Student Opinion: The Line
By Jacob Derin Oakland and Portland’s legal dispute with the federal government over the use of federal…
Supreme Court Denies ACLU Petition to Reconsider Qualified Immunity
By Linh Nguyen WASHINGTON D.C. – The U.S. Supreme Court decided Monday to not wade into the…
Sunday Commentary: When to Renew Isn’t Enough
I worry about the future of Davis. I have expressed this many times, but what has made Davis…
‘No Knock’ Warrants Spur Wave of Civil Rights Lawsuits
Police are accused of lying to obtain the warrants to conduct military-style raids on the homes of…
UCD Associated Students Narrowly Fail to Pass Resolution to Disarm Campus Police
By Raquel Victoria Navarro Vanguard Staff DAVIS — Exhausted students finally filed out of an Associated Students…
Illinois Police Killed a Black Security Guard while He Was Doing His Job
By Paige Fernandez In an alternate reality, Tuesday’s national news headlines would have read: “Active Shooter Heroically…
A Tale of Two When It Comes to Policing
By Johanna Miller & Simon McCormack New Yorkers know that the New York Police Department will treat…
Stop-and-Frisk Settlement in Milwaukee Lawsuit Is a Wakeup Call for Police Nationwide
By Nusrat Choudhury In a banner day for police reform, the city of Milwaukee has entered into…
Will California Pass the Biggest Change to Police Use of Force in the Nation?
It was a rare site to see members of the Senate Public Safety Committee buck objections from…
Legislation Moves Forward Requiring Community Oversight of Law Enforcement Surveillance Technology
Earlier this year, the city of Davis became a leader in the move to oversee law enforcement…
GSA Hears Resolutions to Support Measure J, Johansson, Guenther, and Disarming of Campus Police
GSA counts votes differently in order to endorse Guenther; many graduate students distrustful of Guenther’s “soft no”…
A Supreme Court Ruling Could Embolden Police Retaliation against Political Speech
By Jacob J. Hutt Earlier this year, a photojournalist headed to a Black Lives Matter protest in…
Are Police Implementing Illegal Traffic Ticket Quotas?
By Steven Brown In a letter to the state’s police chiefs, the ACLU of Rhode Island warned…
Police Assault on Black Students in Kentucky Sparks Calls for Reform
By Sarah Hinger Families in Louisville, Kentucky, are rightly calling for an end to police in schools…
ACLU Demands Change to Unlawful Pre-Packaged Police Policies
(From Press Release) – The ACLU of California and advocacy groups this week sent a letter to…
Don’t Arm School Police
By Harold Jordan There is an emerging national debate about school policing. It is not about whether…
Executive Order to Stop Crimes against Law Enforcement Lacks Facts
By Jeffery Robinson Something does not add up. President Trump put an executive order into effect last…
Police Use of Excessive Force at Standing Rock
By Jamil Dakwar In a 4-minute SoundCloud interview with the Indigenous Environmental Network, Angela Bibens describes the…
Justice Watch: How Race Pervades the Criminal Justice System
Bill Quigley, Loyola University New Orleans Law Professor, gives 18 examples of how race pervades the criminal…
Commentary: Crime and Police Misconduct Are Separate Issues
It seems like in every discussion we have on police misconduct and officer-involved shootings, someone tries to…
