Taxpayers, Not Cops, Foot the Bill for Civil Rights Suits in City, County of Sacramento
By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – Taxpayers in the city and county…
Civil Rights Attorneys, Social Justice Organizations Respond to Findings from Sacramento Police Dept Audit, Calling SPD ‘Wrong’
Kellan Patterson, civil rights attorney (left) and criminal defense attorney Keith Staten (right) responding to an…
Stevante Clark Comes Face-to-Face at Golden 1 with Officer Who Killed His Brother
By Robert J Hansen Stevante Clark went to the Golden 1 Center for game five of the…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 109 – Sac Attorney Keith Staten on Policing
Sacramento area Attorney Keith Staten, heads up the Sacramento Conflict Counsel joins Everyday Injustice to discuss policing…
Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg Recounts His Experiences as Mayor During Summer 2020 at UC Davis Law’s Racial Justice Speaker Series
By Cameron Perry DAVIS – Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg spoke Wednesday afternoon at the UC Davis School…
Legal Community Critics Largely Criticize Sacramento City Council Police Reforms
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – When the Sacramento City Council approved relatively minor…
Despite Shadow of Coronavirus, Stephon Clark’s Shooting Death by Police Remembered
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – Despite the shadow of the deadly Coronavirus COVID-19,…
Vanguard Exclusive: Sac Police Protest Deal Expected; Fallout from Cop Killing Continues with New Federal Lawsuit
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – City of Sacramento taxpayers here may soon be…
Sacramento County Taxpayers Hit Again with $1.7 Million Tab for Sheriff Dept. Wrongdoings
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The tab for Sacramento County taxpayers for the actions…
New Legal Action Charges City of Sacramento Stonewalls Record Request in Mass False Arrests at Police Brutality Protest
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The VANGUARD has learned that the city of Sacramento…
Sacramento Police ‘Cleared’ in Killing of Unarmed Stephon Clark – Community Reacts with Anger, Warnings
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Reactions were swift and furious Thursday to an official…
Sacramento Judge’s 2nd Look at Cop File Yields Possible Fodder for Defense, Which Argued City Withheld Information
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – In a suspected “driving while Black” case here, Sacramento…
Sacramento Taxpayers on Hook for $2.4 Million in ‘Partial’ City Payout for Stephon Clark Killing; Police Misdeeds Piling Up
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – It’s literally next to impossible to keep up with…
City Attorney, Sac Police Misled Judge about Officer’s Misdeeds? SPD Charged with Brutalizing Black Family
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The City Attorney and the Sacramento City Police Dept…
Public Defender Seeks Proof Dirty Cops Lied, and Traffic Stop Brutalized Black Family
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – There may, or may not be, a dirty cop…
Political Trials for Nazi Fighters, Poor People Advocates Slated in June in Sacramento
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – June – and maybe part of July – is…
Not Perfect, but Cop Deadly Use of Force Measure Gets OK by Assembly
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – A controversial measure to restrict the use of deadly…
Sacramento Sued for 84 Arrests at Police Brutality Protest
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The city and county of Sacramento – already targeted…
Lawsuit Filed against Sacramento Sheriff for Hitting Protestor and Fleeing Scene
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Fallout from the hugely controversial shooting death of unarmed…
Poor People’s Campaign Bus Tour in Capitol – Calls Stephon Clark Killing ‘Lynching’
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The Poor People’s Campaign – a national organization dedicated…
