Dr. Sharat Lin—president of the San Jose Peace and Justice Center—was jailed on what he says should have been a cite-and-release charge.

Together with families of people killed by police, Silicon Valley De-Bug came up with a practical guide for defunding the San Jose PD.

A local professor calls Hillside Church minister’s use of the pulpit (albeit it a virtual one) opportunistic, insensitive and alarming.

More than a week has passed since SJPD responded to protests with alarming force. How many people were hurt in the fray is still unclear.

San Jose isn’t alone in having a police force shirk the burden of masking up. NYPD has come under fire for the same reason.

Dozens of community members phoned in to express their anger with city leaders and demand that they slash funding to SJPD.

The chief also pledged to prevent cops fired for misconduct from being hired elsewhere, and affirmed his own willingness to do better.

The San Jose Police Department has a roughly $450 million budget, the vast majority of which (about $442 million) covers personnel costs.

Because of the injury inflicted by a rubber baton round that hit his groin, Derrick Sanderlin may never be able to have kids.

The council also wants to hear from the top brass about whether the city could simply ban the use of rubber bullets and beanbag rounds.

Two years after derailing attempts to bolster IPA powers, the San Jose Police Officers’ Association has quietly ceded a compromise.

We caught up with IPA Shivaun Nurre to learn more about her oversight powers and how the public can use them to hold cops accountable.

After his first brush with the law, the Assembly hopeful said he’s even more motivated to bring “deep reform of our policing” to Sacramento. 

San Jose deploys curfews, tear gas and rubber bullets to quell protests. Perhaps it's time for a fundamental rethink of American policing.

While SJPD’s top cop condemned the behavior of one officer, activists say the problem extends far beyond a few “bad apples.”

Isn’t this the moment to start policing our community differently by not actively policing them—especially with armed cops?