Everyday Injustice

Dan Quart has been in the NY State Assembly for nearly a decade. Now he is among many running for the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, a position currently held by Cy Vance, but it is unknown if by 2021, he will seek another turn. In the meantime, Quart is positioning himself as a reformer on a variety of issues which he discusses on Everyday Injustice.

David Greenwald (Vanguard Editor) and Jordon Varney (Vanguard at UC Davis City Editor) host a discussion with the three young council candidates: Kelsey Fortune, Connor Gorman and Dillan Horton. Discussion ranged from policing, to race, to commissions and rental issues.

Ben Pogue is a candidate for the Ninth Circuit Solicitor in South Carolina, representing Charleston and Berkley Counties. He is looking to bring reform and accountability to the criminal justice system. During the interview he talked about the prosecutor's office's failure to bring accountability in the police killing of unarmed Walter Scott, who he said the solicitor "blamed for his own murder."

Everyday INjustice sat down with four individuals in the community of Davis California looking to make changes to policing at the local level. The participants: Morgan Poindexter,Aarthi Sekar, Lupita Torres, and Dillan Horton. The discussion ranged from data on racial profiling, race and policing, to alternative models - defunding the police, reimagining policing and CAHOOTS.

Elected in November 2019 in San Francisco as a reformer, Chesa Boudin has been on the job for nine months and already accomplished a lot. We discuss some of the reforms - racial disparities, police accountability, the post conviction review, and much more.

In the wake of George Floyd's killing, California legislators put forward a number of police reforms - many of which died prior to getting to a vote. One of those was Senator Bradford's SB 731 which would allow for police officers who committed misconduct to be decertified and not allowed to serve as officers. California is only one of five states that doesn't have such a process.

Everyday Injustice podcast covers criminal justice reform, mass incarceration, wrongful convictions, and more. – Episode 76: It Could Happen to You Jeffrey Deskovic and Bill Bastuk. Deskovic was wrongly convicted at age 16 and released after 17 years in prison, has become a lawyer and founded the Jeffrey Deskovic Foundation. Bastuk wrongly accused of a crime but acquitted. The two have started It Could Happen to You. They helped to pass the Prosecutorial Misconduct Commission in New York and are working to bring it to other areas of the country, including California.

They are holding a justice summit on October 9 – details - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pathways-to-a-new-culture-of-accountability-in-criminal-justice-tickets-120835294619

Everyday Injustice talks with Yolo County Public Defender Tracie Olson who discusses Public Defense work, defunding the police, officer involved shootings, racial disparities, and zero bail.

Washtenaw County Sheriff Jerry Clayton is not like most sheriffs, his approach to law enforcement looks to reduce racial disparities and mass incarceration. He has a different take on defunding the police than many, but looks to change policing and looks to tools other than simply enforcement to deal with many of society's problems.

USC Professor Jody Armour wrote the provocative book, "N*gga Theory" and on everyday injustice we talk about issues like racism, language, symbols such as the confederate flag as well as well mass incarceration and concentrated poverty. Want to understand racism in America - listen to this podcast and read his book.