Songs for social justice
Sacramento bands help fans amplify in-person protests with online cash Since March, the online music platform Bandcamp has waived its fees on the first Friday…
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The right response to George Floyd
Essay: Instead of a curfew and the National Guard, Sacramento should be defunding police and limiting use-of-force By Katie Valenzuela When I watched the video…
Racism infects America
Essay: Words are not enough to heal what’s wrong with our communities and law enforcement By Reuven H. Taff A young black Jewish couple in…
What police reform could look like
Editor’s note: After George Floyd’s killing, there are lots of ideas to change policing. But is there the political will? If all the protests, marches…
Protests during a pandemic
Officials are concerned that crowded marches will lead to a spike in Sacramento COVID-19 cases The immediate priority for Sacramento officials is to find the…
Snapshots from the protests
A video showed a Minneapolis police officer pressing his knee into George Floyd’s neck while he was handcuffed and on the ground. He said he…
Under the microscope
Editor’s note: LaTesha Watson is Sacramento’s new public safety watchdog. She’s been under scrutiny, herself. The person may not be a household name, but the…
Exiled from asylum
Despite judicial protection order, gay asylum-seeker was deported to a country where his sexuality is illegal. By Scott Thomas Anderson It was 8 a.m. when a…
No justice, no surprise
City Hall tries to turn page on the Stephon Clark case without acknowledging that every review of his death relied on the police investigation of…
What happened to her mom in jail?
Irma McLaughlin got hurt inside Sacramento’s jail, then died outside of it. The county doesn’t know how often that happens. Heather Qualls dabbed a tissue…
A grisly murder. An illegal confession. A 20-year fight to be free.
Two Sacramento detectives denied Tio Sessoms his right to an attorney. So he became his own advocate—in prison. Somewhere in Oklahoma: The walls of the…
Terminal father believed county attorneys delayed trial so he would die before he could testify against deputies
Two mentally ill young men, two officer shootings, two different outcomes By Scott Thomas Anderson and Raheem F. Hosseini The night before the civil trial…
Seize and spend: A California Republican is battling the Trump administration over asset forfeiture
Sacramento police looking to spend more than $700,000 of seized assets President Donald Trump may have buyer’s remorse about his attorney general, but he and Jeff…
Guilt by appropriation: Asset forfeiture law may restrict Sacramento police’s ability to seize and spend
Interim police chief seeking permission to pay $417,000 for helicopter What do the right-leaning Heritage Foundation and progressive ACLU have in common? Both say the practice…
Jail state: Juvenile justice overhaul rallies Sacramento faith community behind Prop. 57
When she was 12, Jamie Savoy let out a cry for help that she says no one answered. Facing abuse from an older adult, Savoy…