the Root of Davis’ Longstanding Problem with Race

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 11, 2018
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Commentary: Getting to the Root of Davis’ Longstanding Problem with Race

This past year I read the book, The Color of Law, by Richard Rothstein. He writes about a forgotten hist ...

This past year I read the book, The Color of Law, by Richard Rothstein. He writes about a forgotten history of how the government segregated America. The two most striking things about the book are ...

September 11, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Walking While Black

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|Date: November 30, 2017
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Walking While Black

By Melba V. Pearson Walking is a lot of things. It’s great exercise. It’s a cost-free mode of transportat ...

By Melba V. Pearson Walking is a lot of things. It’s great exercise. It’s a cost-free mode of transportation. But for Black people in Jacksonville, Florida, evidence suggests that it’s leading to disc ...

November 30, 2017
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Monday Morning Thoughts: What White People Don’t See…

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 25, 2017
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Monday Morning Thoughts: What White People Don’t See…

Saturday’s column on racial profiling definitely spawned some conversation here and on Facebook. I also ...

Saturday’s column on racial profiling definitely spawned some conversation here and on Facebook. I also got a number of private messages and emails. Here are a few of the responses I got. Comment on ...

September 25, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Threat of Crime Leads to Racial Profiling in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 23, 2017
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Analysis: Threat of Crime Leads to Racial Profiling in Davis

The police have been warning residents about a string of burglaries. As one local TV station reported, “ ...

The police have been warning residents about a string of burglaries. As one local TV station reported, “Davis residents are being warned after 15 homes were burglarized and ransacked during broad day ...

September 23, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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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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Berkeley Police Unlawfully Detain Latino Student

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|Date: July 06, 2017
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Berkeley Police Unlawfully Detain Latino Student

by Jerika L.H Twenty-one-year-old student Ismael Chamu is still spinning from his horrific encounter with ...

by Jerika L.H Twenty-one-year-old student Ismael Chamu is still spinning from his horrific encounter with police in the early hours of Wednesday June 27. It was a night which started much like any oth ...

July 06, 2017
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Walking While White (female and old)

Posted by Tia Will
|Date: May 08, 2017
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Walking While White (female and old)

By Tia Will I have a confession to make. I sometimes break the law deliberately. Yes, I am an occasional ...

By Tia Will I have a confession to make. I sometimes break the law deliberately. Yes, I am an occasional jaywalker. I don’t jaywalk on busy streets or during high traffic times, or if there are cars ...

May 08, 2017
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Victim of Sac PD Beating Speaks to Media for First Time

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 25, 2017
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Victim of Sac PD Beating Speaks to Media for First Time

The beating of Nandi Cain, who was walking home from work in the Del Paso Heights neighborhood of Sacrame ...

The beating of Nandi Cain, who was walking home from work in the Del Paso Heights neighborhood of Sacramento two weeks ago, lawfully crossing the street, when he was stopped by Sac PD Officer Anthony ...

April 25, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Victim of Police Beating Caught on Video Says Abuse Continued at Jail

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|Date: April 24, 2017
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Victim of Police Beating Caught on Video Says Abuse Continued at Jail

Youth Who Was Beaten And Punched 20 Times By Sacramento Police Officer Anthony Figueroa During Questionab ...

Youth Who Was Beaten And Punched 20 Times By Sacramento Police Officer Anthony Figueroa During Questionable Jaywalking Stop Thought He Was “Going To Die.” (From Press Prelease) Attorney John Burris an ...

April 24, 2017
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