After initially pushing back on protestors’ allegations, the city agreed last month to settle the case before trial.

After months of intense discussions over police reforms and policies in the aftermath of the George Floyd killing, San Jose has begun a national search for its new police chief. No matter who is selected to replace current Police Chief Eddie Garcia—who in August announced he would be stepping down after 28 years on the post—it’s safe to say the city has made it a point to involve the community and make sure the public has some say in the process. “We’ve probably had well over a dozen community meetings on Zoom so far,” Lee Wilcox, chief of staff to the city manager, said in an interview with San Jose Inside.

The San Jose City Council confirmed the hiring Tuesday of Mata, a deputy chief in the department, after a nationwide search.

Their goal of the lawsuit: financial compensation and “reforms of the way that San Jose police are trained and directed to police protests.”

All but one of the finalists angling to become SJPD’s next chief constable have some sort of tie to the department.

The city convened panels last week to interview the first round of seven candidates, but who voted and the tallies remain a mystery.

Jared Yuen went viral last summer for taunting civilians during the George Floyd protests in downtown last summer.

After 30 years on the force and four years as chief of the San Jose PD, Eddie Garcia has called it quits—at least in this town.

A blog post published today names a litany of cops whose apparent prejudice calls into question the integrity of their policing.

The decision came after prosecutors reviewed hundreds of cases involving officers whose comments were first reported by SJI.

A leaked trove of law enforcement records shows that police were told to view anti-brutality protesters as an adversarial force.

The nearly 250-page report details everything from use of force to an hourly play-by-play of what happened during the protests.

It took a few months after the George Floyd protests to show the public even this limited footage. But, hey, it’s a start.

It’s unclear when news of the decision would have reached defendants had SJI not inquired about the mayor shirking the same rule.

While cops used the blunt instrument of a time limit to disband protests, Sam Liccardo repeatedly flouted the curfew to squeeze in a bike ride.

Even if Mayor Sam Liccardo gets his way, the videos would only see the light of day by fall—up to five months after the demonstrations.