Philly DA Announces Assault Charges Against Police Dept Inspector, and Detective in Attack on Man with Asperger Syndrome
By Julia Asby PHILADELPHIA, PA – Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner has filed criminal charges against Philadelphia…
Gascón Lays Out Record for First 100 Days of Reform as LA District Attorney, Projecting Hundreds of Millions in Savings
By David M. Greenwald Marking 100 days in office, Los Angeles DA George Gascón took the opportunity…
Student Opinion: LAPD’s Offensive George Floyd “Valentine’s” Card Is Not Out of Character
By Ivana Ramirez LOS ANGELES — Militaristic. Racist. Cruel. These are just a few of the words…
Teen Beaten By Stockton Police Looks To File Suit
By David M. Greenwald Attorneys for a 17 year old High School Senior in Stockton says on…
Bronx Defenders Wonder If There Will Be Real Action after Report on NYPD Violence and Misconduct during George Floyd Protests
By Carlin Ross NEW YORK – The New York City Department of Investigation has released its report…
Denver Independent Monitor Releases Review Critical of Police Response to George Floyd Protests
By Julietta Bisharyan, Linh Nguyen, and Lauren Smith DENVER – The murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis…
SF PD Officer Charged by District Attorney with Multiple Felonies for Brutal Baton Beating of Black Man More than a Year Ago
SAN FRANCISCO – A San Francisco Police Dept officer – accused of beating a man with his…
Seattle Office of Police Accountability Releases Five Completed Investigations of Alleged Police Misconduct
By Tiffany Devlin SEATTLE – Across the country, since late May, there have been large and noisy…
Reform Philly DA Charges, Arrests Former Police Sgt for Beating Protestors
By Mia Machado PHILADELPHIA- Reform Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner announced late this last week the arrest…
EXONERATIONS: Part X – Discipline of Law Enforcement for Misconduct Nearly Nonexistent
(This is the 10th of an 11-part series by The Vanguard reporting on a study of exonerations…
EXONERATIONS: Part VII – Misconduct by Police and Prosecutors at Trial Cause of Wrongful Convictions
(This is the sixth in an 11-part series by The Vanguard reporting on a study of…
EXONERATIONS: Part II in the Series – Frequency of Official Misconduct/ Characteristics of Misconduct and Its Disparities
(This is the second in an 11-part series by The Vanguard reporting on a study of exonerations…
Comprehensive Study Shows Official Misconduct Major Cause of Wrongful Convictions
By Linhchi Nguyen Research indicates that among all cases where defendants were convicted of crimes in the…
Guest Commentary: After Atlanta Teen Is Injured in a Police Encounter, Lawyers Call for Change
By Joshua Vaughn The 17-year-old, who his lawyers say was pushed off a fence by a police…
Yolo DA’s Office Hires Deputy Found to Have Committed Prosecutorial Misconduct in Another County
By David M. Greenwald Once again, Yolo County has hired a prosecutor from another county who was…
Seven Police Officers Suspended as New Evidence Comes to Light in Daniel Prude Death
Family Alleges He Was Treated Like a “Damn Animal” by Rochester Police By Linhchi Nguyen New raw…
Police Reform in Senate Bill 731 Would License Cops Like Lawyers and Doctors
By Phoebe Glick STATE CAPITOL – California Senate Bill 731 has been introduced here, and it promises…
CA Public Safety Committee OK’s Host of Bills Aimed at Police Brutality
By Heather Hamilton STATE CAPITOL – The California State Assembly Committee on Public Safety here has…
District Court Judge Calls on Supreme Court to Eliminate Qualified Immunity
By Jaden Jarmel-Schneider MISSISSIPPI – District Court Judge Carlton W. Reeves of the Southern District of Mississippi…
Update on the Portland Protests (Video)
Vanguard reporter Roman Mendoza has been on the ground at the Portland protests for the past few…
