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

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.

The complaint claims San Jose failed to teach officers how to use reasonable crowd-control tactics, exposing bystanders to excessive force.

Auditors say the Sheriff’s Office refused to cooperate with reviews that unearthed unsettling findings about internal accountability. 

Santa Clara County has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by former inmate Rikki Martinez, who says he was brutally beaten by jail guards.

Inmates and their advocates call Santa Clara County’s jail grievance system unfair because of an official’s alleged conflict of interest.