February 1, 2021 Op-Ed: Ash Kalra Should Be California’s Next AG By Molly O'Neal, Manohar Raju, Oscar Bobrow, Tracie Olson, David Epps, Michael Ogul and Sajid A. Khan Public defenders are calling on Gov. Gavin Newsom to name the Silicon Valley lawmaker—a former defense attorney—to the AG post. Read More 9
November 5, 2020 Op-Ed: Without Systemic Change, BLM Banners Are Nothing More Than Performative Wokeness By Gil Rodan The banners could reaffirm our commitment to equity. But right now, the promises they hold are as empty as the wind that blows them. Read More 13
October 30, 2020 ‘Black Lives Matter’ Banners Unveiled at San Jose City Hall By Jana Kadah, Bay City News The banners list 575 names of Black Americans who lost their lives to “personal, systemic and institutional racism.” Read More 10
October 23, 2020 Newly Unearthed Facebook Posts Point to More Widespread Bias Among San Jose Police By Jennifer Wadsworth A blog post published today names a litany of cops whose apparent prejudice calls into question the integrity of their policing. Read More 9
October 22, 2020 DA to Dismiss Cases Linked to Cops Who Made Hateful Comments on Social Media By Jennifer Wadsworth The decision came after prosecutors reviewed hundreds of cases involving officers whose comments were first reported by SJI. Read More 5
September 23, 2020 LIVE UPDATES: Justice for Breonna Taylor Protest in Downtown San Jose By Silicon Valley Newsroom Not a single officer was charged with killing the 26-year-old paramedic shot to death by Louisville police in her own apartment. Read More 19
September 16, 2020 BlueLeaks Hack Suggests Bad Intel Fueled SJPD’s Violent Response to Recent Protests By Jennifer Wadsworth A leaked trove of law enforcement records shows that police were told to view anti-brutality protesters as an adversarial force. Read More 18
September 13, 2020 SJPD’s Body-Cam Footage of Protests Leaves a Lot Out By Jennifer Wadsworth While the new videos offer some fresh perspective of the George Floyd demonstrations, there’s a lot missing from the official narrative. Read More 6
September 11, 2020 Poet Laureate Navigates a Pandemic, Social Upheaval to Share Her Love of Words By Kyle Martin Janice Lobo Sapigao didn’t expect her year as poet laureate to be sucker-punched by a new virus—but she's not slowing down. Read More 1
September 2, 2020 Neighbors Say Activists Who Vandalize Mayor’s Home Also Made Death Threats By The Fly They also burned a flag and pelted the home with paintballs—all in apparent backlash to Sam Liccardo’s distaste for defunding police. Read More 32
August 29, 2020 San Jose Mayor Liccardo’s Home Vandalized Amid Friday Protests By Janice Bitters A second incidence of vandalism happened Friday at City Hall, resulting in one felony arrest, according to San Jose police. Read More 16
August 27, 2020 San Jose Quakes Cancel Match to Protest Jacob Blake’s Shooting By Emanuel Lee Like teams in the NBA, WNBA, MLS and MLB, the Earthquakes eschewed a mid-week home game to take a stand for racial justice. Read More 11
August 26, 2020 Op-Ed: Jacob Blake, Another Casualty of Deja Vu by Design By Sajid Khan Despite the movement in the streets, the uprisings at city halls, the chants of Black Lives Matter, we’re still here. Read More 6
August 14, 2020 Op-Ed: The Time Has Come for DAs to Create Police Crime Units By Aram James and Richard Konda Police might change their behavior in the line of duty fs they see that they will not be handled by prosecutors with kid gloves. Read More 33
August 10, 2020 Protesters Condemn ICE, Block Highway 101 in Morgan Hill By Michael Moore Demonstrators gathered with signs stating “Abolish ICE,” “No Kids In Cages,” “Fight Ignorance, Not Immigrants” and other slogans. Read More 20
August 3, 2020 New Mural Honors Lives of San Jose’s Homeless Residents By Amani Hamed Designed by tattoo artist Benny Arana O’Hara, the mural painted on West Virginia Street depicts two fists coming together against a red line. Read More 18