Although Robbery Has Decreased, San Francisco Residents Invest in Multiple Modes of Security
By Darling Gonzalez SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Robbery has decreased 5.4 percent between 2020 and 2021 in…
Sunday Commentary: Excited Delirium, That’s Some BS
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Antioch, CA – When I spoke on Friday afternoon with longtime…
Commentary: How Will Changing Landscape Impact Reformer DA Candidates in 2022?
By David M. Greenwald In 2018, there were a number of progressive candidates for DA in California…
Sunday Commentary: Bad Reporting by the Media is Largely Driving the Crime Panic
By David M. Greenwald Earlier this week a very telling USA Today poll came out finding that…
Unpacking Chesa Boudin’s Progressive Prosecution
By Elina Lingappa SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Last week, Radley Balko published an opinion article in The…
DA Rosen’s Attempt to Silence Public Defender Backfires
San Jose: The story of Sajid Khan’s blog post, that turned into a tempest for the Santa…
My View: The War against Public Defenders Continues in California
First Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig launched an attack on Public Defender Tracie Olson for comments she…
Commentary: Legalization of Pot Leads to Resumption of War on Drugs?
For years, civil libertarians have warned that the war on drugs have given license to police officers…
New Study Finds Police Militarization Fails to Enhance Safety or Reduce Crime
When thousands of people marched in Ferguson as part of a protest of the shooting of Michael…
Congress Wants More Protections for Cops While Ignoring Police Reform
By Kanya Bennett An “empty gesture” — that is the term that Rep. Jerrold Nadler, Democrat from…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Does a Prosecutor Have to Be Tough on Crime?
I found Matt Rexroad’s letter in support of DA Jeff Reisig interesting. I asked him if he…
Sunday Commentary: The Fact That Walter Scott’s Killer Goes to Prison Doesn’t Fix the System
If you missed the news, Michael Slager, the North Charleston, South Carolina, police officer who shot and…
Commentary: Body Cameras Don’t Work if They Aren’t Turned On
In the wake of a series of high profile police incidents, Davis, like many cities across the…
New Federal Proposal Would Make Suing Police Difficult
Republicans in the House and Senate have introduced legislation they are calling the Back the Blue Act…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Police Reform at Critical Crossroads
Last week there was another critical incident – a man crossing the street in Sacramento was confronted…
Analysis: What Trump Means for Criminal Justice Reform
The election of Trump on Tuesday probably stalls, if not outright reverses, criminal justice reform gains across…
Officers in Freddie Gray Incident Exonerated – Department Was Not
Those who believe that the police in the Freddie Gray incident were wrongly accused may have had…
My View: Complying With Officers
The case of Michael Pedersen, which the Vanguard Court Watch covered this week, illustrates at the local…
My View II: Dallas Illustrates the Need to Police Bad Cops
The biggest challenge that police agencies across the country face is the need to identify those people…
Another Killing, of a Black Man in Louisiana, Captured on Video, Spawns Anger and Protests
Here we go again. When 37-year-old Alton Sterling, a black man, was shot and killed by officers…
