
The “review is focused on racial disparities in the rates at which people are stopped and frisked”
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Written by CHRIS FARAONE Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
The “review is focused on racial disparities in the rates at which people are stopped and frisked”
Written by MAYA SHAFFER Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS
Now records we have received from Healey’s shed light on why her office may be avoiding the issue—her office is also guilty of the same kind of questionable social media management.
Written by CHRIS FARAONE Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction
From several dozen troopers facing criminal charges in an expansive payroll fiasco, to drunk-driving drill instructors and other one-offs, the follies continue.
Written by CHRIS FARAONE Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS
After SPAM received the full payment, its then-treasurer told investigators that Pullman demanded a check for $250,000 for Lynch Associates, pounding the table and yelling “Stop breaking my f**cking balls and give me the check!” when the treasurer questioned him.
Written by CHRIS FARAONE Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS
It could be years before the Newtown case works its way up through the Supreme Court of the United States, where it is inevitably headed. In the meantime, DigBoston and BINJ will continue to report on the firearm economy in Mass and to identify the politicians, including Baker, who speak out against harm while accepting money from gun dealers and distributors.
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Mass State Police and local law enforcement have spent millions amassing an arsenal of Tasers, but there’s minimal accountability for those doing the purchasing, or for those doing the tasing
Written by CHRIS FARAONE Filed Under: FEATURES, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction
In one moment of clarity, a state police spokesperson did confirm that there is zero outside oversight of millions of dollars in purchasing done by the department.
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"The participating state agencies sought proposals from makers and distributors of everything from practice ammo and targets, to handguns, silencers, tasers, tear gas, chemical munitions, pepperball launchers, dart guns, gas masks, and ballistic blankets."
Written by MAYA SHAFFER Filed Under: COLUMNS, Critical Mass, News, NEWS+OPINIONS
That’s what’s happening with all three agencies in this case, with each one putting their own unique spin on how to circumvent the rules.
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What’s less known is that here in Massachusetts, our feeble public records law is helping to bolster these efforts by obscuring the process through which local officials share information with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).