
Groups cite massive racial disparities in arrest numbers, extremely damning data from past three years
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Written by JULIET ISSELBACHER Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
Groups cite massive racial disparities in arrest numbers, extremely damning data from past three years
Written by ANDY GAUS Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Talking Joints Memo
Without evidence of weed sales or gun use needed, the prosecution framed the matter as a question of whether there were copious amounts of cannabis and guns in the house.
Written by ANDY GAUS Filed Under: COLUMNS, Talking Joints Memo
Hull police targeted a couple for cannabis. Now the feds are pushing for a serious sentence.
Written by IRENE MONROE Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS
As can be seen in a video that one witness submitted to police, officers repeatedly punched Ohene in his torso. A subsequent CPD report depicts Ohene as being so wildly combative that three cops from Cambridge plus a transit officer were needed to restrain him and to place the perp in handcuffs in order to “avoid further injury to himself.”
Written by DIG STAFF Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS
An off-duty Boston Police Department officer appears to have had a doozy of a ride home from the North End this morning.