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DA Rosen’s Attempt to Silence Public Defender Backfires

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 26, 2020
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DA Rosen’s Attempt to Silence Public Defender Backfires

San Jose: The story of Sajid Khan’s blog post, that turned into a tempest for the Santa Clara County DA’s ...

San Jose: The story of Sajid Khan’s blog post, that turned into a tempest for the Santa Clara County DA’s office when DA Jeff Rosen attempted to file a whistleblower complaint over the public defender ...

June 26, 2020
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My View: The War against Public Defenders Continues in California

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 20, 2020
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My View: The War against Public Defenders Continues in California

First Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig launched an attack on Public Defender Tracie Olson for comments she made ...

First Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig launched an attack on Public Defender Tracie Olson for comments she made in an interview, where she cited reliable jail data to point out that 25 percent of the jail p ...

June 20, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Legalization of Pot Leads to Resumption of War on Drugs?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 12, 2019
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Commentary: Legalization of Pot Leads to Resumption of War on Drugs?

For years, civil libertarians have warned that the war on drugs have given license to police officers to ...

For years, civil libertarians have warned that the war on drugs have given license to police officers to use heavy-handed force to conduct raids on suspected drug dealers. But critics such as Radley ...

November 12, 2019
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New Study Finds Police Militarization Fails to Enhance Safety or Reduce Crime

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 05, 2018
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New Study Finds Police Militarization Fails to Enhance Safety or Reduce Crime

When thousands of people marched in Ferguson as part of a protest of the shooting of Michael Brown by a F ...

When thousands of people marched in Ferguson as part of a protest of the shooting of Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer in 2014, “many Americans were surprised and alarmed by the character of ...

September 05, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Congress Wants More Protections for Cops While Ignoring Police Reform

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|Date: May 20, 2018
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Congress Wants More Protections for Cops While Ignoring Police Reform

By Kanya Bennett An “empty gesture” — that is the term that Rep. Jerrold Nadler, Democrat from New York, ...

By Kanya Bennett An “empty gesture” — that is the term that Rep. Jerrold Nadler, Democrat from New York, used to describe H.R. 5698, the Protect and Serve Act of 2018, which creates a new federal crim ...

May 20, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Does a Prosecutor Have to Be Tough on Crime?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 02, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Does a Prosecutor Have to Be Tough on Crime?

I found Matt Rexroad's letter in support of DA Jeff Reisig interesting. I asked him if he would submit i ...

I found Matt Rexroad's letter in support of DA Jeff Reisig interesting. I asked him if he would submit it to the Vanguard, but he declined, suggesting this wasn't the audience he wanted to reach. Fin ...

April 02, 2018
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Sunday Commentary: The Fact That Walter Scott’s Killer Goes to Prison Doesn’t Fix the System

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 10, 2017
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Sunday Commentary: The Fact That Walter Scott’s Killer Goes to Prison Doesn’t Fix the System

If you missed the news, Michael Slager, the North Charleston, South Carolina, police officer who shot and ...

If you missed the news, Michael Slager, the North Charleston, South Carolina, police officer who shot and killed Walter Scott, received a 20-year sentence this week. In an era that began in August of ...

December 10, 2017
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Commentary: Body Cameras Don’t Work if They Aren’t Turned On

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 20, 2017
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Commentary: Body Cameras Don’t Work if They Aren’t Turned On

In the wake of a series of high profile police incidents, Davis, like many cities across the nation, has ...

In the wake of a series of high profile police incidents, Davis, like many cities across the nation, has purchased and implemented a body worn camera policy for the police. But what we are seeing is ...

June 20, 2017
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New Federal Proposal Would Make Suing Police Difficult

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 26, 2017
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New Federal Proposal Would Make Suing Police Difficult

Republicans in the House and Senate have introduced legislation they are calling the Back the Blue Act of ...

Republicans in the House and Senate have introduced legislation they are calling the Back the Blue Act of 2017. The Senate bill, introduced by John Cornyn (R-Tex.) was co-sponsored by 15 senators, al ...

May 26, 2017
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Police Reform at Critical Crossroads

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 17, 2017
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Police Reform at Critical Crossroads

Last week there was another critical incident – a man crossing the street in Sacramento was confronted by ...

Last week there was another critical incident – a man crossing the street in Sacramento was confronted by a police officer, there was a confrontation and the police officer was caught on video taking ...

April 17, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: What Trump Means for Criminal Justice Reform

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 10, 2016
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Analysis: What Trump Means for Criminal Justice Reform

The election of Trump on Tuesday probably stalls, if not outright reverses, criminal justice reform gains ...

The election of Trump on Tuesday probably stalls, if not outright reverses, criminal justice reform gains across the country. We have already laid out Trump’s view on the death penalty and, in particu ...

November 10, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Officers in Freddie Gray Incident Exonerated – Department Was Not

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 11, 2016
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Officers in Freddie Gray Incident Exonerated – Department Was Not

Those who believe that the police in the Freddie Gray incident were wrongly accused may have had their vi ...

Those who believe that the police in the Freddie Gray incident were wrongly accused may have had their view validated by the courts, but the Justice Department report obliterates any vindication that ...

August 11, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Complying With Officers

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 23, 2016
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My View: Complying With Officers

The case of Michael Pedersen, which the Vanguard Court Watch covered this week, illustrates at the local ...

The case of Michael Pedersen, which the Vanguard Court Watch covered this week, illustrates at the local level basic problems with the approach to policing. According to our coverage, the defense mai ...

July 23, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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My View II: Dallas Illustrates the Need to Police Bad Cops

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 09, 2016
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My View II: Dallas Illustrates the Need to Police Bad Cops

The biggest challenge that police agencies across the country face is the need to identify those people w ...

The biggest challenge that police agencies across the country face is the need to identify those people who shouldn’t be police officers and protect the public and their colleagues from those individu ...

July 09, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Another Killing, of a Black Man in Louisiana, Captured on Video, Spawns Anger and Protests

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 07, 2016
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Another Killing, of a Black Man in Louisiana, Captured on Video, Spawns Anger and Protests

Here we go again. When 37-year-old Alton Sterling, a black man, was shot and killed by officers of the B ...

Here we go again. When 37-year-old Alton Sterling, a black man, was shot and killed by officers of the Baton Rouge Police Department on Tuesday, it ignited protests around the country. On Wednesday, ...

July 07, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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My View II: Would Indictments Stop Preventable Police Shootings?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 02, 2016
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My View II: Would Indictments Stop Preventable Police Shootings?

While there has been a lot of discussion about whether the police officer who shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice ...

While there has been a lot of discussion about whether the police officer who shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice should have been indicted, a bigger view of the case points to a more systemic mass failure th ...

January 02, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary II: Policing Has Become More Not Less Safe

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 06, 2015
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Sunday Commentary II: Policing Has Become More Not Less Safe

The pushback has continued against the killing of police officers. On Wednesday, Wisconsin Governor Scott ...

The pushback has continued against the killing of police officers. On Wednesday, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker continued to raise the rhetoric against the killing of police officers. He referenced t ...

September 06, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Is There a New Crime Wave? Columnist Says No

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 10, 2015
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Is There a New Crime Wave? Columnist Says No

Washington Post Columnist Radley Balko disputes claims that “we are in the throes of a new nationwide cri ...

Washington Post Columnist Radley Balko disputes claims that “we are in the throes of a new nationwide crime wave” due to the “chorus of police reform advocates and critics of police brutality since th ...

June 10, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: President Needs to Go Further on Demilitarizing the Police

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 19, 2015
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Commentary: President Needs to Go Further on Demilitarizing the Police

The President on Monday took several important steps to both demilitarize the police and also create a gr ...

The President on Monday took several important steps to both demilitarize the police and also create a greater degree of transparency, to hopefully rebuild the trust between police and communities. Pr ...

May 19, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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