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UCD Police Chief Fills in Some Details on Shields Library Incident

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 06, 2015
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UCD Police Chief Fills in Some Details on Shields Library Incident

The Vanguard met with UC Davis Police Chief Matt Carmichael on Monday, and, while the Chief could not ans ...

The Vanguard met with UC Davis Police Chief Matt Carmichael on Monday, and, while the Chief could not answer specific questions about the August 26 arrest of former UC Davis student Fayia Sellu, he di ...

October 06, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Governor Signs Groundbreaking Bill to Combat Racial Profiling

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 04, 2015
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Governor Signs Groundbreaking Bill to Combat Racial Profiling

On Saturday, Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 953, The Racial and Identity Profiling Act of 2015 ...

On Saturday, Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 953, The Racial and Identity Profiling Act of 2015, into California law. The law, AB 953, written by Assemblymember Shirley Weber, requires law e ...

October 04, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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UCD Police Release Redacted Police Report on 24-Hour Reading Room Incident

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 26, 2015
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UCD Police Release Redacted Police Report on 24-Hour Reading Room Incident

Following a request from the Vanguard, UC Davis Police Chief Matt Carmichael has released a redacted poli ...

Following a request from the Vanguard, UC Davis Police Chief Matt Carmichael has released a redacted police report from the August 26, 2015, arrest of Fayia Sellu, a former UC Davis student who spoke ...

September 26, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Studying While Black: Former Student Shaken by Police Encounter on UCD Campus

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 21, 2015
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Studying While Black: Former Student Shaken by Police Encounter on UCD Campus

Three weeks after a surprise encounter with two officers from the UC Davis Police department, Fayia Sellu ...

Three weeks after a surprise encounter with two officers from the UC Davis Police department, Fayia Sellu, a former UC Davis student, was still shocked by the incident. But he was also thankful that h ...

September 21, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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California Will Become First in Nation to Collect All Data on Police Traffic Stops

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 12, 2015
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California Will Become First in Nation to Collect All Data on Police Traffic Stops

(From ACLU Press Release) - With a growing chorus of voices demanding systemic police reform, California ...

(From ACLU Press Release) - With a growing chorus of voices demanding systemic police reform, California is poised to pass AB 953: The Racial and Identity Profiling Act of 2015, the first-of-its-kind ...

September 12, 2015
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Polling Finds Solid Majority of California Voters Support Bill to Curb Racial Profiling

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 13, 2015
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Polling Finds Solid Majority of California Voters Support Bill to Curb Racial Profiling

A poll was released yesterday, conducted by Tulchin Research, showing 69 percent of likely California vot ...

A poll was released yesterday, conducted by Tulchin Research, showing 69 percent of likely California voters support AB 953: The Racial and Identity Profiling Act of 2015, a state bill introduced by A ...

August 13, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Ohio Prosecutor Says Officer Shooting “Is Without Question Murder”

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 30, 2015
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Ohio Prosecutor Says Officer Shooting “Is Without Question Murder”

Chalk one up for body-worn cameras. “This is without question murder,” Ohio prosecutor Joseph T. Deters s ...

Chalk one up for body-worn cameras. “This is without question murder,” Ohio prosecutor Joseph T. Deters said at a press conference Wednesday after a grand jury indicted a University of Cincinnati camp ...

July 30, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis Finds Little Evidence to Support a “Ferguson Effect” on Crime

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 16, 2015
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Analysis Finds Little Evidence to Support a “Ferguson Effect” on Crime

The Sentencing Project put out a new analysis this morning finding little support for a so-called “Fergus ...

The Sentencing Project put out a new analysis this morning finding little support for a so-called “Ferguson effect” on crime in St. Louis, Missouri. The “Ferguson effect” describes a conjecture by som ...

June 16, 2015
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Guest Commentary: Biking While Black?

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 06, 2015
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Guest Commentary: Biking While Black?

by Nusrat Choudhury The Tampa Bay Times' recent disclosure that police are targeting Blacks who ride bicy ...

by Nusrat Choudhury The Tampa Bay Times' recent disclosure that police are targeting Blacks who ride bicycles — including children as young as three years old — for dramatically high rates of stops an ...

June 06, 2015
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Minneapolis a Case Study For Policing in America

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 31, 2015
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Minneapolis a Case Study For Policing in America

By Emma Andersson Being Black in America today is rough. Turns out being Black and living in Minneapolis, ...

By Emma Andersson Being Black in America today is rough. Turns out being Black and living in Minneapolis, Minnesota, doesn't make it any easier. Often appearing on "Top 10 Best Places to Live" lists, ...

May 31, 2015
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A Call For Police Reform

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 17, 2015
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A Call For Police Reform

David Couper served as chief of police in Madison, Wisconsin, from 1972 to 1993. Now he is part of the gr ...

David Couper served as chief of police in Madison, Wisconsin, from 1972 to 1993. Now he is part of the growing chorus calling for reform and the restoration of trust in our police. In an article that ...

May 17, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary II: Microaggressions and Groundhog Day

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 10, 2015
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Sunday Commentary II: Microaggressions and Groundhog Day

In the movie "Groundhog Day," the main character, played by Bill Murray, is forced to relive February 2 i ...

In the movie "Groundhog Day," the main character, played by Bill Murray, is forced to relive February 2 in Punxsutawney, PA, over and over again. At first, he believes it was an odd occurrence, but as ...

May 10, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Attorney General Releases 90-Day Review of Training on Implicit Bias and Use of Force

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 18, 2015
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Attorney General Releases 90-Day Review of Training on Implicit Bias and Use of Force

Attorney General also announces statewide training on implicit bias and creation of 21st Century Policing ...

Attorney General also announces statewide training on implicit bias and creation of 21st Century Policing Working Group (From Attorney General Press Release) Friday, Attorney General Kamala D. Harris ...

April 18, 2015
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My View: What the Lonesome Death of Walter Scott Tells Us

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 11, 2015
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My View: What the Lonesome Death of Walter Scott Tells Us

Officer Michael Slager told investigators that Walter Scott had taken his Taser in a struggle and that he ...

Officer Michael Slager told investigators that Walter Scott had taken his Taser in a struggle and that he feared for his life. By most reports, both the local media and local police had bought into it ...

April 11, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Walter Scott’s Killing Is a Direct Result of the Current State of Policing in America Today

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 10, 2015
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Walter Scott’s Killing Is a Direct Result of the Current State of Policing in America Today

By Ezekiel Edwards It’s déjà vu. And it’s also a nightmare. Police gunning down unarmed black men and boy ...

By Ezekiel Edwards It’s déjà vu. And it’s also a nightmare. Police gunning down unarmed black men and boys is an American horror film that keeps getting replayed. Except that it isn’t a movie you can ...

April 10, 2015
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Police Issues in Davis and Beyond

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 06, 2015
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Police Issues in Davis and Beyond

It is hard to know exactly what to take from this. However, on one side of the MRAP debate have been thos ...

It is hard to know exactly what to take from this. However, on one side of the MRAP debate have been those who argue that there is a clear need by the Davis Police to have an MRAP. This certainly isn’ ...

April 06, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: San Francisco Law Enforcement Suddenly Finds Itself Under Fire

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 01, 2015
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Commentary: San Francisco Law Enforcement Suddenly Finds Itself Under Fire

When Ferguson took to the news last August following the shooting death of Michael Brown, few people had ...

When Ferguson took to the news last August following the shooting death of Michael Brown, few people had heard of the suburban St. Louis community, but the problems of a largely white police and city ...

April 01, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Lack of Trust Fueled the Crisis at Ferguson

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 08, 2015
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Sunday Commentary: Lack of Trust Fueled the Crisis at Ferguson

Back in December I wrote that the prevailing belief in the black community, especially for those under th ...

Back in December I wrote that the prevailing belief in the black community, especially for those under the age of 40, is that they do not trust the system to oversee the actions of the police and hold ...

March 08, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Urban Farm, Binning and Alternative Conflict Resolution

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 02, 2015
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Urban Farm, Binning and Alternative Conflict Resolution

What Should the City Do About Mace 25? As we reported on Saturday, the Davis City Council will be asked o ...

What Should the City Do About Mace 25? As we reported on Saturday, the Davis City Council will be asked on Tuesday to evaluate the suitability of the city-owned 25-acre parcel for a community farm and ...

March 02, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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My View: New Police Conflict Resolution Program Could Change Community-Police Relations

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 28, 2015
| (10) Comments

My View: New Police Conflict Resolution Program Could Change Community-Police Relations

In the last several months across the nation, we have seen play out in Ferguson and Staten Island and els ...

In the last several months across the nation, we have seen play out in Ferguson and Staten Island and elsewhere what played out in Davis back in 2006. A lot of people I talk to do not really remember ...

February 28, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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