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Newspaper Says Police Union Blocked Access to Press Conference

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|Date: August 02, 2022
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Newspaper Says Police Union Blocked Access to Press Conference

By Matthew Keys The newspaper that covers Vallejo said it was prevented from attending a press con ...

By Matthew Keys The newspaper that covers Vallejo said it was prevented from attending a press conference held by attorneys representing the city's police union last week, despite receiving an ...

August 02, 2022
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The City Where Investigations of Police Take So Long, Officers Kill Again Before Reviews Are Done

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|Date: July 11, 2022
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The City Where Investigations of Police Take So Long, Officers Kill Again Before Reviews Are Done

by Laurence Du Sault, Open Vallejo Around dinner time on Feb. 13, 2018, Ronell Foster was riding his bike ...

by Laurence Du Sault, Open Vallejo Around dinner time on Feb. 13, 2018, Ronell Foster was riding his bike on a wide road that runs through the historic downtown of Vallejo, California. The 33-year-old ...

July 11, 2022
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Report Faults Vallejo Police in Monterrosa Killing – Finds Use of Force Unreasonable

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|Date: December 06, 2021
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Report Faults Vallejo Police in Monterrosa Killing – Finds Use of Force Unreasonable

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Vallejo, CA - A report from June 2021 was released late on Thursda ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Vallejo, CA - A report from June 2021 was released late on Thursday last week faulting the handling of the shooting by Vallejo Police. The report conducted by th ...

December 06, 2021
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Solano County DA Fires Back at AG Bonta on Monterrosa Case

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|Date: May 15, 2021
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Solano County DA Fires Back at AG Bonta on Monterrosa Case

By David M. Greenwald Fairfield, CA – Solano County DA Krishna Abrams fired back on Friday against AG Bon ...

By David M. Greenwald Fairfield, CA – Solano County DA Krishna Abrams fired back on Friday against AG Bonta, one day after the newly appointed AG criticized Abrams for failing to act on the nearly yea ...

May 15, 2021
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Bonta Announces Full DOJ Investigation into Monterrosa Killing by Vallejo PD

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|Date: May 13, 2021
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Bonta Announces Full DOJ Investigation into Monterrosa Killing by Vallejo PD

By David M. Greenwald Vallejo, CA - Criticizing the Solano County DA for failing to act, Attorney General ...

By David M. Greenwald Vallejo, CA - Criticizing the Solano County DA for failing to act, Attorney General Rob Bonta on Thursday announced his office will conduct a full independent review of the offic ...

May 13, 2021
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Families of Police Brutality Victims from California to Ohio Push for Police Accountability Laws at Capitol

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|Date: February 15, 2021
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Families of Police Brutality Victims from California to Ohio Push for Police Accountability Laws at Capitol

By Jose Medina STATE CAPITOL (SACRAMENTO) – Families of police brutality victims held a unity rally at th ...

By Jose Medina STATE CAPITOL (SACRAMENTO) – Families of police brutality victims held a unity rally at the STATE CAPITOL late last week to push for more police accountability. Impacted families held a ...

February 15, 2021
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Group Pushes for Justice for Willie McCoy, Killed by Vallejo Police; Alleges Retaliation against Whistleblower

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|Date: February 12, 2021
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Group Pushes for Justice for Willie McCoy, Killed by Vallejo Police; Alleges Retaliation against Whistleblower

By David M. Greenwald Earlier this week, a group of supporters of Willie McCoy rallied in Sacramento and ...

By David M. Greenwald Earlier this week, a group of supporters of Willie McCoy rallied in Sacramento and pushed for a number of changes, on the two-year anniversary of the death of the man, shot by Va ...

February 12, 2021
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Analysis: Vallejo PD Release New Documents and Videos on 2019 Willie McCoy Shooting

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|Date: August 09, 2020
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Analysis: Vallejo PD Release New Documents and Videos on 2019 Willie McCoy Shooting

By Julietta Bisharyan, Rafiya Naqvi, Nick Domenici, and Madeline Gile VALLEJO – In 2019, Vallejo police f ...

By Julietta Bisharyan, Rafiya Naqvi, Nick Domenici, and Madeline Gile VALLEJO – In 2019, Vallejo police fired more than 40 shots through the vehicle of Willie McCoy, killing the man as he slept in his ...

August 09, 2020
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My View: No, It’s Not Just a Few Bad Apples – the Problem of Policing Is Pervasive

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 01, 2020
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My View: No, It’s Not Just a Few Bad Apples – the Problem of Policing Is Pervasive

When George Floyd was killed on May 25 by Minneapolis police it launched yet again another national discu ...

When George Floyd was killed on May 25 by Minneapolis police it launched yet again another national discussion on policing—the same one that began in 2015 when it was Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Tamir ...

August 01, 2020
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Did Vallejo Police Union President Destroy Evidence in Monterrosa Killing?

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|Date: July 26, 2020
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Did Vallejo Police Union President Destroy Evidence in Monterrosa Killing?

Multiple media reports over the weekend have noted that the president of the Vallejo police union is one ...

Multiple media reports over the weekend have noted that the president of the Vallejo police union is one of two police officers who has been suspended by the department, under investigation for destro ...

July 26, 2020
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Vallejo Mayoral Candidate Critical of Discarding Evidence in Police Killing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 20, 2020
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Vallejo Mayoral Candidate Critical of Discarding Evidence in Police Killing

Revelations are flying in Vallejo that police have lost or discarded key evidence. As a result, on Frida ...

Revelations are flying in Vallejo that police have lost or discarded key evidence. As a result, on Friday Speaker Nancy Pelosi called on the FBI to investigate the shooting of Sean Monterrosa. After ...

July 20, 2020
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Pelosi Calls for FBI Investigation into Vallejo Shooting; AG Investigating Destruction of Evidence (Updated)

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 18, 2020
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Pelosi Calls for FBI Investigation into Vallejo Shooting; AG Investigating Destruction of Evidence (Updated)

(Saturday Morning Update) On Friday evening, Attorney General Xavier Becerra issued a statement announcin ...

(Saturday Morning Update) On Friday evening, Attorney General Xavier Becerra issued a statement announcing that the California Department of Justice (DOJ) is stepping in to investigate the alleged des ...

July 18, 2020
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Analysis: Vallejo Police Release Footage of Fatal Shooting of Sean Monterrosa

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|Date: July 11, 2020
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Analysis: Vallejo Police Release Footage of Fatal Shooting of Sean Monterrosa

By Mella Bettag, Elizabeth Cho, Anna Okada, Ivy Zhou VALLEJO - Vallejo Police released body camera foot ...

By Mella Bettag, Elizabeth Cho, Anna Okada, Ivy Zhou VALLEJO - Vallejo Police released body camera footage here this week that revealed the horrific moments before and after the shooting of Sean Mon ...

July 11, 2020
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Vallejo Releases Video Which Does Not Show the Monterrosa Shooting

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 09, 2020
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Vallejo Releases Video Which Does Not Show the Monterrosa Shooting

Bowing to pressure as well as the state law, Vallejo has finally released the video of the June 2 fatal s ...

Bowing to pressure as well as the state law, Vallejo has finally released the video of the June 2 fatal shooting of 22-year-old Sean Monterroa, a San Francisco man, at the hands of Vallejo police offi ...

July 09, 2020
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Attorneys for Monterrosa Family Demand Solano DA Prosecute Officer Who Killed the Young Man

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 23, 2020
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Attorneys for Monterrosa Family Demand Solano DA Prosecute Officer Who Killed the Young Man

Make no mistake, when the video of the shooting death of Sean Monterrosa at the hands of Vallejo police b ...

Make no mistake, when the video of the shooting death of Sean Monterrosa at the hands of Vallejo police becomes available and it’s as bad as family and supporters of the 23-year-old say, when he was g ...

June 23, 2020
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Huge and Angry Protest Remains Peaceful in Vallejo over Shooting Death

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|Date: June 14, 2020
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Huge and Angry Protest Remains Peaceful in Vallejo over Shooting Death

Vallejo, CA - The latest in a long series of officer-involved shootings in Vallejo led to an angry march ...

Vallejo, CA - The latest in a long series of officer-involved shootings in Vallejo led to an angry march and demonstration on Saturday, as a crowd of what appeared to be more than 500 people came to s ...

June 14, 2020
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Police Shooting in Vallejo Leads to AG Investigation into Troubled Department

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|Date: June 06, 2020
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Police Shooting in Vallejo Leads to AG Investigation into Troubled Department

For years civil rights attorney John Burris has been trying to get the California Attorney General’s offi ...

For years civil rights attorney John Burris has been trying to get the California Attorney General’s office to investigate the Vallejo Police Department—which has seen an unusually large number of off ...

June 06, 2020
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Vallejo: Police Kill With Near Impunity

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 19, 2019
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Vallejo: Police Kill With Near Impunity

By Darwin BondGraham Since 2010, no Vallejo officer has been disciplined for using deadly force, despite ...

By Darwin BondGraham Since 2010, no Vallejo officer has been disciplined for using deadly force, despite multiple shootings of unarmed people—including a man holding a can of beer. And active police u ...

December 19, 2019
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Family of Willie McCoy Files Civil Rights Suit against Vallejo

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 28, 2019
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Family of Willie McCoy Files Civil Rights Suit against Vallejo

Oakland – It has been four months since six Vallejo police officers shot Willie McCoy 25 times as he slep ...

Oakland – It has been four months since six Vallejo police officers shot Willie McCoy 25 times as he slept in his car. On Thursday, famed civil rights Attorney John Burris announced that they had fil ...

June 28, 2019
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