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'I Don't Have Words to Describe This Pain': Family of 14-Year-Old Killed by LAPD Remember Their Daughter, Call for Justice

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'They Can Literally Get Away With Murder': Bay Area Activists, Leaders React to Rittenhouse Not Guilty Verdict

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SF DA Charges Officer With Manslaughter in 2017 On-Duty Shooting of Sean Moore

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What the Recent Supreme Court Ruling in Favor of Police Officers Means for Qualified Immunity

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'Don't Take Our Kindness for Weakness': SFPD Unveils Strategy to Reduce Retail Shoplifting

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Oversight Agency Probes Santa Clara County Sheriff Over an Internal Investigation That Was Shut Down

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Some Santa Clara County Leaders Want the Sheriff Out

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In the photo, Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith speaks during a press briefing.

'Horrific' Incidents in Jails Prompt Santa Clara County Supervisors' Call for Investigations of Sheriff

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New State Funding Boosts Prosecutor-Led Resentencing Efforts in California

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