Sunday Commentary: We Have a Big Problem with No Clear Answer
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA -This week, the city council approved a statement against…
Guest Commentary: A Family Asked Police to Help Man Struggling with Mental Illness. Instead, They Shot Him.
More prosecutors, police and local leaders need to choose compassionate treatment over punishment. A new national toolkit…
New Report Finds the Police Are a Huge Part of the Problem in San Francisco
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Opponents of the SF District Attorney have…
Washington Post Investigation Finds Police Fatal Shootings at All Time High Since 2015
By Ankita Joshi and Helen Greenia WASHINGTON, DC – In 2021, on-duty police officers shot and killed…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 126: San Joaquin DA Tori Verber Salazar – Conservative Reformer
In 2020, San Joaquin District Attorney Tori Verber Salazar made headlines when she resigned from the California…
Bakersfield Police Submit to Agreement with State on Police Misconduct Despite Disagreeing with the Findings
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Oakland, CA – The Bakersfield Police Chief disagrees with the findings,…
Guest Commentary: California’s New Attorney General Has a Reputation As a Criminal Justice Reformer, but His Biggest Test Is Yet to Come
Rob Bonta’s career has hinged on the idea that the law can be used to engender social…
Commentary: One Pound of Flesh Is Not the Answer to Cure Policing
By David M. Greenwald As the defense wraps up in the Derek Chauvin trial and the news…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 98: County County Prosecutor Kim Foxx
Kim Foxx is trying to reform one of the most notorious counties in the Country – see…
Guest Commentary: We Must Abolish Qualified Immunity to Prevent Further Police Harm — Especially for People in Mental Health Crises
When courts are forgiving police for tasing people who are covered in gasoline, things have gone very…
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…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Can We Find a Way to Honor Natalie without ‘Thin Blue Line’ Flag?
By David M. Greenwald It was just two years ago Davis suffered a horrifying and tragic loss…
My View: Quickest Change for Policing – CAHOOTS Model
By David M. Greenwald The Davis City Council in December signed on to a nine-point plan for…
Commentary: Kern County Sheriff Has Worst Record in Nation in Officer-Involved Shootings, but Denies AG’s Allegations
By David Greenwald California Attorney General Xavier Becerra—appointed by Biden to head US Health and Human Services—has…
My View: A Lot of Reformers Paradoxically Are Pleased to See Becerra Appointed to HHS
By David M. Greenwald The Sacramento Bee headline caught my eye: “He sued the Trump administration over…
Racial Justice, Slavery Reparations, and a Police Shootings Bill by Senator Dodd Signed by the Governor
Legislation Made Law by Governor Wednesday Designed to Make CA Leader in Addressing Racial Injustice By Jose…
Prosecutor Resigns from President’s Law Enforcement Commission in Protest
A year ago, President Trump created the Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice,…
Guest Commentary: Defunding the Police Will Actually Make Us Safer
By Paige Fernandez Almost exactly six years after NYPD officers murdered Eric Garner in New York City,…
ACLU REPORT: Police Fatally Shoot/Kill People of Color at Same Rate During Pandemic
By Anais Cortes The ACLU’s recent research report, “The Other Epidemic: Fatal Police Shootings in the Time…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Reisig This Isn’t (Just) About You
When Public Defender Tracie Olson pointed out, quite correctly, that in the Yolo County Jail on April…
