Police Use of Force Experts in Federal Civil Rights Trial Disagree on Stockton Officers’ Decision to Kill Teen
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Capitol Bureau SACRAMENTO – A day after one police procedures expert emphatically maintained…
DAY 3: Police Procedures Expert Testifies in Shooting that Killed Stockton Teen Was ‘Tactical Error’
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Capitol Bureau SACRAMENTO – Day Three in a U.S. District Court civil trial…
Federal Trial: Mother of Slain Teen Shares Witness Stand with Cops Who Killed Him
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Capitol Bureau SACRAMENTO – The mother of a 16-year-old special needs son shared…
Witness Describes Shock on 1st Day of Federal Lawsuit against Stockton City Cops
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Capitol Bureau SACRAMENTO – The testimony Monday on the first day of what…
Rally Asks Governor to Stop ICE from Deporting Prisoners after They’ve Done Time – Charles Joseph Case History
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Capitol Bureau SACRAMENTO – Most of the images of the Trump Administration’s out-of-control…
Exclusive: Santa Rita Jail Hunger Strike Starts after ‘Deliberate Neglect’
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Capitol Bureau DUBLIN, CA – A Bay Area civil rights attorney told…
State Prison Rally Highlights Lawsuit, and Horrific Conditions for Women, Trans Prisoners
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Capitol Bureau SACRAMENTO – The CA Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation has, according…
Animal Cruelty Cases Draw One Felony Conviction, One Hung Jury – Mirrors National Concern
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Capitol Bureau SACRAMENTO – This week, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approved…
Rally at U.S. Court in Sacramento Difficult for Family of Man Who Died after Woodland Police Tasered, Beat Him
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Only days before the announcement late last week that…
Judge Again Delays Trial after Defense Attorney Claims Statistics Show County Jury Pool Racially Discriminates
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – A Sacramento County Superior Court judge gave more time…
Sacramento Judge’s 2nd Look at Cop File Yields Possible Fodder for Defense, Which Argued City Withheld Information
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – In a suspected “driving while Black” case here, Sacramento…
Defense Attorney: Sacramento May Be Practicing Racial Discrimination in Juror Selection
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Sacramento County may be practicing racial discrimination in the…
Another False Start for Anti-Fascist Trial – It’s Now More than 3 Years Since 2016 Bloody State Capitol Riot
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – It may not be a record, but it’s been…
Unjust Bail System Ending in San Francisco
Judge Issues Injunction to Remove Price Tag on Freedom (From Press Release – Equal Justice Under Law)…
Judge Agrees to Re-Open Cop’s File after Public Defender Argues City May Have Misled Court
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Hours before the Labor Day holiday began Friday, things…
Our Democracy Needs Everyone, Including People on Parole
By Brittany Stonesifer After a parole board granted Richard Mireles his freedom earlier this year, he was…
New Evidence Leads to 1991 Trinity County Murder to Be Overturned
Last week, a man wrongfully convicted of murder in a case that occurred in Trinity County, but…
NBA Game and Drinking, Recipe for Robbery at Light Rail Station? 3 Held for October Trial
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Watching a Sacramento Kings basketball game, having a few…
Defendant Charges Officers Lied – Police Say He ID’d Self as Trump Voter Who Wanted to Shoot Them
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – A “Pitchess” motion heard Wednesday in Superior Court here…
Judge Holds Defendant to Answer Despite Conflicting Testimony during Prelim
Sacramento – In March, sheriff’s deputies responded to a call of shots fired and, following a search,…
