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Policing and protest on Vallejo’s waterfront
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As Vallejo’s city government pushes to give the Vallejo Police Department a new headquarters on the city’s waterfront, community members have questioned why the controversial police department, known for killing 19 people since 2010 and marking on-duty shootings by bending the tips of their badges, deserves such a prime piece of real estate. The co…
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Behind the scenes: One year of the Vallejo Sun
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It’s now been a year since veteran journalists John Glidden, Scott Morris and Brian Krans launched the Vallejo Sun. The three discuss their biggest stories, from dogged city hall coverage to deaths in Project Roomkey and local law enforcement ties to extremist right-wing militias. Since the launch of the Vallejo Sun on Sept. 15, 2021, the three rep…
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Extremism in the North Bay: Three Percenters in Solano and Napa counties
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Ian Rogers of Napa and Jarrod Copeland of Vallejo were arrested and charged with plotting to blow up the Democrats Sacramento headquarters in 2021. Investigators seized 49 guns and several pipe bombs from Rogers and more guns from Copeland. Prosecutors alleged that the two were specifically motivated to violence by President Donald Trump’s election…
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The Vallejo police killing of Sean Monterrosa, two years later
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Vallejo Police Det. Jarrett Tonn shot Sean Monterrosa in the back of the head on June 2, 2020, amid wide-scale looting following the police murder of George Floyd in Mineapolis. Since then, Tonn’s been fired — and soon likely rehired — and the California Attorney General is still deciding whether he’ll face criminal charges. At the same time, Sean’…
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When a Vice film crew came to Vallejo to interview native rap sensation Nef the Pharaoh and others in its legendary music scene, Vallejo police officers showed up and detained everyone, giving cameras direct evidence of how police violence continues to shape the local rap scene. Using previously unreleased body camera footage, this episode illustra…
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How badge bending became a ritual among Vallejo police
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For the last two decades, some members of the Vallejo Police Department have bent the tips of the badges belonging to officers after they shot at someone while on duty. While the city promised to investigate, it has kept the findings of a third-party investigation under wraps. Now, a public defender is calling those officers to testify about the tr…
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Why did Cherie Nicoletta and others die in Vallejo’s Project RoomKey?
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At least four people died in hotels in Vallejo, Calif., under Project RoomKey, a statewide initiative that put people experiencing homelessness up in hotel rooms to keep them safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. Listen to the Vallejo Sun’s ongoing investigation into the program and the death of 63-year-old Cherie Nicoletta. You can view photos and do…
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The Willie McCoy Tapes: Inside the Vallejo police investigation
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On Feb. 9, 2019, six police officers in Vallejo, California, fired 55 times into a car parked in a Taco Bell drive-thru, killing Willie McCoy, who had been asleep behind the wheel just seconds before. The Vallejo Sun obtained audio recordings of interviews with those officers in the following hours, showing surface-level questioning with little pus…
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