Police
Groups launch effort to prevent execution of Troy Davis
September 13, 2011This is Davis's fourth execution date since 2007. The gun used to kill the police officer was never found, nor any physical evidence linking Davis to the murder.
Read moreProtesters target BART for cell phone cutoff
August 16, 2011The rowdy but nonviolent roving protest was directed both at the BART's cell phone shutdown and BARTs police' fatal shooting of a homeless man last month.
Read moreProtests erupt over cell phone shutdown
August 15, 2011The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit shut off cell phone access to commuters at train stations and protestors say the police violated their right to free expression.
Read moreThree strikes and a life sentence for selling pot?
May 18, 2011Cornell Hood is no pioneer of the legalization movement or political activist, but is a life sentence really appropriate?
Read moreLatino community rejects DOJ whitewash in Gutierrez case
March 3, 2011A coalition of community and labor activists in Sacramento, California are demanding justice for Luis Gutierrez who was fatally shot by three deputies last year and were recently cleared by the U.S. Department of Justice.
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