Boudin’s Office Responds To What It Calls False Claims in Recently Filed Lawsuit
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Can a district attorney be sued for…
Santa Rita Jail Prisoners Object to $100 Million ‘Abusive, Unsanitary’ Jail Lawsuit Settlement – Claim Lawyers Sold Them Out
By Cres Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief DUBLIN, CA – More than 100 incarcerated here in Alameda…
Protesters Sue Sacramento Police Department for Allegedly Repressing Racial Justice Protesters with Violence, Surveillance, and Home Raids
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – Protesters claim that the Sacramento Police Department in…
Federal Court Win Requires Mississippi City to Approve Building of a Mosque after Previous Denial
By Sophia Barberini HORN LAKE, MS – After Horn Lake, Mississippi, city officials denied zoning approval for…
ACLU Announces Lawsuit Challenging New Redistricting Plan in Arkansas
By Alexander Ramirez LITTLE ROCK, AR – The American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas, and the Law…
NAACP/Public Citizen Announce Settlement with U.S. Postal Service – Grants NAACP Access to Delivery Data of Mail-in Ballots
By Julia Urquizo WASHINGTON, DC – Public Citizen Litigation Group and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational…
Prisoners Sue California Prison System Following Targeted Raid Against Black People
By Claude Marks / Original to ScheerPost California prisoner, Talib Williams, is bringing a class action lawsuit…
Current and Former Prosecutors File Amicus in Support of DA Gascón’s Reform
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Los Angeles, CA – District Attorney George Gascón was elected to…
New Lawsuit Filed against Sacramento for Withholding Records on Police Conduct during Black Lives Matter Protests
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – Just what took place in Sacramento between the…
ACLU Sues Biden Administration over Failure to Provide Sufficient Records of Plans for Incarcerated Still on COVID Crisis Home Confinement
By Sonam Hundal WASHINGTON, DC – Under the CARES Act, thousands of incarcerated people were placed on…
ACLU Report Calls for End to ICE Detention System
By Natalia Ruvalcaba and Michele Chadwick WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) incarcerates more…
Commentary: Legal Professors’ Lawsuit Spotlights Resistance to Prosecutor Accountability
By Rory Fleming A fight over law professors’ free speech rights shows just how far state bars…
ACLU Helps Chinese American Scientist File New Complaint against Alleged Racially-Biased Investigation
By Angelina Sang NEW YORK CITY, NY – A Chinese American scientist who said she was unlawfully…
ACLU, Lambda Legal File Lawsuit against Tennessee Law Excluding Trans Students from Participating in School Sports
By Neha Malhi KNOXVILLE, TN – Tennessee law that excludes transgender youth from participating in school sports…
Montgomery County Faces ACLU Class Action Lawsuit for Unconstitutional Incarceration
By Michele Chadwick & Yasmin Homan PHILADELPHIA, PA- The ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) filed a class…
Judge Finds SQ Officials Fell Short of Deliberate Indifference – but Hammers the Conduct of the Prison Officials during COVID Crisis
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Marin County – “Respondent caused ‘the worst epidemiological disaster in California…
First-Ever Federal Suit Using New Law Filed by ICE Detainee, Claiming ICE-Hired Private Jail Tortured Him
By The Vanguard Staff CALEXICO, CA – A federal lawsuit was filed this week against a private…
Civil Rights Groups Grow Tired of the South Carolina Redistricting Failures, File Lawsuit
By Mary Magana-Ayala COLUMBIA, S.C.– Two civil rights groups, the NAACP and the American Civil Liberties Union,…
AG Bonta Joins SF DA in Joint Effort Against Ghost Gun Kit Retailers and Manufacturers
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Ghost guns can be shipped in innocuous-looking…
Commentary: San Francisco Courts Are a Mess, Have Been a Mess, and the Problem is Not on the DA
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – It was a bombshell transcript. It gave…
