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Image of stop-and-frisk outside the Boys & Girls Club on Talbot Ave in Dorchester (Nov. ’14)
Just a few months ago, the Boston Globe informed us of an ACLU study about the epidemic of stop-and-frisk in the Hub. From their reporting:
Boston police officers disproportionately ...
“All it takes is one push.”
The police were out numbered many times over last week, and that’s all it would have taken to push past them and lead the masses onto an on-ramp and beyond. The two men having this conversation, in a way pleading those surrounding them to nudge ahead, were ...
There’s been a lot of talk about privilege lately.
As these things go, the most privileged among us tend to not understand (or at least not care to understand) the arguments of those who fight over their table scraps. Sometimes they even pull that privilege out of their pockets, roll ...
As we hope you know by now, DigBoston is hosting the region’s first-ever cannabis industry convention, from January 31 to February 1, at the Castle at Park Plaza on Arlington Street. The New England Cannabis Convention’s ...
Images by Chris Faraone
You should probably ignore any individual or lone reporter who attempts to inform you about the demonstrations that snaked through Boston, Cambridge, and even a few corners of Somerville last night.
Like me, those folks may have witnessed segments of the ...
There’s no telling where things are headed, but there are high levels of unrest in the air, with outrage surfacing on several fronts.
Images by Chris Faraone
Attention Bostonians: The powder keg has popped.
Due to actions addressing affordable housing, living wages, and a smorgasbord of other issues, the protest kettle was already percolating in Eastern Mass. Stir in enduring social tensions, police misconduct, ...
Image by Tak Toyoshima
We’re kidding with that headline. Dave Portnoy of Barstool Sports is obviously the pinkest asshole in Hub media, having tweeted for drivers to run over demonstrators who tried blocking I-93 last week. That said, you already know this, and Portnoy embraces it, so we thought ...
CRM Property Management, widely known as City Realty, agreed to a settlement on Tuesday after only two days in housing court. The case dealt with the treatment of their tenants, Lucky Ormorodion and his family, whose foreclosed home was bought by the company in 2012. The settlement includes $20,000 ...
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By 1:15pm this afternoon, only a couple dozen Boston University students had gathered on Marsh Plaza for a #HandsUpWalkOut action to show support for Michael Brown and other victims of racism and police brutality. After a few chants directed at no one in particular, ...
