COVID and crime
Editor’s note: Violence is up during the pandemic and police reform protests America’s cities have been hammered by twin crises—first the COVID-19 pandemic and then…
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Sacramento County cops are No. 1 in seizing personal assets
Sacramento County cops have developed a voracious appetite for taking people’s stuff. According to newly released statistics from the California Department of Justice, law enforcement…
Real reform
Essay: Sacramento must lead on police changes. The community commission’s recommendations are a good start. By Mario Guerrero For the past several weeks, our city…
The wrong questions
Essay: For real public safety, we need to invest in preventing violence By Flojaune G. Cofer Our city’s current approach to public safety lacks imagination….
Deescalation and disparities
Attorney General Xavier Becerra issues more guidelines for Sacramento police Attorney General Xavier Becerra called Wednesday for the Sacramento Police Department to require its officers…
Letters: Defund the police, masks, clubs
Fuzzy thinking Re: “The other victims” by Foon Rhee (Editor’s note, June 29): Sorry, but that is some fuzzy thinking. Since the Sac police are…
The loudest voice
Editor’s note: Sacramento council members are told the police can’t be fixed, so must be defunded If Sacramento City Council members listen only to the…
Black Lives Matter
The 2018 killing of Stephon Clark by Sacramento police deeply impacted Josh Harris, an American River College student. Shocked and angry, he became an activist…
What belongs in Sacramento’s 2020 time capsule?
2020 has been such an eventful (read: traumatizing) year already that we’re predicting it’ll be pretty difficult to explain to future generations. So we asked…
The other victims
Editor’s note: “Defund the Police” has momentum. But what if cutting the Sacramento police budget means more crimes go unsolved? When the Sacramento City Council…