Criminal Justice

Why San Francisco is Weighing a Ban on Minor Traffic Stops

Few things are more synonymous with policing than traffic stops.  Yet San Francisco is considering making this common practice off limits—at...

Police Beat a Man During a Minor Traffic Stop. Now SF Is Paying Out $375K Amid Calls for Reform

Arthur Higgins sat in the backseat of the car and lit up a cigarette just moments before an officer grabbed him, pepper sprayed him...

Kathy Boudin, Former Weather Underground Member and Mother of SF DA Chesa Boudin, Dies of Cancer

Kathy Boudin, the mother of San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin, a formerly incarcerated advocate of prison reform and an alumna of the radical...

Memorial for Pioneering SF Judge Harry Low Inspires Big Turnout

Members of San Francisco’s Asian American community, political leaders spanning decades and legal professionals from across the region gathered Wednesday afternoon at City Hall...

Chesa Boudin Recall Campaign Featured Exceptionally High Costs for Signature-Gathering

A very Californian experience is to go about one’s business at the grocery store only to be intruded on in the parking lot by...

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