District Attorney of Sacramento's Horrendous Recent Record

The loss of accountability
The District Attorney of Sacramento has failed again

by Adam Jordan March March 29, 2019

Looking at the recent history of Sacramento this last year there has been a shooting death of a person of color in the Sacramento city and county every three to four months. Add those up with the deaths in custody it’s a abysmally worse.

Under the tenure of the present district attorney, DA Schubert. There have been a excessive number of deaths by law enforcement under her watch.

Stephon Clark is the name you know. These are the other black and brown men that have been murdered by the sheriff and Sac PD. Under DA Schubert's watch:

Adriene Ludd, age 36
KILLED BY SACRAMENTO SHERIFF — OCTOBER 22, 2015
#Justice4AdrieneLudd

Dazion Flenaugh, age 40
KILLED BY SACRAMENTO POLICE — APRIL 8, 2016
#Justice4DazionFlenaugh

Joseph Mann, age 51
KILLED BY SACRAMENTO POLICE — JULY 11, 2016
#Justice4JosephMann

Lorenzo Cruz, age 23
KILLED BY ROCKLIN POLICE — FEBRUARY 25, 2017
#Justice4LorenzoCruz

Desmond Phillips, age 25
KILLED BY CHICO POLICE — MARCH 17, 2017
#Justice4DesmondPhillips

Ryan Ellis, age 29
KILLED BY SACRAMENTO SHERIFF — MAY 5, 2017
#Justice4RyanEllis

Mikel McIntyre, age 29
KILLED BY SACRAMENTO SHERIFF — MAY 8, 2017
#Justice4MikelMcIntyre

Stephon Clark, age 22
KILLED BY SACRAMENTO POLICE — MARCH 18, 2018
#Justice4StephonClark

Brandon Smith, age 30
KILLED BY SACRAMENTO POLICE — JUNE 6, 2018
#Justice4BrandonSmith

Darell Richards, age 19
KILLED BY SACRAMENTO POLICE — SEPTEMBER 6, 2018
#JusticeForDarellRichards

Marshall Miles, age 36
KILLED BY SACRAMENTO SHERIFF — NOVEMBER 1, 2018
#JusticeForMarshallMiles

Sadly it’s the same story with all these cases no grand jury, no indictments of any officer. Like cases around the United States there has been no accountability. The police have terrorized marginalized communities in the name of the war on drugs. Using tactics likened to the gestapo of Germany. Poor people and especially poor people of color have been literally preyed upon.

The amazingly sad thing is the Black Panther Party of old was created because of police murdering young black Men and getting away with it. Nothing has changed accept the date.

Today the the ineptitude Of the DA of places like Sacramento and San Mateo are so pro-cop as to actually be biased on the side of police and let abuse and base murder be met by paid administrative leave and no other admonishment.

The Police Bill of Rights May the worst thing for actual accountability made for a institution or organization in these modern times.

The ability for every single shooting to have police representation in the form of a attorney and a union rep before a investigator can even question the officer involved in any OIS.

The actuality the PBOR gives Law Enforcement Officers Latitude no other citizen has. Not only are the victims of police shootings villainized and disparaged. With history brought up of the victims that had nothing to do with why they were shot or even stopped in the first place.

Accompanying the Police Officers Bill of Rights are District attorneys with such bias that if that same amount of bid was toward a ethnicity or a gender they would have been drummed out.

The DA are not held accountable and neither are the police. The community doesn’t trust them. Alas through inaction, ineptitude, or out right corruption. The DA of Sacramento should have never been voted in and should be put out.

Lastly the little police reform that has been approved has been ignored by law enforcement. Like places like Oakland you can change the rules of engagement but without changing the culture of the department changes will not be effective, they will be ignored.